Our Pastors

Meet our Pastors

Hello, we’re Howie and April, and we’re the lead pastors and planters of Northwest Vineyard Church. We’ve been married since 2004 and have two amazing teenages, and one cat. We love drinking coffee, sitting with friends, eating good food… and of course Jesus.

Over the years, we’ve been involved in various leadership roles. Previously, we’ve been teaching in local West Auckland schools, we both love to teach, and have a heart for being around children, families, and people in general. We’ve also been involved in working with youth as Youth Pastors, as well as other various pastoral roles. In 2011, we discovered the Vineyard Church movement and realised that we had found our family. Over this time, we served on staff at Urban Vineyard, and also in a role as the national Children’s Ministry coordinators for Vineyard NZ.

Looking back, we can see Gods fingerprints on our lives to prepare us for this adventure.

When God began to stir our hearts with a dream to start a church, we felt that he was saying would you take a leap of faith, with me. And so now, we’re journeying along this path to launch Northwest Vineyard Church, saying YES to his calling.

We believe that God wants to share the beauty of his love with so many people around our community, around our city, and cities around the world. As we walk along this path to launch Northwest Vineyard, we’re excited for what God wants to do, for people coming alive, and something beautiful being built here, together.

With excitement, we’re doing what God has placed in our hearts, and our hope is that whatever has caused our paths to cross, you know that there’s room for you in the story yet to be written.

We hope to meet you soon!

Howie and April.

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