The Significance of Hopevale Trust’s Support to the Philippines

While New Zealand enjoys the benefits of having been able to control the outbreak of COVID-19 in the community, there other countries that are still in the loop of lockdown levels. Hopevale Trust, a Timaru-based charitable organisation thought about the people in the Philippines and what they are going through right now. In September, they … [Continue Reading]

Mission Perspectives and the Local Ministry We Can Do

This is the last of the series of blog posts on the “local mission” message that I delivered on 6th September at Wilson Street Baptist Church. Let me share with you the mission perspectives that most of us probably have encountered. Traditional World Mission Perspective The traditional world mission perspective, an image that many … [Continue Reading]

NZ Christian Trend, “Native” Mission Challenges and Ponderings

This post is the continuation of my message on the "local mission" that I delivered on 6th September at Wilson Street Baptist Church. The church is celebrating missions month. Let me share with you what the late Rev. Charles Crisp Brown (C.C. Brown), former pastor of the Timaru Baptist Church (1885-1895) said of the NZ Baptist Union's decision … [Continue Reading]

NZ Baptist Mission – Local vs. Foreign Missions

This post is the continuation of my message on the "local mission" that I delivered on 6th September at Wilson Street Baptist Church. The church is celebrating missions month. In the previous post, I shared some history snippets on the NZ Local Mission. Let us have a brief look at the Baptist Mission in New Zealand in this post. NZ … [Continue Reading]

Watch this Video and Read How You Can Make a Difference in this Pandemic

Here in NZ the COVID Pandemic has had its challenges, but our communities have made sure everyone is housed, and everyone has something to eat. Creekside Baptist Church, Iloilo in the Philippines is a church in an informal housing settlement. Due to the COVID pandemic, people are locked in, can't work, have no financial reserves, are running … [Continue Reading]

NZ Local Mission – History Snippets and Reflection

On 6th September, I spoke about "local mission" at Wilson Street Baptist Church. The church is celebrating missions month. The church was founded in 1914 as Timaru Baptist Church. We have been members of the Wilson Street Baptist Church since we came to Timaru in 2012. We started the Multicultural Response ministry with the church in 2013. … [Continue Reading]