Annual Report 2024/25

In review of the 2024-2025 ministry year, I thank God for His blessing and favour upon us. I believe that 2 Corinthians 9:8 is reflective of what we have experienced as a church. The Apostle Paul wrote, “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things and at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 

This year, we said goodbye to Pastors Daniel & Christalyn as they accepted the invitation to pastor New Life Church in Milton. We also welcomed two new pastors to the WPA staff. Pastor Nelly Latchman joined as the Young Adults Pastor in May 2025. We look forward to seeing her build inroads into our universities and colleges. Pastor James Kirimi joined as Missions & Outreach Pastor in June 2025. We look forward to sending more teams to partner with more global workers and missional organizations locally that seek the welfare of our cities. We also celebrated the retirement of Pastor Sharon after many years of faithful ministry at WPA. We appreciate and honour her and are so glad that she remains a part of our WPA church family.

In terms of the formation of theological vitality at WPA, this past year I preached on Faith Foundations, 1 & 2 Kings, Speak Jesus, Romans, Last Words, Beloved and the Minor Prophets. I look forward to the preaching series on The Pursuit, Numbers, Down to Earth and Afterlife. I want to encourage all of you to become active users of our WPA Bible Engagement App. A lot of work goes into putting this resource together. I believe alignment is essential, and this is one area that needs more work. Thank you to all those who are using the prayer and testimony features. We want to support and celebrate each other. We are working on a refresh of the app design this coming year.

In terms of the formation of spiritual vitality at WPA, we are making a shift from Corporate Prayer on Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 9:30 am to a week of Church-Wide Fasting and Prayer from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. My desire is to see half of our congregation attend at least one night. As we look forward, please join us from November 3-7, February 9-13, and May 11-15. We are also continuing to host Holy Spirit Nights where we value our Pentecostal distinctives and desire to take time to cultivate a culture where the fruit, the gifts and the baptism of the Holy Spirit are emphasized and experienced. We desire to see Holy Spirit Nights and Church Wide Fasting & Prayer as the pillar events in the life of our church.

In terms of the formation of missional vitality at WPA, we have empowered those trained in fivefold ministry to participate in what we call “WPA Teams”. This prayerful and Spirit-led collaboration was commissioned to address the topics of food insecurity, the immigration crisis, the housing crisis and employment crisis that are affecting some in our congregation and the wider KW community. We are making slow and steady progress and hope to establish and fund initiatives in this next ministry year. We want to make a lasting impact on our community!

The All-African Event was a highlight of this year! We celebrated the four corners of Africa, listened and learned and ate and danced. Thank you to all those who helped us organize this event and represented their countries. Our desire is to become a communal people so that we can become a missional people. If we cannot love and do life with the people within WPA, how will we ever love and do life with the people outside of WPA? Please plan to join us on Sunday, May 31st, for our All-Asian Event at Bingeman’s.

As I commence my tenth year as Lead Pastor at WPA, I look forward to leading the church into becoming a healthy church, a model church and a global church. It is a privilege to serve you, shepherd you and communicate God’s Word to you.