Our church history is one of a gracious God using ordinary people to take the message of the good news of Jesus Christ to Te Awamutu and surrounding areas.
North End Church was established in Te Awamutu in 1985 and was originally called Rosetown Community Church. We are part of ACTS Churches NZ, an Apostolic denomination that was birthed in Wales in the 1904-1905 Welsh revival. Our heritage comes from this revival where believers were passionate about the message of Jesus, were filled with the Holy Spirit and launched out into the world to spread God’s love.
That’s who we aim to be today.
In 1985 Pastor Brian and Hannah Tamaki came from Tokoroa carrying a vision to establish an Apostolic Church in Te Awamutu. They held church meetings in various local venues and the church grew rapidly. Our current church facilities were built in 1988 to serve the church and the local community and the Rosetown Counselling Centre was opened in 1993.
In 2002
With a conviction God was redirecting their path of ministry, Pastor Andrew and Judy Vossen were invited to lead the church. They moved from Taranaki where they had spent 10 years establishing churches. Together with their children Nadia and Josh, they led the church through many seasons of change and growth. Several Community ministries were established as the church sought to serve the needs of the local community.
In 2015
Phil and Kathy Strong were invited to lead the church into the next season. With a background in leadership and business, Phil relocated his family from Hamilton with a desire to see the continuation of the promises God has spoken from the early beginning of North End Church.
God’s promises continue across the generations and we are excited to see them develop further as we walk with in partnership with Him.
PHIL STRONG
We have a rich heritage in overseas missions and will continue to partner with church planting in Indonesia and ministry support in India. As we develop church leaders we can launch them into new locations – we believe local people minister more effectively to local people.
Our local missions ministry continues to work to meet local needs and share God’s love, as that is how we believe the Kingdom of God will be established in Te Awamutu. We love to partner with local community agencies to help serve relevant, specific, felt needs that affect local families.
We have great ministries that serve the family unit, from young kids, youth and Men’s and Women’s ministries which we feel has aided us in building a healthy church.
In 2019
A clear word from the Lord lead to a journey of REBIRTH, in which the local church was renamed Zion. A name given by the Lord prophesies a future promise, and so we believe the Lord will make Himself known in our town and draw many people to Himself. Our delight is to be part of that story.
As one of our founding Elders used to say;
“So we continue on…”
Mr Roger Peake
In 2022
Since 2022 we have shared with our local community the next steps that God has mapped out for us. In particular our 1310 project, you can read more about it HERE and HERE.