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Making Jesus Known Among the Nations in Aotearoa

Making Jesus Known Among the Nations in Aotearoa

Are you serving among people of other cul­tures? Has God given you a heart for migrants? Do you desire to see our churches grow inter­cul­tur­ally? If so, then this event is for you! NZCMS’ Inter­cul­tural Min­is­tries Enabler, Alice Kinyua, will join with other inter­cul­tural leaders to resource those…

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Persecution, Salvations and New Songs

Persecution, Salvations and New Songs

In this article one of our Mission Part­ners shares about the struggles of those Chris­ti­ans in her com­munity as they seek to reach their neigh­bours with the Gospel. In amongst the pain and dif­fi­culties that you will read about, you can still feel the strength and resi­li­ence of the local believers.…

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Rev Ian Yong Commissioned for NZCMS Role in Auckland

Rev Ian Yong Commissioned for NZCMS Role in Auckland

On the 30th June, Rev Ian Yong was com­mis­sioned by NZCMS in a new role of Inter­cul­tural Min­is­tries Enabler working within the Auck­land Diocese. A man of several hats, Ian also serves as an assist­ant priest at St Paul’s Symonds Street.

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Update from Mission Partners in Cambodia

Update from Mission Partners in Cambodia

We are cur­rently in Cam­bod­i­a’s annual dry season and it has been an intense one this year. Accord­ing to the gov­ern­ment, it’s been the hottest season in 170 years — most days have been nearing 40 degrees but there’s also a “Feels like” tem­per­at­ure, due to the humid­ity, that creeps towards 50…

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Pray for our Co-Mission Partners

Pray for our Co-Mission Partners

A new ini­ti­at­ive began for NZCMS in 2023 with AsiaCMS to ‘co-send’ mis­sion­ar­ies from Asia to Asia. These mis­sion­ar­ies work in stra­tegic mission roles in their own or near culture con­texts. Kumar and Kathryn Aryal are the first Co-Mission Part­ners NZCMS is sup­port­ing. Kumar Aryal was born and…

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Celebrating Marian Glen, Former NZCMS Mission Partner

Celebrating Marian Glen, Former NZCMS Mission Partner

Written by Shirley Mcnabb Let us thank God for the life and service of Marian Glen who went to be with her Lord on Feb­ru­ary 26, 2024, aged 93. Marian was born in England and became a teacher. After attend­ing Ridge­way Bible College she went to Kenya and taught at the Alli­ance Girls’ School in…

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Introducing the Hogan Family!

Introducing the Hogan Family!

NZCMS and MMM NZ (Mobile Mission Main­ten­ance) are pleased to announce a new part­ner­ship to support Roy and Rachael Hogan’s ongoing call to live and min­is­ter in Fiji. Roy and Rachael, with their three chil­dren, Joshua, Gab­ri­elle, and Kelepi (Caleb) Hogan have lived in Nadi, Fiji, since May 2022.…

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Recruiting a New NZCMS Youth Mission Enabler

Recruiting a New NZCMS 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 to employ a Youth Mission Enabler to join our national team. This role is an oppor­tun­ity to…

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Latest Events

Colonial Hangover or Best Job Ever? The Overseas Mission Question

Colonial Hangover or Best Job Ever? The Overseas Mission Question

We are thrilled to welcome Nick and Tessa Laing, NZCMS Mission Part­ners in Uganda, as guest speak­ers at this event. Since 2013, Nick has coordin­ated over 30 Anglican health centers across Gulu, striv­ing to improve health­care access for rural com­munit­ies, while Tessa has been act­ively enga­ging with…

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Making Jesus Known Among the Nations in Aotearoa

Making Jesus Known Among the Nations in Aotearoa

Are you serving among people of other cul­tures? Has God given you a heart for migrants? Do you desire to see our churches grow inter­cul­tur­ally? If so, then this event is for you! NZCMS’ Inter­cul­tural Min­is­tries Enabler, Alice Kinyua, will join with other inter­cul­tural leaders to resource those…

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NZCMS Support Groups & Events

NZCMS Support Groups & Events

NZCMS holds regular sup­porter events in Auck­land, Nelson, Christ­ch­urch, and Dunedin. These are a valu­able way to hear about the work of NZCMS from Mission Part­ners and staff, and to pray together. Every­one is welcome. Please check your loc­a­tion for further details.

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