Articles
Register now for Hui ā Māori 2024: ‘no greater time to be unified’
A call for Baptist Māori to engage with the significant kōrero coming to Hui ā Māori 2024.
Reflections on the season of Matariki
Three Baptist Māori share what they’ll be doing to acknowledge this season.
Israel and Palestine: Twenty-one questions, part 4
What is the rapture? This is the fourth in a series of articles answering questions about Israel and Palestine that may resource our thinking on…
From the President: On the road again…
This song by Willie Nelson is easily the theme for our President’s June update. Susan shares the gold from her roadie down south.
Charles Mail: A future with hope
Equipping our churches in growing young | Meeting with the Prime Minister | Praying for our church elders | More baptisms!
Salt of the earth: This is all normal
One of Kev’s bizarre pastoral experiences filled with cultural surprises and learnings in the service of his multi-ethnic church...
Israel and Palestine: Twenty-one questions, part 3
What is Christian Zionism? This is the third in a series of articles answering questions about Israel and Palestine that may resource our thinking on…
Charles Mail: Young people bring renewal
Te Puke Baptist Church breaks ground for their housing project | Baptist whānau in national awards | KB youth leaders retreat | More…
Fanning the flames of youth ministry
Baptist youth leaders reflect on how showing God’s love and grace is working out in the lives of young people.
Charles Mail: On a mission
Ask your church’s youth leaders about their weekend | A role carved out for us | How the Psalms can inspire Christian worship | More…
Podcasts
They are our youth – responding to youth homelessness, with Aaron Hendry
Why do so many young people in New Zealand experience homelessness, and why should the church be interested in being a part of the solution?…
Fiona Haughton: Faith in practice
Christine interviews professional viola player and violin teacher Fiona Haughton, a member of Titirangi Baptist Church. Fiona talks about music as a form of worship…
Flourishing at the margins, with Paul Fletcher
Sometimes, it can be hard to see what the Spirit is up to in the church, but for Paul Fletcher, who spends most of his…
Jo Hood: Christian entrepreneur
Jo Hood founded the 'mainly Music' ministry in the 1990s, a volunteer-led programme for babies, young children and their caregivers. It's grown into 'mainly Ministries', now a global entity…
Slavery, a modern day issue with Sarah Scott Webb
Without stopping to think, it could be easy to assume that slavery is a thing of the past, but in this conversation with Sarah, we…
CareyOPEN introduction
Welcome to CareyOPEN, a podcast where we open a window into the Carey world!
Emma Wells: Our neighbourhood
In this episode, we hear from Emma Wells, youth pastor at Whakatāne Baptist Church. She shares why she and her husband bought a house in…
Word: Acts13:1-3 (National Hui 2023)
In an ongoing posture of praising and ministering to the Lord, the church heard the Spirit's direction. How often do we practice this posture together?…
Reflecting on the year with the Wilberforce 'Faith and Belief' study, with Cathy and Steven
We've reached the end of another season, and to wrap it up, Cathy and Steven reflect on The Changes Ahead that we've heard this year…
Maja Whitaker: Living out of our design
Maja Whitaker is a pastor and disability theologian, having done doctoral research into what the resurrection body might be like for a person with a…
What if I can’t change the world? Faith, parenting, business and church, with Nat Milne
When expectations don’t match reality, what is going to get us through? For Nat, a small business owner and mother of two, the values that…
Charles Hewlett: Holding discomfort
Charles Hewlett is the Baptist National Leader and is married to Joanne. He shares their experience of parenting two wonderful and profoundly disabled children, highlighting…
Hospitality
In this episode, we explore how offering hospitality is another important building block in the development of an intergenerational culture.
Evan Clulee: Doing life together
Evan Clulee lives in Rangiora with his wife, May, and his dog. He’s been involved in global development work with disabled people, including in the…
Faith informed voting, with Brook Warner
Why are you voting the way you are going to this week? How does faith inform the way you vote? Answering these questions can be…
Karen Plimmer: Taking the relationship step
Karen Plimmer works full-time in the disability sector and is mum to a beautiful four-year-old girl. She shares her experience of motherhood, church, and the…
Olivia Shivas: Do disabled people belong in your church?
Olivia Shivas is a journalist passionate about telling stories of disabled people. Olivia was born with a disability called muscular dystrophy, hence being a pro…
Faith in a post-Christian world, with Arunan Noble
As someone with interests in the sciences, alongside studying law, Arunan helps us wrestle with what faith looks like in the post-Christian world he is…
Faith, Church & Disability introduction
Christian Blind Mission, in partnership with Baptist NZ, introduces a new podcast exploring the experience of disability and Christian faith.
Seeking the welfare of the city when the empire’s listening: Exploring politics with Joseph and Daniel
This episode is from the Carey Graduate School Research Conference. Michael Rhodes, Lecturer in the Old Testament at Carey Baptist College, calls us to expand…
Abuse, Purity Culture, and the David & Bathsheba story with Joy Sweeney
Dr Michael Rhodes (Old Testament lecturer at Carey Baptist College) interviews Joy Sweeney about how the teaching of “Purity Culture” has let down victims of sexual…
The life long journey of healing from harm, with Mary-Anne
In this raw and vulnerable conversation, social worker Mary-Anne shares her story of experiencing abuse, the journey of healing she is on, and the place…
Videos
Baptist Hui-ā-Māori 2023
This video is a Zoom recording to all Baptist Māori by Josie Te Kahu, Leonnie Motu, Ray Totorewa, Matt Renata – of Te Kapa Rautaki,…