Pastor Mata
Pastor Mata Preaching @ Orion Church International, Cape Town South Africa
Life and Ministry
Pastor Mata and Wife Jenville
Pastor Mata and Jenville got married on the 30th of October 2024. Jenville is from Namibia, Africa, they met in South Africa, Johannesburg in one of Pastor Mata's ministry trip to Africa.
Now they both live and serve at Peria Church in Matamata Assembly of God as senior Pastor. This year is going to be a very challenging year for the Church as they are due to move to Australia this year. Pastor Mata has been serving in Peria Assembly of God for over thirteen years, and it has been very challenging time for him as we know that's how God works as He normally prepare someone for a greater task ahead. Pastor Mata has been to Australia twice for holidays, and he see Australia is a good launching pad for Missions for Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Mission is known as the heartbeat of God, He wants everyone to come to the knowledge of His son Jesus Christ, as we know that Jesus is the only hope for this broken world. We may not able to do everything we needed to do but if we are willing to do the very simple thing God requires of us then God will lead us into a greater things to do.
We all know the theme of God's work it is not with our own ability and power to achieve great things in the work of His Kingdom, just as the scripture says in
Zechariah 4:6 "It is not by might, nor by power
but by my Spirit Says the Lord".
Now they both live and serve at Peria Church in Matamata Assembly of God as senior Pastor. This year is going to be a very challenging year for the Church as they are due to move to Australia this year. Pastor Mata has been serving in Peria Assembly of God for over thirteen years, and it has been very challenging time for him as we know that's how God works as He normally prepare someone for a greater task ahead. Pastor Mata has been to Australia twice for holidays, and he see Australia is a good launching pad for Missions for Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Mission is known as the heartbeat of God, He wants everyone to come to the knowledge of His son Jesus Christ, as we know that Jesus is the only hope for this broken world. We may not able to do everything we needed to do but if we are willing to do the very simple thing God requires of us then God will lead us into a greater things to do.
We all know the theme of God's work it is not with our own ability and power to achieve great things in the work of His Kingdom, just as the scripture says in
Zechariah 4:6 "It is not by might, nor by power
but by my Spirit Says the Lord".
With the Legend Waisele Serevi
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Pastor Mata Waqanituinayau, has been serving as the Pastor of Peria Church since 2010, they moved to Matamata in 2012.
He is originally from the Fiji Islands, he settle here in New Zealand in 1998. Lived in Hamilton for ten years and serve as a Pastor of Waidrodro Assembly of God. He studied and graduated at the Waikato University with Graduate Diploma in Religious Studies. Pastor Mata has always been working in the church while he was in Fiji, he spent four years studying at the Theological College (SPBC) of the Assemblies of God of Fiji, where he earned a Diploma in Theology (1988 - 1990) and a BA in Biblical Studies (1994). |
Work in New Zealand
Took over a work in Hamilton, the City in the Waikato region 1998
Vision
Mission
To engage in the works of Christ, winning souls to the Kingdom of God, and taking advantage of every opportunity that God has given to us to help people to know Christ.
Mission Work
Took over a work in Hamilton, the City in the Waikato region 1998
- Senior Pastor of Hamilton Fijian Assembly of God (Hamilton) 1998 - 2002
- Assistant Pastor @ North Shore Fijian Assembly of God (North Shore) 2002 - 2006
- Senior Pastor @ Waidrodro Assembly of God (Hamilton) 2006 - 2010
- Senior Pastor @ Peria Assembly of God (Matamata 2010 - Now)
Vision
- Building a strong worship center in our community that will allow people to come and know Christ in a deeper way, for we know that deeper relationship with Christ will leads to may wonderful thing, good life experience, and life fulfillment.
- To involve in Christ's Global mission, supporting missionaries overseas, and other work of the Lord outside of New Zealand, which is normally known as foreign missions.
- Praying for the mission field (Where we are), our Community, Country, and other parts of the world that is need of the Gospel of Christ.
Mission
To engage in the works of Christ, winning souls to the Kingdom of God, and taking advantage of every opportunity that God has given to us to help people to know Christ.
Mission Work
- Supporting a Missionary Couple in Uganda running the Bible School financially
- Feeding Program in Ennerdale, Johannesburg South Africa
- Five times in the period of two years to Fiji ministering to few different Churches
- Twice to Africa, Rwanda in 2013, and South Africa in 2016 speaking in conferences
- Guest Speaker at the Pastors and Leaders Conference in Mbeya, Tanzania (2019)