Funding Support
Supporting CCCNZ churches to reach their communities with the good news about Jesus.
Would financial support help your church to reach your community?
Funders have entrusted CCCNZ to administer and distribute a selection of different funds on their behalf, with the aim of equipping and supporting churches, boards and youth groups to better reach their communities with the good news about Jesus Christ.
Ian Elliott Scholarship
The Ian Elliott Scholarship is an initiative of the Lichfield Lands Trust to honour the work of Ian Elliott over many years of governance within Christian organisations.
For Boards
This fund’s primary aim is to encourage governance boards of camps, support ministries, and other entities within the CCCNZ/Open Brethren Heritage movement of churches (and individual governors) to come together for governance training.
For Individuals
This fund’s primary aim is to encourage governance boards of camps, support ministries, and other entities within the CCCNZ/Open Brethren Heritage movement of churches (and individual governors) to come together for governance training.
Who can I talk to about applying?
CCCNZ National Advisor Jan De Lange is the point person for the Ian Elliott Scholarship.
Church-School-Camp Fund
The purpose of this fund (kindly provided by Lichfield Lands) is to assist the local church to engage in and strengthen relationships with schools and camps for primary and intermediate aged children, for the sake of the gospel.
Who is the fund for?
How is your CCCNZ/OBH church connecting with your local school? This fund supports churches looking to connect with schools in relational ways.
This may involve your church's kids camp, after school programme, Launchpad (formerly Bible in Schools), kids holiday programme... volunteer-led initiatives seeking to serve your local school.
If your local school has a need and your church is prepared to help and wants to strengthen the relationship with the school, this fund may be able to provide support.
I work for a camp or ministry, can I apply?
We're looking for applications from churches.
This is not a fund for camps, community trusts, or other organisations that are not CCCNZ/OBH churches.
Our church isn't CCCNZ/OBH, can we apply?
This fund is only for CCCNZ/Open Brethren Heritage churches.
Who can I talk to about applying?
CCCNZ Children and Family Ministries Enabler Julie McKinnon is the point person for the Church-School-Camp Fund.
Youth Group Camp Fund
The purpose of this funding grant (kindly provided by Lichfield Lands) is to assist local churches and their youth groups to strengthen relationships with youth in their communities, and with other CCCNZ/OBH youth groups.
Does our youth group qualify?
If your CCCNZ/OBH youth group and another CCCNZ/OBH youth group want to get together to put on an evangelistic or discipleship focussed camp, this fund may be able to support you to make that happen.
We're not a CCCNZ/OBH church, can we apply?
No. We will receive applications from CCCNZ/Open Brethren Heritage churches only.
This is not a funding process for camps, community trusts, or other organisations. This is not a funding process for individual church activities.
Who can I talk to about applying?
CCCNZ Youth and Young Adult Enabler Craig Barrow is the point person for the Youth group Fund.
Pastoral Support Fund
The purpose of this fund (kindly provided by Lichfield Lands) is to help pastoral staff from CCCNZ/Open Brethren Heritage churches.
What kind of support?
The Pastoral Support Fund exists to support pastors from CCCNZ/OBH churches in times of financial and practical need involving health issues, financial hardship, practical needs in a civil defence emergency or personal refreshment so that they can continue serving their church to be pointing people to Jesus.
My church isn't CCCNZ/OBH, can I apply?
We will receive applications from OBH/CCCNZ Church Pastors. This is not a fund for those who are not pastors in an OBH or CCCNZ churches.
Who can I talk to about applying?
CCCNZ PastorLink Enabler Mark van Wijk is the point person for the Pastoral Support Fund.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to run these camps and are praying for the Lord to work through them!"
Toby Young, Youth Pastor, Riverbend Bible Church
Read more about the Riverbend Kids Camp.
3TRUSTS Scholarships for training & theological education
David Bay Evangelism Scholarship
The purpose of the David Bay Evangelism Scholarship is to assist suitable people with evangelistic gifts and abilities, to increase their fruitfulness through further study.
Eligibility: This scholarship's primary aim is to help Christians from CCCNZ/Open Brethren churches (and those with an association to those churches).
The David Bay Evangelism Scholarship is kindly provided by the Hillview Trust.
JH Baldwin Scholarship
The purpose of the JH Baldwin Scholarship is to assist suitable people to be biblically and theologically equipped to be better preaching pastoral and mission leaders among CCCNZ churches in New Zealand.
Eligibility: This scholarship is uniquely for recipients in CCCNZ Churches
Level of study: Certificate, Diploma, Degree and Post Graduate
The JH Baldwin Scholarship is kindly provided by the Lichfield Lands Trust.
Matt Alexander Scholarship
The purpose of the Matt Alexander Scholarship is to assist suitable people to undertake postgraduate or sabbatical theological study.
Eligibility: This scholarship is for recipients from across the New Zealand church.
Level of study: Masters, PHD, DMin
The Matt Alexander Scholarship is kindly provided by the Longview Trust.
Internship Support Fund
To help men and women take part in hands-on ministry within CCCNZ churches and camps, equipping them for a lifetime of Christian service.
Eligibility: Support is available for individuals participating in an internship with a CCCNZ or Open Brethren Heritage church or campsite.
Lichfield Lands Internship Support is kindly provided by the Lichfield Lands Incorporated Society.
Stories of funding support helping churches
Kids Holiday Programme at Onslow Community Church65 school-age children attended CHARGE, a kids' holiday programme organised and run by Onslow Community Church.
Church-based internshipsFour interns are shadowing the elders at Redemption Church Chirstchurch to learn more with the view to potentially serving as full-time elders/pastors in a church in the future.
Email Enquiries:
office@cccnz.nz
Media Enquiries:
media@cccnz.nz
Phone:
06 353 1077
027 268 5636
Physical Address:
Level 3, 357 Main Street
Capital Fund House
Palmerston North
Postal Address:
PO Box 744
Palmerston North 4440
DONATIONS
Account details:
Christian Community
Churches of New Zealand Trust:
02-0719-0220311-000
