St Agnes Kloof - Parish Profile – June 2010

 

St Agnes, Parish of Kloof began life with services in the waiting room of the Kloof railway station in the 1890s and the first church building erected in 1904.   We are a parish in the Diocese of Natal, South Africa and fall within the Archdeaconry of Pinetown.

 

The ‘feel’ of the church is that of Renewed Evangelical.  Renewed – in that we have a strong focus on the Kingdom of God as demonstrated in the gospels through the life of Jesus; we have been influenced in recent decades by ministries such as John Wimber’s, New Wine (an international network committed to the restoration of the church to a New Testament pattern), and the Toronto Blessing of the 1990s.   Evangelical – in that we believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be God’s revealed Word (Living and Written) to the world by which we will find his life.

 

In Anglican terms we favour liturgy and form which are simple.  We only wear ‘robes’ for our 7am service on Sundays and 10am Wednesdays.    Worship and teaching are held to be important features in our services – set within a Church family which works at being warm and friendly.

 

We acknowledge Jesus as head of our church. We rely on the prophetic ministry to bring direction and correction to our leadership.  As rector, I understand my role is to give leadership to the leaders and with the wardens to provide covering and bear responsibility for the life God entrusts to us.

 

A team of Elders exercises oversight in our church (each Parish Councillor or Elder is elected to oversee a particular field of ministry) and our commitment is to see every member understanding their priestly call and ministering both in our life together and in their place in God’s world.   

 

The areas of ministry are spread across the spectrum of church life and are described under a separate heading.  But we have given special importance and resources to our ministry to the young as well as to the materially poor.

 

Nigel Juckes

Rector