by Matt | Jun 11, 2025 | Aotearoa, Home, Updates & Upcoming Events
We Kiwi Baptists love to say that “mission is in our DNA”. A quick Google tells me that DNA is “the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable”. We’re essentially saying that mission is an...
by Matt | Sep 22, 2022 | Aotearoa, History, Home, Updates & Upcoming Events
NZBMS was new on the scene, founded in 1885, and nobody had yet been sent overseas. Its focus was a special need of B—al which they had heard about from both British and Australian Baptists. NZBMS took this so seriously that they were seeking only women missionaries....
by Matt | Sep 1, 2022 | Aotearoa, Home
Before I started to pray, I made a silly mistake: I looked at the Stuff newsfeed. The fourth headline down depicted the demise of another megachurch, specifically the resignation of New Zealand’s Arise church founding pastor. The accompanying photo was the name...
by Matt | Jun 1, 2022 | Aotearoa, Home
Two years ago, I moved to live with some extended family members in Randwick Park, Manurewa. I happened to land in an intentional community. Not long after moving, I was hit with a massive concussion which cancelled pretty much any social, study or work life till all...
by Matt | May 20, 2022 | Aotearoa, Home, The Pacific
We immediately reached out to Tongan community leaders to see how we could support our Tongan whānau. Working with the Pacific Leadership Forum, we were able to send NZD$8000 to the village of Vaini on the island of Tongatapu. Through your kind donations, we were able...
