Learning by Doing – a book by Inspiring Communities. Having been part of an Inspiring Communities workshop group in Auckland, I am really excited about the launch of this book. The book draws on three years of experience from around the country and provides tools, resources, stories and learnings to help support and grow community-led development thinking and action. “Just when we need it most, here is a book guiding people back to the power...

Working Smarter Together..... Many of you will be aware of the proposed plan to decentralise the work of our Baptist Resource Centre to the Regional Associations. This move aims to strengthen the capacity of the regions in order to maximise our effectiveness as a missional movement. It is also precipitated by fiscal restraints – there's less discretionary money in the pockets of our congregations; many churches are challenged by less giving; there...

This is a seminar you cannot afford to miss! The seminar will be run by Baptist Children & Family Ministries and is open to both Church Administrators and Children’s Ministry leaders. Keeping our children, and the leaders who work with them, safe should be a priority for all churches. This seminar will give churches all the information they need to establish a working Safety Management System. The new Safety First manual is hot off...

“If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims;
quit gossiping about other people’s sins, if you are generous with the hungry
and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. I will always show you where to go.
I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places - firm muscles, strong bones.
You’ll...