PJ and Natalie Smith are the Senior Pastors of Lifechurch Tauranga, a multi-cultural church family.  They have two daughters, Hannah and Faith.

PJ and Natalie crossed the waters to New Zealand in 2018, where they had been serving as assistant pastors in their church in Johannesburg since 2000. PJ has a legal background, whilst Natalie is a teacher and counsellor. After spending two years in Southland, they moved to Tauranga in 2020 to continue serving in New Life Churches NZ. They carry a passion for the brokenhearted as described in Isaiah 61, and to see lives transformed through the power of God’s Word and the work of the Holy Spirit.

PJ and Natalie are honoured to be pastoring Lifechurch.