The cuppa of kindness
One wintry morning in 2015 a volunteer leader arrived to set up for Birkenhead Baptist Church’s mainly music. To her surprise she found a man sleeping …
Leadership
The saturated leader
Charles Hewlett says over the years he has learnt that saturating himself in the love of God is one of the most important things that he can do as a le…
Jesus and my leadership
Charles Hewlett invites us all to examine our relationship with Jesus, especially those who are in leadership roles in the church. How do you take c…
Many hands, one heart
Jesus’ prayer for unity among his disciples has rung out down through the generations. Nigel Irwin believes this prayer remains in effect to this day. …
When the Spirit moves… HE MOVES!
At the 2018 LEAD Conference, Markus Schonberger spoke about making room for the Holy Spirit to move during church services. He said, “At times it gets …
Getting to know the new national leader
On 20th February 2019, the Assembly Council together with the Mission Council nominated Charles Hewlett to the position of national leader of the Bapti…
Building for the future
Frank and Zoe Grant led Ōpōtiki Baptist Church, a once dwindling congregation in small-town Eastern Bay of Plenty, on a journey to become a church brim…
Whatever happened to the team?
Western Christianity, including in New Zealand, is facing a crisis in the face of ever-growing secularism. Trevor Geddes believes that, as for any team…
The strength of relationships
At the 2018 Hui, in his last official address as National Leader, Craig Vernall reflected on the importance of relational intelligence in our movement …
Training new missional leaders
Jesus’ main task for the three years of his ministry was training leaders for a new movement, and training leaders remains a crucial task for all churc…