Celebrating Patricia Entwistle

by Jairus Robb | Jul 31, 2025 | News

By Jonathan Carson, Former NZCMS Mission Partner in Pakistan   Patri­cia and her husband, Stewart and three of their five chil­dren went to Pakistan in April 1977 under NZCMS. They took up res­id­ence in Hydera­bad in the St Philip’s Church com­pound, where...

Are you an Ordinary Follower of Jesus?

by Jairus Robb | Jul 17, 2025 | News

Our Per­son­nel Manager, Bruce White, recently visited our Mission Part­ners serving in Fiji, Roy and Rachael Hogan. The Hogans serve with Mobile Mission Main­ten­ance Fiji (MMM) by coordin­at­ing volun­teer build­ing and main­ten­ance pro­jects for the Chris­tian...

An Interview with Reverend Keri-Ann Hokianga

by Jairus Robb | Jul 15, 2025 | News

Rev’d Keri-Ann Hoki­anga is a Māori Evan­gel­ist with NZCMS, a pos­i­tion which carries a clear whakapapa. Her role of evan­gel­ist involves nav­ig­at­ing the history of Chris­tian­ity in Aotearoa, a process that is not always straightforward. Here, in this...

Mission by Invitation, Not Invasion

by Jairus Robb | Jun 24, 2025 | News

By Carolyn Bick­er­ton, NZCMS Per­son­nel Manager  My recent trip to Japan to visit Luke and Naomi Sin­clair was sig­ni­fic­ant in my evolving view of mission. Watch­ing them serve and speak­ing with their local lead­er­ship con­firmed what NZCMS has...

Fran Hokianga Concludes Her Role as a Māori Evangelist

by Jairus Robb | Jun 12, 2025 | News

By NZCMS Staff For everything there is a season – Eccle­si­astes 3 A time to rejoice – It is with joy that we cel­eb­rate with our Māori Evan­gel­ist, Ven Rev Fran Hoki­anga, on her receiv­ing her Bach­elor of Human­it­ies after years of hard work. Fran has...