Seeking to be a community of Hope centred on Jesus is a lifelong process. To help us grow, we have staff that provide guidance and care along the way. Each member of our staff uniquely contributes to learning and living this Hope. Feel free to connect with them about faith and life.
Kelly Capps
lead pastor
Email: kelly.c@baybaptist.org.nz
Kelly Capps joined Blockhouse Bay Baptist in August of 2017 as the Lead Pastor. Kelly is married to Erin and they have four children.
Kelly grew up in small-town Iowa before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota for undergraduate work in Youth Ministry. Due to course requirements, he landed in Cairo, Egypt as a youth intern at an international, English language church. This catapulted Kelly into ministry abroad. After 4 years in Cairo, he pursued a Master of Divinity degree in the USA before moving to Bonn, Germany. In Bonn, he served as Associate Pastor to an international, English language church for 9 years.
Kelly and his family enjoy living in NZ, and continue to have fun exploring life and ministry in a multicultural city, and noticing what God is doing around the place. Kelly enjoys reading, making pizza, drinking coffee, riding motorcycle, exploring the great outdoors, and interacting with people from all walks of life.
He invites you to drop in for a conversation over a cup of something hot.
Patrick Heavey
Interim Youth Coordinator
email: patrick.h@baybaptist.org.nz
Patrick, a native Aucklander, hails from Mt. Albert. He comes with heaps of youth ministry experience and served with us last year with as an intern. Patrick has stepped up to serve in the interim as we search for our next Associate Pastor for Youth.
Robyn Joyce
Temporary Children’s Coordinator
email: robyn.j@baybaptist.org.nz
Robyn is the Children’s Coordinator, responsible for the Sunday morning children’s programme (Kids Extreme), which she leads with a wonderful group of leaders.
She has been a part of the Blockhouse Bay Baptist family since the age of 6, when she came along to Sunday School. She is married to Phil and they have 3 daughters and one son in law.
Robyn is a Primary School teacher and currently works as SENCo (Special Education Needs Coordinator) at a local primary school, so between these two roles you could say she is well coordinated!
Robyn has a heart for the local church and seeing children grow and develop faith. She enjoys being creative, singing, reading, baking and spending time with family.
Tania English
Office Administrator
email: office@baybaptist.org.nz
Tania is the office administrator for the church, responsible for the daily running of the office, overseeing the church property and supporting the pastoral team.
Tania has been a part of Blockhouse Bay Baptist church for a long time. During that time she completed theological studies at Carey Baptist College and Laidlaw College, served in a variety of church ministries and was sent to work in Singapore for 10 years supporting Christian Mission in Asia. Now back in New Zealand, Tania is pleased to continue serving in a local church community.
When not at work Tania likes to catch up with friends, continue her studies at Massey and watch a range of Asian dramas - she says it is to help her continue her culture and language learning!