By Mike Jessop NZCMS Mis­sions Intern From Decem­ber 2022 to January 2023, a group of 38 kiwis went to Nairobi, Kenya for 3 ½ weeks. We were led by Waweru and Mato, two Kenyan pastors serving in min­istry here in New Zealand. We partnered with Nairobi Chapel and got to exper­i­ence their different…

Are you pas­sion­ate about cross-cul­tural mission? Do you have a heart for pas­toral care and sup­port­ing those serving on the front­lines of mission? NZCMS is looking for another Per­son­nel Manager to join our team. This role is primar­ily about offer­ing care and support to our Mission Part­ners, helping…

By Nikki Wheeler Mission Partner in Papua New Guinea Kapuna, in the swampy jungle isol­ated bush, has a cap­tiv­at­ing nature to it – life is more simple. We thirst for rain if there hasn’t been any for a few days because we are con­scious of how much water we use on a daily basis and how the tank…

Te Hauoter­angi (Howard) and Gladys Karaka serve as Māori Evan­gel­ists with Te Pīho­patanga o te Manawa o te Wheke in the Port Waikato area. The Māori Evan­gel­ist ini­ti­at­ive was an invit­a­tion for NZCMS to renew the old rela­tion­ships the first CMS mis­sion­ar­ies had with Māori in the 19th century. Howard…

By Mike Robb, NZCMS Per­son­nel Manager A story from Papua New Guinea Late Novem­ber, my wife Ruth and I were speed­ing along a river in a dinghy in a remote part of the low­lands in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. We had been paying a pas­toral visit to our NZCMS Mission Part­ners, Scott and…

It’s always so excit­ing when we can intro­duce new Mission Part­ners! This couple have a back­ground serving in youth min­istry and primary school teach­ing. They will be working in edu­ca­tion and youth min­is­tries, serving people living in a slum com­munity in South Asia. They will join an established…

Are you pas­sion­ate about seeing young people explor­ing God’s calling on their lives? Have you served in global or cross-cul­tural mission and want to help others engage with mission? NZCMS is looking for a Youth Mission Enabler to join our national team. The Youth Mission Enabler is a person who is…

Recently our National Dir­ector, Rosie, left to travel around Uganda and South Asia. She met with a couple of our Mission Part­ners and with some of the global CMS whānau face-to-face. While trav­el­ling, she reflects on the state of mis­sions and NZCMS’ passion to work along­side local people. You can…