Responding to the #MeToo movement—with a message from Jesus and the Samaritan woman
Is sexual abuse an issue for the church in 21st Century Aotearoa New Zealand? In this long-form article Daphne Marsden, one of our pastor/scholar/autho…
Culture
Two Christian views on the proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination
The New Zealand Government is proposing changes to strengthen and clarify the protection of people from discrimination against aspects of their identit…
Celebrating eight years of Multicultural Response Ministry
We thank the Lord God Almighty for giving us the Multicultural Response Ministry and sustaining us in the past eight years. The multicultural event, E…
Becoming a Punua Pākehā
At Hui 2019, John Catmur was awarded the Lionel Stewart scholarship. He planned to use the scholarship for advanced studies in te reo Māori and to expl…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rangiaruaru Hema—“Pursuing Jesus”
In June 2020, the national administrator for the Baptist Churches of New Zealand, Winston Hema, announced he had changed his name. His decision, he exp…
Learning from our history
Bruce Patrick examines a dramatic incident in New Zealand’s colonial mission history and the example it gives of the importance of understanding others…