Meet Our Pastor
Our Lord has mightily used Pastor Luke McFarland to establish His work through the ‘Haven of Rest’- a full gospel Christian church.

A man dedicated to prayer, Pastor Luke McFarland has been called by God into ministry after extended periods of intercession and devotion to the Lord. It was in prayer the living God revealed His timely plan to Pastor Luke McFarland to establish the Haven of Rest in August 2008.

Our Mission Statement:
Preaching An End Time Gospel… To An End Time World…
 
Having lived in India, the Middle East and New Zealand, Pastor Luke McFarland spent much time with many powerful men and women of God each of whom the Lord used throughout the years to mould him to shepherd His flock.
Having a career profession in IT and being previously employed in General Management of a well known logistics company, it is evident that Pastor Luke McFarland is commissioned by the great “I am” to preach the good news of the Gospel to this end time world. His heavy burden for the perishing soul is coupled with his passion to see every servant of the King living a victorious and abundant life [“...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it [life] more abundantly” John 10:10].
Pastor Luke McFarland and his wife, Christine, reside in Melbourne and have been married for 7 years. God has blessed them with three beautiful children. As individuals and as a family, the McFarland’s are a living testimony of Gods’ grace and supernatural provision in the lives of all those who diligently seek Him and their passion is for all others to experience God’s all abounding love.
Please do not hesitate to contact Pastor Luke McFarland at enquires enquires@havenofrest.net or by phone on 61 3 87530362
 
Loving Families …Changing Lives …Meeting God.
" In the early hours of one very cold winter morning I sensed in my Spirit that The Lord was drawing me into a place of secret closet prayer (Psalm 91) so He could reveal to me the answers He had to my many questions. "
 
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