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Global Day of Prayer 2009

Global Day of Prayer 2009

GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER was held on Pentecost Sunday: 31st May 2009. We are thrilled that so many churches, towns and cities have participat...

Kiwi to Head International Peacebuilding Initiative

Kiwi to Head International Peacebuilding Initiative

Visionnetwork NZ Council member Stephen Tollestrup - Executive Director of Tear Fund - has been made chairman of the World Evangelical All...

Latest News Following the WEA European Alliance Meeting in Spain

Latest News Following the WEA European Alliance Meeting in Spain

New training modules being developed by the World Evangelical Alliance will be of great benefit to Christian organisations in New Zealand,...

He said, "If only they would..."

He said, "If only they would..."

Pray! There is no doubt whatever that prayer has always played a very significant part in every revival - whether times of revival in the...

Christian Leaders URGED to investigate latest draft on Religious Education in Schools

Christian Leaders URGED to investigate latest draft on Religious Education in Schools

Visionnetwork's National Director Glyn Carpenter today urged all Christian leaders to carefully study the latest draft of the "Question...

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Religion in Schools submission to HRC

Religion in New Zealand Schools Questions and Concerns 2009 (Draft Document) Submission from Visionnetwork of New Zealand June 2009 Introduction We are thankful for this opportunity to respond...

Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in NZ?

This is the question New Zealanders will be asked in the referendum that will be held at the end of July. Visionnetwork National Director Glyn Carpenter says he is surprised so many people are having...

Sport, God and the Gospel in a NZ Context

By Ken Youngson Overview The Bible makes little mention of sport. But in the absence of any direct biblical reference, this paper seeks to construct a theology of sport and Christian involvement under...

Biblical Perspectives on Disability

Authored by Corey Scott & Dr George Wieland (Edited by Evan Clulee & Dr Murray Rae) Background In New Zealand, people with disabilities make up 20% of the population (New Zealand Census, 2001)....

Congress book study guide - Why Christians Must Care for the Earth

The following comes to you as one of a series of papers drawing from the chapters of the recently published Vision Congress ‘08 book New Vision New Zealand Volume III. I am drafting these for use in...

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Christian Leaders URGED to investigate latest draft on Religious Education in Schools

Why Christians must care for the Earth

Reading the Bible: seeking teaching on family

Does the Bible present a preferred pattern of family?

Greening the church: help needed!

What is a family?

Climate agreement 'missing vital signpost,' says World Evangelical Alliance

A Rocha Initiative Group meets for first time

A Rocha Aotearoa-NZ - Towards a national Christian Environmental organisation

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Religion in Schools submission to HRC

Religion in New Zealand Schools Questions and Concerns 2009 (Draft Document) Submission from Visionnetwork of New Zealand June 2009 Introduction We are thankful for this opportunity to respond...

Slow Train Coming: Religious Liberty in the Last Days

By Rex Tauati Ahdar* Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, Dunedin First published in (2009) 12 Otago Law Review 37 This article is based on the author's Inaugural Professorial Lecture delivered...

Growth of Chinese missions

The Call2All Congress early this month in Hong Kong, was organised by about 17 of the world's largest mission agencies, which is estimated to represent about 85 per cent of the world's missions force....

Religion in Education Guidelines and the Statement on Religious Diversity - a recent chronology

  2002 October The Bali bombings prompted the Australian and Indonesian governments to organise a dialogue involving faith community leaders and political representatives to reduce the...

Recent Developments in Interfaith Dialogue In New Zealand

Part 1 of a chapter by Glyn Carpenter Printed in the book New Vision Vol III (Tabernacle Publishing, 2008)   Part 1 of this paper sets out to summarize recent activity in interfaith dialogue in...

Focus Change for NZAID

Discipleship and Evangelism belong together ©

Email rants: “bearing false witness”?

Global Day of Prayer 2009

Prayers for Global Day of Prayer 2009

Equipt Conference presentation

He said, "If only they would..."

Prayer TaskForce Leaders

Abigail - The Skilled Negotiator

How far should I go with this Peacemaking Stuff?

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Rethinking crime and punishment

In April this year, over 100 people met to identify the key issues at a Drivers of Crime ministerial meeting. Initiated by Rethinking Crime and Punishment (RCAP) - one of the networks with which visionnetwork...

Questions in the economic crisis

National church leaders met the Prime Minister, John Key, and the Minister of Finance, Bill English, in April, and told them it is just as important for New Zealand to emerge from the recession with...

Christians and the death penalty

"The World Day Against the Death Penalty, should give Christians nationwide the opportunity to reflect on their personal position on the death penalty." That is the view of Kim Workman, former National...

Budget has some bright spots

"There are a number of things to cheer about in this year's budget," said visionnetwork's National Director Glyn Carpenter. "Faced with the need to deliver a tight budget for challenging times, the new...

Evangelicals in the US

This New York Review of Books (April 2007) contains a perspective on evangelicalism in the American political context which has some important insights for evangelicals in NZ.  It presents the view that...

One-Size Politics Doesn't Fit All

What Would Wilberforce Do?

Should Christians BE involved in politics?

Government Support of the Churches in the Modern Era

Bailey Kurariki and Reducing Crime

Congress book study guide - Secular New Zealand or God's own Country?

A lawyer speaks on charities and advocacy

Nationhood - What it means to Iwi

Churches lead Crime and Punishment Debate

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