Introducing our New Personnel Manager

May 19, 2023 | News

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By Bruce White, NZCMS Personnel Manager

Kia ora Whānau. I am blessed to have com­menced with NZCMS as a Per­son­nel Manager in early May. I have a varied Chris­tian back­ground, growing up in the Sal­va­tion Army, then the Pente­costal stream, fol­lowed by a Union Church and then 32 years ago moving into the Baptist group of churches. I am happily married to Karen with three adult chil­dren and three grand­chil­dren, all who live in New Zealand. 

I have a varied work back­ground, which includes Banking, Com­mer­cial Prop­erty Man­age­ment, selling News­pa­per advert­ising and 17 years pas­tor­ing two Baptist Churches in New Zealand. While pas­tor­ing our first church, I had the oppor­tun­ity to be involved in short-term trips to Hong Kong, Macau, China, India and Bangladesh.  After ten years of pas­tor­ing, God called Karen and me to serve over­seas with the New Zealand Baptist Mis­sion­ary Society in South Asia.   

On our return to New Zealand seven years later, God called us to pastor a church in Christ­ch­urch for seven years before opening the door to work with NZCMS. 

When not at work, I enjoy watch­ing sports, and am a tragic War­ri­ors sup­porter, together with most New Zealand teams playing in Aus­tralian com­pet­i­tions. If time allows, we enjoy time away in our two-berth caravan.   

The first week has rein­forced how much I have to learn, and I am grate­ful to my col­leagues for their patience in this regard. However, I am excited by what I am learn­ing and am looking forward to what God has in store. 

Shalom,

Bruce White 

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