“The Glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former, and in this place I will give Peace”

says the LORD of Hosts.

- Haggai 2.9

Dear Brothers & Sisters, 

 Greetings to you in the precious name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Let me introduce I am Emmanuel Viki as the Pastor of Elim Tamil Church, Auckland.

Elim Tamil Church belongs to Elim Christian Centre (ECC) in Auckland. Pastor Luke Brough is the senior pastor of Elim Christian Centre, Auckland.

We conduct service in Tamil on every Sunday at 10am & 5PM. Apart from regular Sunday service, we also have other ministries within and outside the church like Women’s ministry, men’s prayer ministry, Youth programme, Sunday school, Ministry for Senior citizen, all night prayer, fasting prayer, early Morning Prayer, Community outreach to reach the other un-churched Tamil community.

Our Tamil congregation is growing steadily. The purpose of Elim Tamil Church is to be a bridge for the Tamil community in Auckland as well as in New Zealand and to the nations.

Elim Tamil Church was started nearly 4 years ago with a vision to reach the Tamil community in Auckland. Today I am glad to mention that Elim Tamil Churches had been established in overseas viz., Chennai, India, and Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

I am eager to share the Good News about the Lord Jesus Christ who saved me from my sins and set me free from all of my bondages. Are you depressed, lonely, sick, stressed, worried, lacking peace of mind, and you feel like giving up? Come, listen and experience the healing touch of Jesus Christ and feel the peace in your hearts.

I pray that our God blesses all.

Yours in His Service,

Emmanuel Viki.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tamil services and Sunday school

What is a Children church or Sunday school?

Sunday school is the foundational strategy in a local church for leading people to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and for building on-mission Christians through open Bible study groups that engage people in evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, and worship.

Languages in Sunday school

Children are taught mainly in English, but in the younger classes, teachers may use both English and Tamil. If there is a child who has difficulties with English, a teacher or another person will help the child

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ELIM Tamil Church – Youth

The Youth division of the ELIM Tamil Church is a small vibrant community with a good mix of culture and a generous outpour of energy & talent.

Apart from the regular Friday evening sessions that whizzes past for an hour at Pastor Viki’s residence, the youth also enthusiastically indulge themselves in various outreach ministries like the one for senior citizens, street evangelism and other team building activities like Sunday school for younger kids, singing, play acting & choreography. A recent addition to their activity list being Bible reading during the Sunday evening service which is done on an eagerly followed roster basis. Fun-cum-study camps are also organised on a yearly basis. It is without doubt that God’s grace and the ever watchful & ever youth-filled motivation of Pastor Viki has seen the youth steer so far with great success. May we continue to do his will & bring Glory to HIS name.

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The Senior Tamil ministry “Evergreen” was started in November 2005 with the purpose of reaching out to the elderly Tamil speaking immigrants. This group has now up to 35 under the blessed leadership of Bro. Chris Kunanayagam & Bro Silas,. We meet on the every last Saturday of the month in the Elim East chapel with a Christian purpose of sharing happiness and companionship. When the weather has been kind to us beings from the tropics, we have done a few fun outings to the Howick historical village and the botanical garden. The Tamil youth group chips in as volunteers to help out with the games and the food sessions.

Our focus is to battle loneliness in the senior Tamil community through a strong Christian commitment of love and sharing.