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Mission Partner Gives Update on Life in Papua New Guinea

Mission Partner Gives Update on Life in Papua New Guinea

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…

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Old Relationships Made New

Old Relationships Made New

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…

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NZCMS Personnel Manager Passes on the Baton

NZCMS Personnel Manager Passes on the Baton

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…

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Meet our New Mission Partners

Meet our New Mission Partners

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…

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Are You our New Youth Mission Enabler?

Are You our New Youth Mission Enabler?

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…

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National Director Shares Recent Travels

National Director Shares Recent Travels

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…

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Update from Māori Evangelist Te Hauoterangi Karaka

Update from Māori Evangelist Te Hauoterangi Karaka

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…

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Resource Your Church

Resource Your Church

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…

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