Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML) is pleased to offer resources to the Church. These take three forms.

• The first is ministry resources – practical resources for everyday ministry and leadership.
• The second is library resources. Each year the Hewitson Library buys over $10,000 worth of books. Many of these books are used by the KCML staff in the delivery of their papers and programmes. Others are ordered on the basis of their likely usefulness to ministers in the parish and on study leave.
• The third is research resources – in-depth papers on a variety of topics to do with worship, ministry, leadership and mission. Often these papers will have been written for journals or conferences, or are simply the culmination of a period of study leave.

Ministry resources

We want to build up this resource section, and we would like your help in doing so. If you know of some good practical resources for everyday ministry and leadership, including websites, please let us know. Similarly, if you have written an article or delivered a paper at a conference or produced a study leave report on a ministry topic which you think would be of benefit to others and are willing to make available, please send us a copy. We cannot guarantee to put everything we receive on the resource list but we would certainly like to include as much as we can.

Library resources

The Hewitson Library has a superb collection of books and journals. Many of its books are used by the KCML staff in the delivery of their papers and programmes. Others are ordered on the basis of their likely usefulness to ministers in the parish and on study leave. You don’t have to visit the Library to order the books you want. Simply phone or email the Librarian and have them sent to you:
Phone:  03 473 0106
Email:   hewitson@presbyterian.org.nz

The Presbyterian Youth Ministry Collection has recently been added to the Library catalogue, which is hosted by the University of Otago Library: http://otago.lconz.ac.nz

Research resources

'Learning to See and to Waddle with our Tongues: a view from the Table'. Jason A. Goroncy, Inaugural Lecture, 2011.

"Seeing is Believing: Visual Communication and Visual Arts in Congregations Today" - Slides. Lynne Baab, Inaugural Lecture, 2010. Lecture notes. A response by Murray Rae.

'It might be emerging, but is it church?'. Kevin Ward, Inaugural Lecture, 2009.

'The Liturgical Shape of Christian Life'. Murray Rae, Inaugural Lecture, 2008.

'Global Challenges that affect Theological Education Today'. Graham Redding's address at the 2007 World Alliance of Reformed Churches’ Conference of Presidents of Theological Institutions Related to Reformed Churches.

'Training for Christian leadership: the crisis and the challenge'. Graham Redding, Inaugural Lecture, 2007.