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…
Leadership
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…
Leadership in lockdown
The day life changed Saturday 29th February 2020 dawned warm and clear and continued to be a wonderful day as our family celebrated the wedding of our …
Ngā Pou Amorangi
Ngā Pou Amorangi (NPA) is a community of learners at Carey who are supporting each other to to serve humbly and competently within Māori and bicultural…
The end game & the gospel
Have we become too familiar with our own well-worn version of the gospel? Are we willing to proclaim what we actually believe, instead of waffling with…
A New Zealand Baptist vision for church
The Baptist movement’s one great distinctive—and its one great contribution to the wider body of Christ—is its radical vision of the church. Charles He…
On your bike!
Steve Muir has purchased 10 e-bikes over the past year and is loaning them long term to Baptist church leaders. The idea behind the project is that pas…
Effective leadership
Charles Hewlett has been thinking about the effective leaders he has had the opportunity to work alongside. He believes that these leaders make a numbe…
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 …
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…