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ADMIN Roadshow: Book your spot now!

If you're in church admin I'm keen to meet you.Whether you're a volunteer, a staff member, elder, treasurer or office manager... if your role includes administration this is the event for you! I've been enjoying heading around the country to meet different administrators, and I'm heading your way. I'd love to catch up if you're free to join me: Waikato Admin Roadshow 17 September Raleigh Street Christian Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm Manawatū Admin Roadshow 26 September Kingston Community Ch...

It's not too late to register for our Auckland Conference

It's not too late to register. Our Auckland Everyday Disciple Making conference is on in just under two weeks, 15 September, and we'd love it if you could join us.  Have you ever wondered what your church would look like if everyone was reading the Bible with just one other person? Or what difference it would make if everybody was encouraged to 'go and make disciples' in their own unique, God-given context (cafe, home, school, uni, business, worksite...)? Speaker Chris Thomas will open u...

Under Construction

Communications Manager Sophia Sinclair sat down with newbie youth pastors Selwyn Motu and Kopano Simanu at this year’s Youth Summit to chat about their communities, their churches, and what God has been teaching them in their first few months serving in pastoral roles. Selwyn Motu made the big shift back to the neighbourhood where he grew up earlier this year, and says he’s felt God’s calling as he’s been welcomed into his new role as Youth Pastor at Tamaki Community Church: “there’s...

Christian hostels and flats for uni students

Studying away from home next year? Are you a student looking to study in Auckland, Palmerston North, Hamilton or Christchurch in 2019? Are you looking for a Christian hostel/community environment to be part of? The CCCNZ movement is associated with four student communities: Eden in Auckland, Rahiri in Palmerston North (which is a community of christian student flats), the Longview Taurima Student Hostel in Hamilton and The Peverel Flats (a Christian flatting community pastorally supported by ...

Considering studying to train for ministry?

Ian Reid is the 3Trusts Scholarship Coordinator to support the Hillview, Lichfield Lands and Longview Trusts with the Dave Bay Evangelism Scholarship, JH Baldwin Scholarship and Matt Alexander Scholarship. He tells us more about how he's here to support the scholarships process. Get in touch with Ian: ianreid@cccnz.nz or visit www.cccnz.nz/page/scholarships...

Working together to see young people flourish

Our newsfeeds might be full of updates from Facebook friends and Instagram snaps, but a growing number of people report feeling disconnected from their real-life communities. In New Zealand our young people are particularly at risk: with high rates of suicide, mental illness and breakdown. How great would it be if churches, schools and businesses were able to work together to ensure Kiwi young people flourished? It’s been 20 years since Kiwi Duane Major had a vision which sought to answer...

Youth ministry and the mission of the church

Every so often I’ve heard the opinion expressed that goes something like this: “Youth Ministry is not biblical. Scripture contains no examples of age-specific ministries or groups.” The observation is, of course, accurate and—given our commitment to the sufficiency and inerrancy of Scripture—the conclusion seems compelling: that we should close down our youth ministries and disciple our young people within the context of the wider church activities and programmes. But before w...

What's happening on the Day of Prayer and Fasting?

Today, 22 August 2018, our Staff team will be taking time out to pray and fast. We'd love you to join with us today as we seek God’s leading and guiding for our churches throughout the country. As a staff team we have roughly scheduled our day around the following blocks so please join us if you can in this way. 9am to 10.30am we will be praying for our country and the movement of the gospel across these islands. We will be praying for those who need to hear and believe the good news of Jesus ...

Check out our Community Calendar

We've just launched a community calendar. Does your church have an event to post? We'd love to hear from you. Our community calendar is for all churches, campsites and support ministries in our movement, linked-in or not, this is a space to share your event. You can message the page here on Facebook or email sophiasinclair@cccnz.nzwith the details of your event and a .PNG image file under 2Mb....

NEW EVENT: Admin Roadshow

National Administrator Danielle Diprose is well underway in planning some roadshow events for our wonderful administrators, with the first one in Auckland at The Chapel on Tuesday the 21st August. This event will be from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and is a time to get all those within the Auckland region who are involved in administration and compliance within our churches together in one room.   Over these 3 hours we will discuss what CCCNZ has been doing in the areas of administration and comp...

The Gospel and the Treaty of Waitangi

It was great to hear Zoe Forrest from Raleigh Street Christian Centre do an outstanding presentation at the Cambridge Community Marae about the Gospel and the Treaty of Waitangi to a good group of TSCF students. We’re grateful for the growing partnership between Raleigh Street and the marae.CCCNZ is keen to support leaders as they seek to recognise the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi in ministry contexts. This may be new for you or your church, but here are some great places to start: Sup...

Sharing the CCCNZ vision in Canterbury

On Monday night, 2 July, CCCNZ Ambassador Mark Grace had the privilege of speaking to 20-30 elders, spouses and younger leaders from across Canterbury.  Organised and hosted by Lawson Scott (Canterbury Regional Enabler) and the Rutland Street Church team, this was a fantastic opportunity to share the vision to see New Zealanders hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. ...

Canterbury Regional Conference: "encouraging and challenging"

On 29-30 June about 100 people from 6 churches from across Canterbury enjoyed the CCCNZ Regional Conference. Daryl Bay from Hope Community Church, Nelson, and Kristopher Bate from Dunedin spoke about Everyday Disciple Making and the importance of evangelism in today's 'divided kingdom'.Thanks to Lawson Scott (Canterbury Regional Enabler and Chair of Rutland Street Church) and Shelia Mark (Pastoral Care Pastor from Rutland Street Church) for their leadership of the event and the time they investe...

Are you our new Prayer Coordinator?

Could you be our Prayer Coordinator? We're currently looking for a Prayer Coordinator to join our team. If you are passionate about prayer and have a gift for mobilising, networking and connecting people then we'd love you to consider this role. This is a part time (16 hours per week), stipended role based on experience and suitability. YES. Take me to the job description!...

Our AGM is coming up

Our Annual General Meeting is coming up and will be held on Friday 29 June, Rutland Street Church at 1pm. At our AGM we're excited to share with you four things: What God has been doing around NZ over the past yearOur gratitude for the churches, support ministries, families and individuals that make up our movementA look at our financial situationVision and hope for the coming year A digital copy of our Annual Report 'Base Camp'  is now available on the news section of our website. If you...

New CCCNZ Staff Members

We're pleased to announce the appointment of three new staff members: Ian Reid, Dave Giesbers and Jeremy Suisted.Ian Reid has been appointed as the 3Trusts Scholarship Coordinator to support the Hillview, Lichfield Lands and Longview Trusts by connecting scholarship applicants with the right study providers and the right ministry contexts - with the aim of growing gospel ministry here in NZ. Dave Giesbers will be working to assist churches in the area of church planting. This will involve suppo...

'Refreshingly low-key' - feedback from our regional conferences

'Refreshingly low-key and well organised' "I enjoyed the conference. It was very helpful and challenging with a good mix of speaker/worship/small groups/coffee." Great feedback has been coming in from people who are joining us at our regional conferences.   You don't need any special training or qualifications to join us – regional conferences are for anyone who loves and follow Jesus and wants to learn more about everyday disciple making. What is 'everyday disciple making'? Learning ...

'I'd rather die in a Māori Pā!'

The CCCNZ Staff Team recently took some time out to visit the grave of Octavius Hadfield, an early missionary to New Zealand. As a young man Hadfield was plagued by illness and wasn't expected to live beyond his twenties; but this didn't stop him responding to the call of the Great Commission when he came to Christ as a teenager. In 1839 Hadfield made the journey to New Zealand as a CMS Missionary. Hadfield's boss, Henry Williams, considered his sickly condition and put Hadfield to work teachin...

100 Years on The Street

A new book available later this week chronicles the highs, lows, survival and success of an enterprising Wellington church. 100 Years on The Street retraces the history of Tory Street Hall, which was to become Elizabeth Street Gospel Chapel, later known as E-Street, and The Street City Church today. The culmination of three years of research and interviews, and full of personal testimonies, 100 Years on the Street tells the stories of the church’s life and mission work, its leadership and beli...

Regional Enabler Retreat: 7th-8th Apri

What happened when 10 CCCNZ Regional Enablers and representatives from PastorLink and GC3 came together from across New Zealand to explore how the gospel could grow across their region? We ate and prayed together. In the spirit of "Together Works Better" we explored how we can work together more closely as churches in our regions, to see the gospel grow. Wonderful to hear of Eldership prayer breakfasts, Pastors gatherings and joint Elders planning meetings, all with a desire of seeing the good n...

PROFILE: Norm and Liz Silcock

For the past seven years, Norm and Liz have been in itinerant ministry, supporting and encouraging smaller Assemblies in Samoa and Tonga, and around the North Island. In recent years, Norm and Liz have taken up the role of ambassadors for the Maori Postal Aotearoa. For over fifty years, MPA has been spreading the Word of God among Maori and other people through the supply of bilingual Bible-based materials. As MPA ambassadors, Norm and Liz are often on the road, building connections. Norm exp...

1600+ students hear the story of Easter

Many members of New Plymouth Bible Chapel have again assisted in putting on an Easter play that first showed in 1991! Chapel members, with believers from 20 other churches, acted, narrated, prayed and served in food preparation and hospitality. This is the story, as reported by STUFF: More than 1600 year five and six students have been told the Easter Story thanks to a walk-through play, with some youngsters hearing it for the first time. The performance took the students from the gates of J...

Bunnythorpe Family Church – The Journey

In 2012, with four young kids, it was time for a bigger house. Despite hunting in what seemed like all the right locations (kids schooling, our workplaces and our church), the Lord directed us elsewhere – to Bunnythorpe, a small village 10 minutes outside of Palmerston North. After a few years, we felt strongly that there needed to be an evangelical presence in the community. Was that of God or merely our own idea? To test it out, we continued to settle in Bunnythorpe, building friendships ...

When Gravity Shifts:

How does God help Whanganui believers share the truth of Jesus Christ, when they've been culturally conditioned to keep quiet? He gives them leaders from another culture. The church is Ingestre Street Bible Chapel, the pastors are Alice and Kinyua from Kenya, and this is how God brought them together....

Sharing the stage, the speaker, and the pool

In the week-to-week business of a local church, it's easy to become insular. You know other Christians are out there, but since you rarely engage with them, it feels like it's just your small band of believers at work in the world. Not so in Dunedin. Down there, the CCCNZ churches are doing good things together. ...