6 October 2018

Today the Presbyterian Church decided that it does not support euthanasia and assisted suicide as proposed in the End of Life Choice Bill.

6 October 2018

The Presbyterian Church General Assembly gave overwhelming support today for the Pacific Islands Synod to be renamed the Pacific Presbytery.

The Church's biennial General Assembly is being held in Christchurch, 3-7 October.

Read about the decisions made by Assembly, watch video of Assembly's keynote speakers, and read profiles of some of the people at Assembly, including youth commissioners and international guests.

Council of Assembly advises that as part of its policy of a balanced operational budget, resource allocated to the Spanz publication has been reduced for the year ended 30 June 2019.   This will mean a reduction from four editions to three in 2019 using the current model.

The spring 2018 edition of Spanz is now available online, and will be sent to parishes and other subscribers next week.

Are you a Presbyterian minister planning on further study? Do you know that you can apply for a study grant from the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership?

The Church Property Trustees have produced a comprehensive analysis of the Church's property portfolio. The paper has been developed to aid strategic thinking around the Church's property assets.

The report provides an overview of property held by the Church including:

Women of the Burning Bush: Still Burning 25 Years On is a study of women in ministry within the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. The research, led by Dr Vivienne Adair, follows research commissioned by the Very Rev Margaret Reid Martin in 1990.

Read the latest stories of our partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar in the August edition of our Ricebowl Mission newsletter.

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On the closest Sunday to 6 August - Hiroshima Day - Presbyterian congregations are invited to mark Peace Sunday.

Often overlooked in recent years, Peace Sunday was once marked across the country as a time of prayer and commitment, especially to a nuclear weapon free world.