Haircuts and holy moments: my barber the pastor
How do you pastor a pastor? I have tried many ways to answer this question in my short time in ministry. Supervision and counselling, networking with f…
Becoming anti-racist
Steve Davis reflects on how Pākehā can join together as allies for responding against prejudice and racism in New Zealand. Often from a Western, ‘whit…
PYDT wins fundraising award
In July 2020 Papanui Youth Development Trust (PYDT) won third place in software company Blackbaud’s #SpiritofFundraising Good News Stories competition.…
From a different perspective
We asked two of Tranzsend’s overseas workers to share a few words on how NZBMS’s bicultural journey has helped shape their work overseas. For some yea…
7 habits of highly effective church overseas mission teams
Here are seven habits of highly effective church overseas mission teams—check out how well your team is doing. They promote vision and purpose. Thos…
School life
We love sharing the different ways God is transforming the communities we are a part of. Here we feature two reports. School life Here in South Asia, m…
Lisa Woolley receives an ONZM
In the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Lisa Woolley, CEO of the VisionWest Community Trust, became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) f…
Naomi Cowan receives an MNZM
Naomi Cowan was awarded an MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) in the 2020 New Year’s Honours, for her services to the community and mental…
Luka’s Little Kitchen
During lockdown, a five-year-old Bay of Plenty boy made a name for himself by creating his own YouTube cooking show, Luka’s Little Kitchen. Luka McNic…
Contagious generosity
When domestic travel restrictions ended, New Zealanders were encouraged to ‘back their backyard’ by supporting local tourism and hospitality businesses…
Loving local
At Manurewa Baptist Church we are constantly looking to see how and what God might be up to, with a careful eye for the place he has called us to live …
NZBMS & biculturalism—a journey just begun
The first Mission Council meeting of 2020 included a historic and poignant moment as we met with Te Kapa Rautaki, (the Māori Baptist Strat Team) to apo…
Imitating Christ, earning influence
Christa McKirland, a lecturer in systematic theology at Carey, offers a personal view of church leadership. My family and I had lived in Aotearoa for…
God + families + outdoors = adventure
One Sunday morning each school term, Eastview Baptist Church does not schedule any Kids’ Club or Sunday School. Instead the children in primary and int…
The compassionate confidante
A hallmark of chaplaincy is trust and privilege—privilege to go from complete stranger to trusted confidante of another’s story. In hospice ministry es…
My journey into suffering
Just over 10 years ago, Timothy Lee survived a serious mountain bike accident. Now living with tetraplegia, he has learnt a lot about suffering and gri…
Racism—repentance, reversal & repair
Speaking at an ‘hour of prayer’ event on 18th June 2020 to mark an international stand by Baptists against racism, the general secretary of the Baptist…
Forming leaders for the future
For local Baptist faith communities to thrive, it is crucial that we have robust leadership. Charles Hewlett interviews Jonny Weir, the director of Min…
Meet Elesha Gordon—media chaplain
Elesha Gordon attends Hills Church (Hillsborough Baptist). A former journalist, Elesha now manages Media Chaplaincy New Zealand, an organisation that s…
Fighting stigma with kindness
COVID-19 has brought the world many new challenges. Unfortunately, it has also reminded us of very old challenges, ones that Jesus addressed and that h…