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Wayne HughesWayne Hughes is a New Zealand Pentecostal minister. He is the Senior Pastor of the Takapuna Assembly of God in Auckland. A photographer by training, Hughes became Pastor of the Takapuna Assembly of God in 1975. Under his leadership spanning three decades, it has grown from 25 members to about 1600 adherents as of 2005. About a third of these are formal members. As well as pastoring the Takapuna Assembly of God, Hughes also served as General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand from 1985 to 2003, when he resigned to give undivided attention to building his local church, which has set a goal of ten thousand members, and to care for his wife, Glenice, who has long suffered from Parkinson's Disease. As a preacher, Hughes has a strong fundamentalist message and an emphasis on evangelism. Hughes strongly opposes pre-marital sex, abortion, pornography, and gambling, factors that he sees as contributing to the breakdown of 'Christian morality'. He has not publicly endorsed any particular political party, although he frequently does speak out against what he sees as the 'godless values' of leading politicians. His focus is more on Christian living than on politics, and his sermons focus largely on building Christian character. Hughes has a close relationship with the Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida, and with the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea. Dr Michael Brown and Rev. Steven Hill, both instrumental in the Brownsville Revival, and Dr David Yonggi Cho, of Yoido, have hosted major conferences in New Zealand under Wayne Hughes's auspices. Hughes has three sons, two daughters, and a grand-daughter. His younger daughter, Angela is also an ordained minister, and currently serves as the Youth Pastor of her father's church. Hughes, Wayne
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