Updates & News
We’re all about hand–carved mission in every community of the globe! Here’s a place where we can share stories and news from some of the people who are partnering in the Missio Dei. We hope you find them as inspiring and exciting as us!
Jun 11, 2025
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 unchangeable part of who we are and what we do… so unchangeable and integral, in fact, that it interacts with and affects every other part of our lives. When we say mission is in our DNA, we are acknowledging that mission is part of God’s unified agenda outworking itself in our lives. But if that’s true, what is it in unity with?
May 15, 2023
With our 3–6 month global placements, you can use your God-given skills for good alongside our overseas partners. Check out our placement list!
May 12, 2023
Be formed for your role in God’s mission with CareyLocal — study FREE next semester with a group of 10 friends from your faith community!
Nov 14, 2022
Reflecting on Hui 2023’s Mission Day at Bethlehem Baptist with Arotahi. Prayer stations and art installations, global stories, and dreaming of the future together!
Sep 22, 2022
Rosalie was the second global worker ever from New Zealand, the first sent beyond the Pacific, and the first sent by the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society in 1886.
Sep 1, 2022
It was Easter Sunday. I was up early with my morning coffee; an update of the churches in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and the Philippines to read, and a moment to reflect and pra…
Jun 15, 2022
Last week, my Dad handed me two letters that had been written by Eric Enright; my great-uncle who was once the pastor of Royal Oak Baptist. Dad received these from a memb…
