Positioned for impact
We’re aware that the church in Aotearoa New Zealand has been in decline for a number of years, but is that the whole story? Steve Davis says there are …
Culture
Worship 7:9
At Worship 7:9, held on Saturday 7th September 2019, more than 300 people gathered to celebrate the diversity of cultures and identity that make up the…
The spirit of restoration
Greg Motu is the recipient of the Lionel Stewart scholarship for 2019. The scholarship supports Baptist leaders in the pursuit of bicultural reconcilia…
Murals and malls
Andrew Clark-Howard is a Carey Baptist College student on placement with Urban Neighbours of Hope in Randwick Park, a subdivision in the Auckland subur…
Hosts and guests in the mission of God
Practising hospitality is a basic of Christian life. In Hebrews we are urged to “extend hospitality to strangers”. We get that. But what if there is an…
Finding my tūrangawaewae
Kevin Robertson writes of his ‘bicultural journey with a twist’ and how he has found his tūrangawaewae. Most of my life I have struggled with a prob…
A prophecy in paint
Elesha Gordon tells us how a Baptist woman’s prophetic painting made waves at Waitangi Day commemorations this year and why it was taken on a tour arou…
Let the salmon swim!
Second-generation youth and young adults who have grown up within migrant churches often struggle to find where they belong. Is it with their parents’ …
The impossible God
In 2010 Akang Ko and his wife Xiaoou Tang settled in Palmerston North to make a fresh start. Today he is an associate pastor at Palmerston North Centra…
A fervour for justice
During World War II, the New Zealand Government appropriated land in Te Kōpua, Raglan, to build an aerodrome. When no longer required for military purp…