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
Discipleship Tag
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
For a united Church – a problem inherent to the solution
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
Toward a CULTURE of confidence in the RATIONALITY of our faith
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'?...
29 June, 2023
10 benefits of Hope Project for the NZ Church
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,...
09 June, 2023
SWOT Analysis on NZ Church in relation to its outreach
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....
15 November, 2022
Growing a church by NOT LOSING as many youth
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...
27 October, 2022
Outreach Today Magazine – 2022
Would you like your outreaching efforts and focused challenged or provoked - to grow? Check out our 2022 'Outreach Today' magazine....
12 January, 2022
Time to take responsibility to educate our own children and youth again
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...
02 November, 2020
The pulpit should inform
We're about to pioneer some new conversational outreach equipping resource that will blow people's minds!...
15 June, 2020
Fundraising: New Conversational Outreach Equipping videos
We're about to pioneer some new conversational outreach equipping resource that will blow people's minds!...
28 May, 2020
Seven things you could build into this winter
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....
22 July, 2019