Tak Bhana with his wife, Adrienne, is the senior pastors of West City Christian Centre (WCCC), in Auckland, New Zealand. WCCC is a large multi-cultural church, with members from about fifty nations.

Tak and Adrienne have had 27 years experience in leadership and ministry, including 3 years as missionaries in Cebu City in the Philippines. They have a heart for nations and have developed a church with a strong emphasis on missions. Their dream is to send many missionaries from the church into the harvest fields of the world.

They want to see the church grow but their passion is to see communities and nations turn to Jesus Christ to such an extent that there is a significant increase in the number of Christians in the nation. They believe that New Zealand and other nations can be hugely impacted for Jesus through prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit. They expect to see a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit on New Zealand and the nations in their lifetime, an outpouring that will transform our society.

“Running With Fire” ministries is the multi media arm of WCCC, it reaches 80 nations of the world through radio, television, and a teaching magazine.

Tak and Adrienne have one daughter, Jodi, who serves on the church staff along with her youth pastor husband, Sam Tolley.

James and Viv Anson  have been married for 22 years and have 3 sons. They have been in full time Christian ministry for 21 years, pastoring three churches in Marton, Tauranga and Auckland.  Over this period of time James has traveled and preached extensively in many nations of the world. James' ministry is characterized by a strong Prophetic teaching mantle.Viv has been extensively involved with reaching into the community with the Gospel - she has been a full time ordained Pastor for the last 5 years.  

James and Viv have a strong commitment to seeing the fivefold ministry working together and being expressed through the local church, reaching across cultures bringing a relevant but powerful Gospel witness of the resurrection of Christ. 

James and Viv are about to launch out and plant a new Campus church with West City located in Central Auckland.
 

Whilst Debbie is responsible for women’s groups in the church, Steve wears many hats. Having attended 3 bible colleges, Steve administrates our Platinum Ministries training programme with special emphasis on practical help in leadership and life skills. With over 20 years experience in a retailing and importing business, he also oversees our Business Club Group. Steve also oversees our Mens Ministry and Life Groups. He represents West City Christian College as the chairman of board and also is a board member of West City Christian Centre.

Steve loves his Ford XR6 and enjoys Rugby, Cricket and Tennis. He’s a big fan of the Crusaders and loves soft ice cream and hot chocolate. Yum Yum!! He thinks he is a world champion cricket player on his back lawn. He plays a bit of golf too. He met Debbie 28 years ago and chased her till she caught him. They have 3 awesome sons Rod (24), Gareth (21) and Tim (18).

Kathy joined the pastoral team late 1997. She has a background of missions, youth and administration having been on staff in a South Auckland church and on the mission field prior to joining WCCC. Kathy, over the years has been involved in several different ministry areas here at West City Christian Centre. Her current portfolio includes missions, children, women’s ministry, Running with Fire magazine, and one of the church management team. She is also a member of the Board at West City Christian Centre. When not at work you will find Kathy with her head in a book, a coffee in hand, or checking out the beach & bush at Piha.

Ps Sam and Jodi are the youth pastors of West City Christian Centre and are both on staff full time. They met at church and their romance all started at a beach missions outreach! They have been married for over six+ years. Jodi is Ps Tak’s daughter, PA and involved in the marketing and promotional area. Jodi is passionate about worship, food (especially ice cream) and loves a good book!

Sam is a born and bred Westie (but has never owned a pair of black jeans or a Holden yet, he actually grew up in the South Island). He was a P.E teacher at Massey High School until he took on the role of Youth Pastor. Sam is sports mad and has played almost every sport including American Football and of course Golf which he plays most Mondays with Ps Tak. Sam also oversees the television ministry of West City Christian Centre, Running With Fire along with the sound and lighting department of the church. His main focus and passion however is looking after the youth – 13-25 year olds. “My Heart is to see this generation equipped & released as a spiritual army." 

Umesh and Nesa have been at West City Christian Centre for 12 years serving in different ministries of the church and have been in leadership for 10 years. They joined the pastoral team in July 2007 and oversee: Lifegroups, Assimilation, Marriages, Parenting, Hosting, and Cultural Groups.

They are passionate about God’s House, His people and mobilising them to bless His Kingdom with their gifts and talents but most of all are passionate about seeing the lost come into a RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST through the power of Prayer and empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

Nesa is involved in the Women’s Ministry and teaches New Life Classes to Mums and loves being a fulltime mother. They met 19years ago and have been married for 13 years and have 4 beautiful children.Roman(11) Joshua(9) Helina(6) and Joseph( Sefa) (5) who all attend West City Christian College. Umesh likes to keep up to date with the Rugby and maybe get in a game of soccer but most times you will find him hanging out with Nesa and the children and also with extended family and friends.

Paul and Sally-Anne have been attending West City for the past 20 years, working in many areas of responsibility before joining the Pastoral Team in 2003. Sally-Anne works as the morning receptionist at our West City Christian College and Paul, oversees New Christians, Life Groups, Ushering, Car Parking, Security and a few other areas.

Paul & Sally-Anne have a heart for missions and people and combining their love of travel have undertaken short term mission projects in places like China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, India and Singapore.

They have 5 children, two of whom are still at home and attending school and two granddaughters and another on the way. They run a busy household which often doubles in size especially on weekends.