Multicultural Response

Starting the Ministry Tool Makers and Users Group – 1st Meeting

On 3rd November, we started the Ministry Tool Makers and Users Group. We read and discussed the rationale and goals of the group. The facilitator talked briefly about the ministry tools that have been developed initially. We look forward to learning how to use these tools in the succeeding sessions. In our 3rd November meeting, the group … [Continue Reading]

Multicultural Church Doing Missions Together Local and Abroad

In the previous posts, we have shared about the practical impacts on missions of NZ as an Ends-of-the-Earth Country. First, missionaries have been coming to New Zealand through the migrant workers. Second, the need to send missionaries to local international communities around NZ. In this post, we will talk about the third implication, … [Continue Reading]

Sending Missionaries to Local International Communities in NZ Needed

This is the continuation of my previous post "3 Practical Impacts on Missions of NZ as an Ends-of-the-Earth Country," which I discussed the first impact. The second impact on missions with New Zealand as an Ends-of-the-Earth Country is the obvious need to send missionaries to local international communities. With the consistent influx of … [Continue Reading]

3 Practical Impacts on Missions of NZ as an Ends-of-the-Earth Country

In the previous post, I talked about New Zealand’s Key Role in the Fulfillment of the Gospel Mission. Through the Acts 1:8 infographic on that post, I've shown that New Zealand is one of the "Ends-of-the-Earth" or EOTE countries. So, having established New Zealand as an EOTE country, I would like to talk about the three practical impacts that … [Continue Reading]

New Zealand’s Key Role in the Fulfillment of the Gospel Mission

Please let us spare ourselves the hermeneutical and so-called scholarly or 'technical' interpretation of Acts 1:8. Let us allow ourselves to read and understand Acts 1:8 in plain English. Then in the light of the verse, have a look again at the image above. What does that tell us? Yes, it is very clearly shown on the map! If we take … [Continue Reading]

Two Reflections on “Missions” as Tentmaking Missionaries in NZ

We celebrated Missions in the month of May. Appreciating the experiences in missions that were shared every Sunday of May, I also reflected as well. Below are the missions thoughts that I pondered on: The mission field of people who DON'T WANT TO KNOW God is growing and more workers are needed in this area Yeah, while the … [Continue Reading]