The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has written to all member churches urging that we all do an audit of how our actions, practices, choices of movement, and how our buildings are constructed, should show our deep concern for ecological responsibility and climate justice.
Read Te Waka Karaitiana the new Te Aka Puaho newsletter. Te Waka Karaitiana translates as the ‘the Christian waka’.
Read the listing for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand in Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, prepared by Ben Schrader.
Unlike the Anglican, Methodist and Catholic churches, the Presbyterian Church did not send missionaries to New Zealand. It arrived only after colonisation had begun, as a church for settlers...
The Rev Fakaofo Kaio, moderator of the Northern Presbytery, joins with other church ministers in encouraging us all to spend time acknowledging the meaning of Easter. Imagine there is a God who is loving, just and good. Suppose this God formed the world, full of beauty and with people like us in it. Imagine God's plan is for a world full of goodness, beauty, and love, free of horror, suffering and death. Read more in the NZ Herald
For the next several months some Presbyterian and Uniting congregations in Christchurch will be unable to meet due to the ongoing affects of the earthquake, including families being relocated for a time, extensive damage to church buildings and to surrounding roads, workplaces closing due to damage, and ongoing disruption to power and water supplies
The dates for Transition Ministry training are now available, visit this page for more information.
PresCare is a partnership between the Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Support. PresCare looks for ways our shared faith and commitment can respond to the needs and nurture the wellbeing of children and families.
Dear Friends
Even as I write this, Christchurch emergency workers are doing their utmost to rescue people trapped in fallen buildings and crushed cars.
Overnight we have received letters and notes from churches and individuals from around the world representing an outpouring of prayer and concern for the people of Christchurch.
A question we are being asked by many is 'what can we do?'
Martin Baker, the Assembly Executive Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa has received the following letters of support for the church and people of Christchurch:
