History of Ranui Baptist Church
1966 – 2020
1963
Ranui Baptist Fellowship
Early Beginnings
Seven families came from Henderson Baptist to plant a work in Ranui.
- John and Elsie Ball
- Don and Melita Roke
- Graham and Joan Carter
- Norman and Goldia Parker
- Ernie and Connie Andrews
- Doug and Joy Hall
- Graeme and Mary Cremer
Their initial vision was to reach children for Jesus. There are now thousands of people all over New Zealand and aboard, loving Jesus and building the kingdom because of this church.
1964 to 1965
Student-Pastor Ian S. Macdonald
70 Children Enroll!
Our 1964 year started with seventy children present and eleven of the teaching staff. For the 1965 year commencement we had sixty children attending and twelve of the teaching staff.
4th February 1966
Ranui Baptist Church Established
Officially Established as a Church
1966 to the Ranui Baptist Fellowship was a great year, for we opened our church hall here on February 4th 1966: thus making possible the formation of the Ranui Baptist Church.
5th February 1966
34 New Members
34 foundational members were received into membership of the Ranui Baptist Church by Dr S.L. Edgar, then chairman of the church extension committee, and tutor at our theological college.