Training in Mission is a mission formation programme hosted by the Council for World Mission for young adults aged 18-20. Applications for TIM 2019 are now open. This is a good gap year option for young adults who are committed Christians and interested in cross-cultural mission.
At General Assembly 2018, Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership launched a ministry resourcing website: https://livinglibrary.org.nz.
This latest lectionary and calendar is now available. The calendar shows the dates of the church’s festivals in the current liturgical year. It also shows dates of other important national, international and ecumenical celebrations and days of remembrance.
Christian World Service (CWS) is appealing for donations to support the survivors of last month’s disaster in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
6 October 2018
The Rev Hamish Galloway of Christchurch will be the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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.
