Marriage Week – what and why?
A 'gap' in NZ outreach currently is connection around supporting marriages and parenting. How could we change this? What is needed? Here's an approach any church could apply....
24 July, 2023
Ministry Tag
If a solution for Māori wellbeing is needed it’s about values not the Treaty!
If Māori outcomes are below non-Māori, is honouring Te Tiriti the solution - or something else? What if race has nothing to do with it - because it's about values? How can we help -...
07 July, 2023
How Gisborne churches united to serve their flood-affected region
When the flood hit, it needed people who were READY to respond quickly - to care for others. This is a call that is upon God's people - to look not only to their own...
13 March, 2023
Can NZ churches shine when it counts? (Napier flood report)
Is the Christian Church in NZ capable of unity to respond quickly when it matters? You bet it is! Hear this report on what the Napier-Hasting-Havelock Churches did in just their first two weeks of...
01 March, 2023
Is it time to think differently in crises – to ‘let our light shine’?
Our nation recently experienced floods. How is your 'light to shine' if those who control the public narratives choose to keep you out of the public view - so yet no credit (except where negative)?...
22 February, 2023
The importance of spirituality to health (a secular argument)
The logic is undeniable and unavoidable: Beliefs lead to thinking; which leads to feeling and behaviour. A 'good' or 'bad' society is therefore, unavoidably, the product of its core religious and spiritual beliefs. So, how...
15 November, 2022
Praying in the name of people (Why we do what we do – motivational thought)
Do we accept the status quo of the world and church around us - or do we believe God can do more enough to pray and act DIFFERENTLY? If we feel 'broken' by the...
09 September, 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
An observable process in reconciliation of Māori with the wider Church
A profound reconciliation between Māori and the wider Church has been taking place under our noses. Here's how it is happening....
04 January, 2022
Kingdom minded – more radical than many think
In this CHALLENGING reflection on what 'Kingdom minded' means, I explain why I have concluded that many who talk about it don't actually mean it - because it's not merely about thinking beyond ourselves. It's...
03 August, 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
Royal Wedding preacher – largest audience ever
What would you say if invited to speak to a global audience of 1.9 billion? Speaking Christian messages in secular places is a skill - and Michael Curry just pulled it off with brilliance. Let's...
21 May, 2018
Pastors’ groups – Home visitation idea
To get different results in our nation our churches need to think differently. In our 2017 travels we shared about 6 areas with pastors' groups - showing them how they could restore the pubic visibility...
12 December, 2017
The call to influence culture
Be challenged by this a 45min presentation by Dave Mann on cultural changes within New Zealand that are affecting the Church, along with a suggested direction for new response. ...
11 December, 2017
How could this happen? A community didn’t know!
Not all resources are equal - and I believe this new resource is one of the most strategically significant for outreach in our nation at this time, and that every church needs a copy (and...
13 June, 2017
5. What praying changes
“The Power of Prayer” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the third of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship of new and young...
13 March, 2017
4. The power of a promise from an unchanging God
“The Power of Prayer” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the third of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship of new and young...
13 March, 2017
3. Unanswered prayers – when God’s way isn’t ours
“The Power of Prayer” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the third of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship of new and young...
13 March, 2017
2. Faith – the key to answers
“The Power of Prayer” includes five 5 minute teachings, each with small group discussion question. This is the third of an initial 10 series being created, to help with the discipleship of new and young...
13 March, 2017