Chapter 2
Spiritual leadership is about love and faith! These are the greatest things any pastor or leader can offer their members. It is about love, because our example that will speak the loudest in our discipling...
07 May, 2015
Author: Dave Mann
Phase II has begun! Make the most of the Hope Project #1
Dear Church Partners Our updates in the coming 6 weeks will be weekly, giving you ideas to help you to aid your members to engage with this opportunity. How to make the most of the Hope Project,...
04 May, 2015
INTRODUCTION TO YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Spiritual leadership is about love and faith! These are the greatest things any pastor or leader can offer their members. It is about love, because our example that will speak the loudest in our discipling...
15 April, 2015
Good News! (Financial Update)
Dear Church Partners We have good news! Savings have been made and the original $800,000 figure for this coming May phase has been dropped to below $750,00. This means that today (13/4/15) there is just $250,000 to raise...
13 April, 2015
Let’s equip your members!
[caption id="attachment_2817" align="aligncenter" width="302"] Bookmark to promote online equipping[/caption] Dear Partnering Churches, Last week we heard from numerous excited and united church bodies around the country who are prepared to deliver Phase II booklets locally. So wonderful!...
16 March, 2015
Three questions about brand new Phase II booklets
Dear Partnering Churches, In the previous update we gave you four options that you could use to run a discussion group in June, following the media effort starting in May with three stages of TV ads running...
03 March, 2015
What are we to make of the claim that we are a secular nation?
This past week I became aware of a friends school that ended religious education classes, and invited local churches to run a lunch-time program instead. I’m not aware of the reasons, however (while this particular...
23 February, 2015
Why avoiding repetition in your pulpit works against you
Educational experts — like teachers — have known for years the importance of repetition in education. The spiral curriculum is a concept of repetition. Every week, month and year teachers intentionally repeat and expand upon...
02 February, 2015
Four Requests of our Phase II Partners
Dear Partnering Churches, 2015 is upon us & with it an opportunity to take the Christian message to every home in NZ again. PHASE II is scheduled to launch with TV ads airing in three stages over...
02 February, 2015
A conversation the NZ Church doesn’t seem to be ready for
Is the mission of Jesus truly the mission of our churches? In recent years our nation has been rediscovering how our early missionaries actually got a lot more things right than they were previously credited for,...
12 January, 2015
Phase I – what was it all about? (summarised)
THE ‘HOPE PROJECT’ — NEW ZEALAND The below are a few paragraphs written for for a Christian audience, to help someone explain the Hope Project effort so far. What they do not communicate in the ‘balanced’...
25 November, 2014
Measuring the results
Our team are very happy with the first effort. Assessment has identified areas that need addressing. The primary of these is the low web interaction / high bounce rate (meaning that many who came to...
17 November, 2014
We rejoice. Heaven rejoices. Thank You!
After the most hectic year of my life the first phase has been achieved, and my mind has space to reflect on things other than only ‘core business’ - like blogs. For me, a big thank...
10 November, 2014
What did we lose in downscaling the Hope Project?
A reflection by Dave Mann, Hope Project Coordinator It is a matter of integrity to me that I’m open about this, because I don’t want to ever be accused of leading people ‘down the garden path.’...
17 January, 2014
Could our faith in ‘evangelism’ be restored?
(A reflection on where equipping such as that contained in the mini-equipping seminars might lead us) Noting the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20, our ‘come to us’ efforts (personal witness to friends, including invitations to them...
03 December, 2013
Did Gospel stories come from ‘Chinese Whispers’ games?
When many people hear about oral traditions being passed down through generations, the children’s game of ‘chinese whispers’ comes to mind. Imagine a dozen children sitting in a circle. They whisper a message, one to...
20 November, 2013
Hope Project ‘deadline’ – personal reflection
I felt it important to take the time to write a personal reflection today. The below lets you know what we have; what we have done; what we need and what we are doing -...
31 July, 2013
Does ‘Son’ of God mean less than God?
Does Jesus being the ‘Son of God’ mean he’s not God, or less than God? If there is only one God, and Jesus is His Son – does’t that logically mean Jesus is not God? This...
30 July, 2013
Because we care – 20 years in the making
Today, the book arrived from the printers! :-) This book is needed! [To type what is on my heart] I find myself sometimes very stirred by the seeming lack of concern for the work of the Gospel...
14 June, 2013
What is God’s provision?
What is God’s provision? Isaiah 41.17-20 This project has been helpful for our reflection on on this because we have, thus far, had a remarkable absence of donations from wealthy individuals. I have no explanation for...
04 June, 2013