By Rosie Fyfe, NZCMS National Director Each of us at NZCMS shares a deep passion: to see the church engaging in mission. We exist to enable this – as a sending organisation, we provide resources, prayer support, and logistics to send people into mission. Who, then, is a missionary? To unpack this,...

By Kirstin Cant Nine years ago, I had just finished studying a bit of theology and I came across a job with a mission organisation I had never heard of, that was offering a role right in the niche of what I was passionate about: journeying with young people who were keen on exploring global...

An Interview with Alice Kinyua Tell us a bit about your background. Where do you come from and who do you call family? A little under six years ago, my family and I moved from Nairobi, Kenya to the lovely city of Whanganui, NZ. At that time my husband, Kinyua Kathuri and I had one daughter called...

By Mike Robb, NZCMS Personnel Manager   “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found...

How do you get from growing up in rural mid-Canterbury to Global mission in the megacity of Tokyo? Here, NZCMS Mission Partner Luke Sinclair describes part of his journey of everyday discipleship that resulted in his call to mission.

By Anne McCormick, NZCMS Archivist. Whether way back when or more recently, missionaries face many varied challenges. References to so-called “one-way missionaries” abound in historical records on mission. Aware of the dangers on the field, these people booked one-way tickets to their location....

By Andy Miller, Mission Partner to Costa Rica.   My wife Shona sensed the call to global mission at 12 years old at her home church in Auckland. In her 20’s she did mission trips to Tanzania and Colombia. I grew up as a son of British missionaries in Peru and we later met in Spain in 1999. We...

In early 2021, we ran an appeal for a hostel in Pakistan. In order to house and disciple the next intake of students, the hostel needed $10,000. You and others raised over $18,000. Our Mission Partner who serves there reports back on the powerful impact this will have for these students and their...