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....
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...
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....
Here is some CLEAR VISION for what pastors' groups could do - ACHIEVABLE within the realities of busy local church life through PARTNERSHIP. Which makes this a true wero (challenge) to consider! ...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
If we're losing young adults for a lack of 'reasons' given for faith, a one-time programme won't fix the problem. Leadership HABITS are needed. So, what HABITS might be 'fit for purpose'?...
It is very easy when we become overly familiar with something good - to overlook and neglect it. Here's how to sustain it - while keeping it simple! Hope Project is unique - globally,...
Asked to give my SWOT analysis on current NZ Church outreach, I was immediately intrigued because what I'd say today is quite different to just 3 years ago. A lot has changed in NZ in that time....
The key age people leave church is age 18 to 22. Without an experience of God, knowledge of reasons to believe the faith - and a supportive community, what hope do they have in this...
Would you like your outreaching efforts and focused challenged or provoked - to grow? Check out our 2022 'Outreach Today' magazine....
This article articulates a change in thinking I suggest is needed regarding how we (as the Christian Church) view and engage with the discipleship of our young. 'Education for all' came from us to the...
We're about to pioneer some new conversational outreach equipping resource that will blow people's minds!...
We're about to pioneer some new conversational outreach equipping resource that will blow people's minds!...
The winter months are a good time to assess the health and direction of your church, and to build into areas that are weak. Here are seven things you could build into this winter....
Hope has been the message of the Hope Project team – and not just for those outside of the church. “Inside its walls things have been changing too”, says Dave Mann, the project’s initiator. “And...
No church leader dreams to have the same size church in ten years. No denomination aspires to maintain the line for the next decade. No passionate leader gives their lifeblood for no growth. Multiplication is...
Over four years ago I travelled to meet with 70 ministers’ associations around the nation. I explained the Hope Project vision – but qualified the presentation by clarifying that this project was still like a...