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...
by Matt | Sep 29, 2024 | Aotearoa, Home, Updates & Upcoming Events
Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome to Whiria Kids! At Arotahi (New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society), we believe that being woven together in mission is part of God’s heart for each of us. No matter how young, we can all contribute; each prayer, expression of...
by Matt | Sep 29, 2024 | East Asia, Home, South Asia
Kia ora Arotahi whānau, We wanted to give you an update on Arotahi’s relationship with, and presence in, Bangladesh. You’ve been part of the journey with us for some time now, which means you know 2 things: We love Bangladesh, and we have for the...
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...
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...
