We are proud to be a Hope Centre church in Nelson. We believe the 'Church' was born in a move of the Spirit we call 'The day of Pentecost', this defines who we are. Through the centuries God has repeatedly moved to restore His church to functioning with a demonstration of the Spirit. The Hope churches have their distinct origin in a move of the Spirit in the 1930's and 40's which flowed from the ministry of Smith Wigglesworth in New Zealand.
As a Hope Church we belong to the Hope Network, a community of like-minded pentecostal churches and ministries that exist to strengthen leaders, ministries and churches in the pursuit of revival and work of the Holy Spirit. Hope Network promotes a positive, optimistic expression of church with a positive message of life and hope for the city. It is outward focused and missions orientated, actively supporting God's worldwide revival purposes by investing strategically into missions and releasing key people for ministry in the nations.
The Hope Network is based out of Hope Centre Lower Hutt, hopecentre.org.nz
Meet The Leaders
Rhys & Mandy Frethey
Senior Leaders, Hope Nelson
Seth Fawcet
Senior Leader,
Lower Hutt Hope Centre
Apostolic Leader/Founder, Hope Network
We are grateful to have a dedicated team who make Hope Nelson a family. We all pitch in and make things happen. Thanks to the musicians for sharing their gift with us week after week, we love worshipping together. The leadership structure at Hope Nelson will grow as we do, with the view of developing an eldership and leadership team.
Hello, we’re Rhys and Mandy. We met and married in beautiful Tasman, Nelson, over 35years ago, and have three wonderful grown children. One is married to a beautiful wife, and together they have given us three precious grandchildren who live in Texas.
After spending five years overseas in the early 1990s, we returned home to New Zealand. It was around this time that we recognised the Lord’s calling on our lives and began a journey of walking with Him each day. That was about 30 years ago, and since then we’ve been involved in many different areas of our local church — from men’s and women’s ministries, serving in Kids, and leading home groups, to simply being there for people and building relationships.
In more recent years, Rhys has served as Men’s Pastor and spent some time involved in pastoral care. Through all these different seasons, our desire has always been to followGod’s leading, stay in His will, and keep growing in our relationship with Him.
Our hearts have always been for the Lord, for people, and for genuine relationships. We feel very blessed to be part of Hope Nelson and the wider Hope Centre Churches family, and we’re really looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you.
Blessings
Rhys and Mandy
Ministry leaders
Paul Devine
Worship Leader
