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…

By Te Hauoter­angi Karaka NZCMS Māori Evan­gel­ist Tēnā koutou katoa. Things have been very busy in Te Puaha O Waikato, attend­ing and con­duct­ing many tangi­hanga, house bless­ings, Hura kōhatu, hos­pital and pas­toral care visits. Marae Min­istry  Marae min­istry and pas­toral care have been keeping me very…

NZCMS’ vision is to see dis­ciples of Jesus par­ti­cip­at­ing in God’s trans­form­ing work in the world. We send mis­sion­ar­ies glob­ally, and we also work to support the New Zealand Church. We want to inspire and empower you to par­ti­cip­ate in God’s mission wherever you find your­self. We’ve been working…

By Nicolas Laing Mission Partner serving in Uganda “While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an ala­baster jar of very expens­ive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclin­ing at the table. When the dis­ciples saw this, they were indig­nant. “Why…