Mid City Church was founded in 1986 by Pastor Allan Anderson and his wife Leoni. Led by God to establish a church in the middle of Auckland City's CBD, with only modest resources and a promise of God's eventual visitation, they have diligently laboured in prayer, praise, preaching and counsel, for the select people who have made up the congregation of Mid City Church, over the last 30+ years.
Starting out with only a handful of people and having only grown to a variable average of 50 something people (a third of which being children), we have not employed "church growth dynamics" to see a substantial increase in numbers, but purely set out to establish correct doctrine first, to be found worthy of God, to then, be entrusted to govern revival, at His discretion.
Those few who have been a part of Mid City Church from its very incipience (though works in progress), have all been thoroughly matured and refined, to now be effective, enduring servants, surely qualified for the Lord's use. Those people who will eventually become a part of this church, can find some comfort in this reality. Knowing the virtue of those who have remained steadfast for so long, having overcome the lure of the world, and not having joined the church out of mere convenience or for any aesthetic appeal, but rather, out of genuine conviction that it is an authentic, authoritive part of the body of Christ, small, anonymous, but where God had called them to be.
Allan's four adult children are actively involved in the Music, Sunday School and Youth ministries, and his brother-in-law Dene Thomas (a retired policeman and former detective) is also the Assistant Pastor. Naturally, Sunday School and Creche are provided during services and mid-week meetings are hosted through out the year.
Prior to entering into full time ministry in 1984, Pastor Allan was a medical research scientist for 18 years. He published some 12 scientific articles, and, one of the highlights of his medical career, was working in Capetown during 1971, in the research laboratory which assisted Dr Christian Barnard with his groundbreaking heart transplantations.
Pastor Allan is also the Founding Director of Pinpoint School of Biblical Counselling, which commenced in 1986, as well as Pinpoint Counselling Service, established in 1981. www.pinpointschool.org
Starting out with only a handful of people and having only grown to a variable average of 50 something people (a third of which being children), we have not employed "church growth dynamics" to see a substantial increase in numbers, but purely set out to establish correct doctrine first, to be found worthy of God, to then, be entrusted to govern revival, at His discretion.
Those few who have been a part of Mid City Church from its very incipience (though works in progress), have all been thoroughly matured and refined, to now be effective, enduring servants, surely qualified for the Lord's use. Those people who will eventually become a part of this church, can find some comfort in this reality. Knowing the virtue of those who have remained steadfast for so long, having overcome the lure of the world, and not having joined the church out of mere convenience or for any aesthetic appeal, but rather, out of genuine conviction that it is an authentic, authoritive part of the body of Christ, small, anonymous, but where God had called them to be.
Allan's four adult children are actively involved in the Music, Sunday School and Youth ministries, and his brother-in-law Dene Thomas (a retired policeman and former detective) is also the Assistant Pastor. Naturally, Sunday School and Creche are provided during services and mid-week meetings are hosted through out the year.
Prior to entering into full time ministry in 1984, Pastor Allan was a medical research scientist for 18 years. He published some 12 scientific articles, and, one of the highlights of his medical career, was working in Capetown during 1971, in the research laboratory which assisted Dr Christian Barnard with his groundbreaking heart transplantations.
Pastor Allan is also the Founding Director of Pinpoint School of Biblical Counselling, which commenced in 1986, as well as Pinpoint Counselling Service, established in 1981. www.pinpointschool.org