Leadership Team

Eric joined us in 2017 after moving to New Zealand from the States. He is married to Chana and they have four adult children. Eric is part of the eldership team and also leads our Tools and Training team – ensuring we have quality resources available to us as we seek to become more like Jesus. In his day job Eric is a professor of Actuarial Science at Victoria University.

Lynda looks after our Pastoral Care ministries, and alongside her husband Alistair looks after our Small Groups and Anchor Aweigh – our ministry for those who are over 60.

Kathryn looks after our church communication and is on our staff team. She is married to Geoff, and they have three wonderful adult children. They have been part of The Anchor since moving to Porirua in 1992.

Sandy looks after our Sunday Services team – doing the big job of looking after the wonderful team who keep everything running smoothly on a Sunday morning.

Andrea has the joy of looking after our lovely youth and our youth team. She is also on our staff team. She is married to André.

Chris has been serving in Children’s ministry for a lot of years now. She joined the staff team in February 2013 and is the Children and Families Director at The Anchor.  Chris serves on the Sunday Morning Anchor Kids team, and also on the mainly music team leading the Wednesday Session (and occasionally Thursday as well). Chris is passionate about teaching and learning alongside the children and young people who will be our next generation of church leaders. She loves being…

Erin leads an awesome team that runs two Mainly Music sessions each week.  She cares deeply for all our preschoolers in our community.

Kirsten looks after our Next Gen ministry – our lovely year 7 and 8’s.

Dennis, Sujala and family joined us in 2021 after moving from Dubai. Dennis has the big job of looking after our special events team – the team in charge of Christmas, Easter and Church Camp.

Alistair and Lynda are our longest standing church members and serve in many areas of the church. They have four adult children and many grandchildren! Alistair serves as part of the eldership team and takes care of our church buildings. They also look after our Small Groups and Pastoral Care team – among other things.

Geoff looks after our mission relationships and also leads our community engagement team. He is married to Kathryn, and they have three wonderful adult children. They have been part of The Anchor since moving to Porirua in 1992.

Lance looks after all the technical aspects of our Sunday Services – he is married to Erin and they have been a part of The Anchor since 2012