Evangelism and conversion in Kiwi Culture
Introduction Aotearoa-New Zealand is an intriguing series of islands in the South Pacific known for its scenic beauty, sheep, rugby players and globe-trotting residents! The first peoples to inhabit this land were from the Pacific and became known as the Maori. In the nineteenth century the British, looking for lands to settle and so relieve [...]
A tale of many blind spots
Larry is a financial advisor. He has worked in the industry for ten years and has completed a professional qualification in financial planning. As one of three partners in his firm, Larry has a reasonable degree of influence in the way business is undertaken. While his fellow partners do not share his own commitment to [...]
The dying art of friendship
Jeremy is in his late thirties, married with three children. He’s bright and engaging and has a highly demanding and challenging senior management position with a large company. His wife Susan has had a very successful professional career of her own. Both maintain strong Christian commitments and wherever they live, quickly make a sizeable contribution [...]
A call to holistic mission – Wayne Kirkland
Christians don’t have to talk long with each other to realise that what one person means by the words ‘mission’ and ‘evangelism’ may be very different to what someone else means. This is not too suprising, since the church contains a broad spectrum of views. But what about amongst evangelicals? Can we agree on what [...]
Servants or celebrities?
Mixed Messages I had just finished reading an article on ‘Servant Evangelism’ and happened to glance at the biographical info about the author. I could not believe my eyes. It read “X is pastor or the Y church, recently listed as one of the top 25 fastest growing churches in the USA”. To say that [...]
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