September 2008
Local Ecumenical Projects the new face of ecumenism
Though the movement for church union is now defunct in
Local Ecumenical Projects in Action
By Paul Titus and Corazon Miller
Touchstone examines three Local Ecumenical Projects around the country, Straford in Taranaki and Shirley and Waimakariri in
British Methodists seek fresh expressions, pioneering ministry
By Paul Titus
As the
Good show by Hokianga netballers
A team from a Hokianga hapu with strong ties to the
Challenges on a different scale for Fijian minister in NZ
After more than 18 years in the
Government policies creating NZ of rich and poor
By David Hines
Governments need to target poverty directly, rather than leaving poor people to benefit from spinoffs from policies that were not designed with them in mind. That is the view director of the Salvation Army’s social policy parliamentary unit Major Campbell Roberts. Read more...
Theologians explore women, violence and religion
The role religion plays in violence towards women was the topic of a ‘summer school’ that Methodist Church of NZ vice president Dr Barbara Peddie and Wesley Wellington presbyter Rev Dr Lynne Frith attended in
Tonga ’s top award to NZ Methodist minister
When Methodist Minister Rev Kilifi Heimuli went to