By Troy Nathan, NZCMS Māori Evan­gel­ist How I Met Jesus I met Jesus in Waikeria on July 26 in 1982. While inside the Waikeria prison, after I phys­ic­ally abused a white man, he later came back to see me with a chocol­ate and Bible. I thought he was a nut case in all honesty. It made me ques­tion, who…

This article was written by Judith, a returned NZCMS Mission Partner A legacy takes time to create. I want to acknow­ledge all the people – local and foreign – who have inves­ted their time and lives into the South Asia area over many past gen­er­a­tions. Most never saw large amounts of fruit. It was…

What happens when one person refuses to tol­er­ate injustice and gives everything they have to see it right? NZCMS mis­sion­ary Edric Baker was driven by the idea that health­care should be avail­able for every person, rich or poor. From New Zealand to Vietnam, and finally, for three decades in…

A new ini­ti­at­ive for NZCMS in 2023 is sup­port­ing Co-Mission Part­ners. NZCMS is part­ner­ing with AsiaCMS to ‘co-send’ mis­sion­ar­ies from Asia to Asia. These mis­sion­ar­ies work in stra­tegic mission roles in their own or near culture con­texts. We pray that this part­ner­ship bears fruit and opens our eyes…

In January 2022, the under­wa­ter Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted which led to sig­ni­fic­ant ash­falls across Tonga and triggered tsunami waves that dis­placed entire com­munit­ies. Anglican Mis­sions has been working along­side the Anglican churches in Tonga to respond to needs in the community…

By NZCMS Māori Evan­gel­ist, Keri-Ann Hoki­anga   I con­tinue to lead as Co-Priest at Koringa­rau (new church plant) as I found it is import­ant that pas­toral care and dis­ciple­ship happen to support my role as Evan­gel­ist. Rev Sela Havili and our fam­il­ies have been a huge support in looking at ways…

By Bruce White, NZCMS Per­son­nel Manager Kia ora Whānau. I am blessed to have com­menced with NZCMS as a Per­son­nel Manager in early May. I have a varied Chris­tian back­ground, growing up in the Sal­va­tion Army, then the Pente­costal stream, fol­lowed by a Union Church and then 32 years ago moving into…

It’s the time of year when we receive receipts from churches and char­it­ies that we give to and get tax dona­tion credits from IRD. If you haven’t decided what you’ll do with this money, do con­sider sup­port­ing the Māori Evan­gel­ists. The impact of their min­istry has been sig­ni­fic­ant. Archdeacon…