We believe the church is about imperfect people coming together to love God, each other, and our neighbour. We aim to encourage, equip and spur each other on in our love for Jesus Christ and his love for the world.
We do not believe that the church should be about keeping Christians busy doing in-house things. We’d rather grow people than programs. We’d rather live the good news outside of our walls.
Come and check us out, we’d love to meet you.
Rev. Grant Ridout speaking to media the day of the fire.
On December 13 2020 our heritage status building suffered an unsolved arson attack.
The St St team are committed to restoring the beauty of our church building.
In this time, when heritage buildings are at greater risk of being levelled, we welcome any words of encouragement and/ or donations to help us complete this project.
All donations are tax-deductable and may be paid directly into our restoration account or via stripe here:
https://www.ststephensponsonby.org.nz/donation
We meet together Sundays at 10am, coffee and tea always on tap.
Our services are relatively informal, sometimes interactive and always engaging.
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Sharing the Love: Our community pantry is an open pantry and sharing platform aimed at sharing food and hygiene items for all people. Home-made food items welcome.
St Stephens wants to be all about hospitality. HOSPOP is a new venture where we open up our hospitality spaces with events or just impromptu as a space with free food and espresso coffee.
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