Ministerial vacancies

This table shows ministerial vacancies as advised to Assembly Office. To inform us of a vacancy or of a change to a listing, please email Miki Seifert. Entries that are new or have been changed within the past month are in blue. If you are a foreign minister looking to take part in an exchange to New Zealand, please read this information. Ministers from other denominations interested in reception can find information here.

Parish Call Convenor Notes Vacant

Northern

       
Mairangi/Castor Bays Auckland F/T Sylvia Miller-Hardie Sole Charge 7/13
Mt Albert Presbyterian Church 70% Julia Buckingham Working towards 100% over 3 yrs. 11/12
North Shore Korean Presbyterian Church 66-100% Emma Keown Sole Charge - Korean & English 3/13
Papakura - Pacific Islanders F/T Tala Simanu Sole Charge - Fluent in Samoan & English 4/13
Remuera - St Luke's Presbyterian Church F/T Brett Johnstone Sole Charge 3/13
Waiau Pa Presbyterian Church F/T Craig Millar Sole Charge 3/13
Waipu Presbyterian Church F/T Verna Healy   3/13

Kaimai

       
Hamilton - Fairfield Presbyterian Church F/T Ron Bennett Sole Charge 5/13
Otorohanga - St David's Presbyterian Church F/T David Gordon Sole Charge 11/12
Te Puke - St Andrew's Presbyterian Church F/T Jim Wallace Sole Charge 11/12
Tirau Co-operating Church F/T Rev Murray Lambert Sole Charge 10/12

Gisborne - Hawkes Bay

       

Taranaki

       
New Plymouth - St James Presbyterian Church
F/T
Neil Walker Sole Charge 03/11

Manawatu Wanganui

       
Palmerston North - St David's Presbyterian Church F/T Ken Wall
Silvia Purdie
Sole Charge 06/11
Wanganui - St James Presbyterian   Rev John Peill   05/10

Wairarapa

       
Masterton - Landowne Presbyterian Church & St Luke's Union Church F/T Judith Harris 50% Shared Ministry 03/11

Wellington

       
Otaki Waikanae Presbyterian Church F/T Boyd DunlopSue Fenton Sole Charge 12/12
The Cook Islands Presbyterian Church 50% Rev Les Solomona Sole Charge  03/09

Nelson-Marlborough

       
Stoke - St Andrew's Presbyterian Church 50% Robert McPhail Stated Supply 4/13

Christchurch

       
Amuri Co-operating Church F/T Rev Martin Stewart Sole Charge 12/11
Christchurch - Knox Presbyterian Church F/T Rob Ferguson Sole Charge 12/12

Ashburton

       

South Canterbury

       
Temuka - Trinity Presbyterian Chruch
F/T Rev Ian Hyslop Sole Charge 08/10

Southern

       
Dunedin - Knox Presbyterian Church F/T Graeme Munro Sole Charge 4/13
East Taieri Church 50% David MacKenzie Pastor for FUEL 11/12
Invercargill - St David's Presbyterian Church
F/T Rev Heather Kennedy Sole Charge 03/10
Tokomairiro Co-operating Parish F/T Rev Helen Martin Sole Charge 06/12

The following abbreviations are used:
FT: Full time ministry position available
0.5, 0.66 etc: Part time ministry position available, number indicates size of position, e.g. 0.5 = 50% or half-time
CV: Co-operating Venture

Please note that only ministers from the Presbyterian Church or from Churches with whom we have a reciprocal agreement may apply for vacant parishes within the Presbyterian Church. Ministers from other churches may be appointed to short-term, stated supply roles or seek reception to the ministerial roll of the Presbyterian Church.  For information on criteria for stated supply or reception please email Miki Seifert.

Lumsden Balfour Kingston

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