Loss, laughter and love
Catchy title right? I can hear your brain whirring… “Three point article with alliteration. Cute picture to draw us in, and how will she apply all this…
The Way of the Raukura
On 30th November 2020, Mt Albert Baptist Church made history after their senior pastor, Steve Worsley, embarked on a journey to unearth a story, a trea…
6 ways to reach out to those overseas
This column provides information and encouragement to help pastors and church mission committees promote mission within our churches. Overseas worker…
Celebrating Baptist writers
Robin Cox “I have never regarded myself as an author,” Robin Cox says. “While I have had a number of books linked to youth mentoring published over the…
Meet Steve Withington—health professional
Steve Withington is an elder at South West Baptist Church. He is a health professional and a recent past board member of Christian Medical Fellowship N…
A decade at the helm
Alastair McLay was recently farewelled as CAP Centre Manager at Northcote Baptist Church after 10 years in the role. It had been a job that brought tog…
Pauline Stansfield receives MNZM
Pauline Stansfield received an MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) award at an investiture ceremony on 21st July 2020, for her services to …
Steve & Marijan Trim farewelled
On 30th August 2020 Papamoa Baptist Church farewelled Steve and Marijan Trim, who have retired after faithfully leading the church for over 25 years. …
Sending post-COVID
Mobilisation is a word often used in the arena of global mission. What it really means is to respond in obedience to God’s call. But what about COVID? …
Community ministry runs deep
Over the last few months, new needs have been springing up in many neighbourhoods throughout our country. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by these, not …
Seeking real communion
A few weeks ago, I went on a weekend trip to a small New Zealand town called Mangakino, located in the North Island. Living in Auckland, with all its …
The church & racial justice
Jennie Ekigbo explains what she believes the church can learn from the current movement for racial justice. While battling COVID-19 and an overload of…
Referenda statements
One of Charles Hewlett’s responsibilities as national leader is to represent Baptist churches within the National Church Leaders Aotearoa New Zealand c…
Why church?
Several weeks of online-only services or meeting in small group ‘bubbles’ may have left some wondering whether returning to in-person church attendance…
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…