Loyal turns 8! It's been 8 years since the inception of The Loyal Workshop; a whānau of talented artisans crafting handmade, high-quality leather goods in the heart of a busy city South Asia. In 2014, Paul, Sarah and 5 brave women were some of the foundational blocks for this house of freedom. Now with 17 […]
On January 15 2022, the violent eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai resulted in a tsunami and ash fall impacting over 80% of the entire population of Tonga. The spread of Covid19 through Tonga shortly after this, had a compounding effect on food security and the health of the people of Tonga. We immediately reached […]
RENEW TOGETHER 2022 Register your faith community for Renew Together 2022 now! What? God is doing something new in the world! And we're listening. Renew Together equips your church with 3 weeks worth of content that will shape yourself and your community into a missional powerhouse. This includes world-class video stories directly from our global communities, […]
Easter Sunday in the megachurchAlan Jamieson (General Director NZBMS) It was Easter Sunday. I was up early with my morning coffee; an update of the churches in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and the Philippines to read, and a moment to reflect and pray. The Sri Lankan church update spoke of fear. The kind of fear that […]
LIVE Q+A with AJ: learn more about our global communities! Our General Director AJ, has just been on an amazing adventure through South Asia, visiting and connecting with many of our partners and project colleagues. He would love to share some stories and photos of his trip with you- as well as answer any questions […]
Kia ora e hoa mā, As a Baptist whānau, we are part of the Baptist World Alliance, a collection of Baptist churches from all over the globe. Right now, we are collecting donations that we are funnelling directly to the Baptist World Alliance as they work with the Ukrainian Baptist Union (All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical […]
PART 4: Your sphere of influence. Read parts 1-3 here. Soon you will be offered a vaccine. A few of you already have been; some of which have gladly accepted, others of whom have politely declined. And rightly so- your body, your choice. A strictly personal decision. Isn’t it? A lot of people don’t have […]
PART 3: The vaccine divide. Read part 2 here. Soon you will be offered a vaccine. A few of you already have been; some of which have gladly accepted, others of whom have politely declined. And rightly so- your body, your choice. A strictly personal decision. Isn’t it? In the early instances of vaccination, there was opposition. […]
The vaccine choice. PART 2: Why join the herd? Read part 1 here. Soon you will be offered a vaccine. A few of you already have been; some of which have gladly accepted, others of whom have politely declined. And rightly so- your body, your choice. A strictly personal decision. Isn’t it? The vaccine we […]
The vaccine choice. PART 1: Looking back Soon you will be offered a vaccine. A few of you already have been, some of which have gladly accepted and others of whom have politely declined. And rightly so- your body, your choice. A strictly personal decision. Isn’t it? We live in an age of individualism. A […]
