How is the strength of unity to be measured?
Is it by the fact that we meet - or are friendly? Is it that we can stand together - looking united? Or might be through our ability to work together when it counts -...
01 February, 2024
Application from the Bible Society’s new data
We are blessed in this nation to have people producing data for the Church - in this case the Bible Society. The wider deficit is leadership - to apply logical applications that might spring from...
25 January, 2024
Gospel communication at Christmas – with Dave
Hear some valuable TIPS about how to connect, relate to and intrigue audiences with information RELEVANT to them - even if they aren't ready to respond....
12 December, 2023
The Crusades – What happened and what’s your opinion?
It's easy to judge others from a distance. The realities are often much more difficult. It is Christians who have condemned the Crusades. But there is more to this picture if we look....
28 November, 2023
Storytelling – can restore the spiritual consciousness of a nation
When a people are cut off from their history - they are easily manipulated. For a fact - NZers are cut off from their history! Those who tell the history write the future. That makes...
23 November, 2023
A unity reflection: What if we were more strategic in our PRAYER
So often we do what we do because it's what we've always done. Were we released to think differently, I believe these THREE prayer ideas would soon be a priority across our nation....
15 November, 2023
Fresh vision for local church unity
If you want unity to go to a new level, consider the CLEAR VISION in this 'wero', which highlights three ACHIEVABLE things churches could achieve together in and for their cities and towns through PARTNERSHIP....
14 November, 2023
Roy Crowne – A voice for unity
With wisdom from helping to united churches in 1500 separate areas of the UK, Roy can bring wisdom to unity leaders - and in this article and interview - following a visit to NZ -...
08 November, 2023
Family relationships – an under-utilised gateway
What if we were to engage more wisely and pro-actively as united churches around FAMILY / PARENTING / MARRIAGE? This is one of our strengths - and a gateway for the hope we carry. To...
06 November, 2023
Invercargill’s Community Service Day – a unity story
With a vision to engage more widely in the community, Ps Keith Harrington of Invercargill Central Baptist proposed a day given to serving the community in practical hands-on ways - on a Sunday. Now engaged...
02 November, 2023
The election is over – so WHAT NOW? (A specific strategic proposal)
If we are concerned as Christians, the challenge isn't merely policy. It is worldview. WHAT is the actual challenge - and HOW might we engage. Read to hear three unexpected courses of action I propose...
12 October, 2023
“Democracy” – understanding the CONTEXT of the challenges we face
Our democratic freedoms and wider societal well-being only exist because of the Christian faith. But if we don't understand this we won't protect and history evidences that we will then lose it! So here's...
18 September, 2023
Christmas Creative Outreach
As part of Hope Project Christmas here are some adaptions of existing ideas that we (the Hope Project team) think could really work. This is about nothing more than getting a little bit creative...
01 September, 2023
Christmas Creativity
As part of Hope Project Christmas here are some adaptions of existing ideas that we (the Hope Project team) think could really work. This is about nothing more than getting a little bit creative...
01 September, 2023
For a united Church – there are leaders we cannot see
This is about a systemic problem in which church leaders with POSITION meet, while leaders fulfilling the FUNCTION are not in the room. The key stakeholders aren't heard. But what if God called them to...
25 August, 2023