9am – 4pm

Gospel Renewal Tracks

Choose from six Gospel Renewal Tracks (previously pre-Hui days) running 9am – 4pm on Wednesday. A track can be chosen as part of a four-day ticket or added as a separate day ticket.

More info about the tracks…

9 – 10:15am

Check in

10:30am

Pōwhiri (followed by lunch)

1:30pm

Serious Misconduct Process Consultation

3:15pm

Afternoon Tea

3:45pm

Constitution Review Consultation

5:30pm

Dinner (Voting opens)

7pm

Baptist Celebration Evening

7am

Optional Event: Sutherland Lecture Breakfast Hosted by Carey Baptist College.

9am

Keynote 1 – A God of Justice, Mercy and Humility

10:45am

Morning Tea (Voting closes)

11:15am

Baptist Māori

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Baptist Whānau Business Meeting

3pm

Carey Baptist College

3:30pm

Free Time

• Children and Families gathering

5:30pm

Dinner

Yes, that’s right… we’re giving you another lovely dinner here at Rangiora Baptist, so please come back and enjoy!

7pm

Every Nation, Every Tongue – Sharing Stories of Gospel Renewal

An evening of stories, music, and testimony from some of the migrant and multicultural congregations of the Upper South Island. Come prepared to worship, cry, laugh and journey together.

7am

Optional Event: Baptist Women’s Breakfast

9am

Arotahi – Worship & Mission

10:30am

Morning Tea

11am

Keynote 2 – A Church of Justice, Mercy and Humility

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Gospel Impact Labs

1. Faith sharing  Imagine a movement that is genuinely effective in talking to others about Jesus. Come and create a tool that helps Baptist people share their faith honestly and confidently in their everyday lives. Read more here. 

2. Community engagement  Imagine a movement that authentically engages with the needs of its community. Come and create a tool that helps our local churches match their skills with the needs of their community. Read more here.

3. Connect with and serve marae  Imagine a movement whose relationship with local marae is thriving. Come and develop a tool that helps our local churches identify, connect with and serve local tangata whenua. Read more here.

4. Empowering young people  Imagine a lively movement that is ‘growing young’, where children, youth and family are flourishing. Come and develop a tool that helps our local churches develop a culture of discipling and empowering young people. Read more here.

5. Welcoming immigrants  Imagine a movement that welcomes the stranger in our midst. Come and develop a tool that helps our local churches understand trends around immigration and displacement, so we can show hospitality and generosity to those who are new to Aotearoa.  Read more here.

6. Power of prayer  Imagine the power of bold, faith-filled prayers, prayed regularly by an entire movement. Come and develop a tool to help our local churches bring the power of prayer to the heart of their ministry and mission. Read more here.

7. Develop leaders  Imagine a movement with a culture of identifying and unleashing gospel-focused leaders.  Come and develop a tool to help our local churches know what to look for in those with potential, and how to champion them.  Read more here.

8. Church and the climate crisis: Moving from talk to action  How will we lead our churches into a future affected by a global climate crisis? What if New Zealand Baptist churches could lead the way toward sustainable change in our local communities? What resourcing, support or inspiration from our National Support Centre might help? Read more here.

9. Political engagement  Imagine a politically engaged movement that influences the laws of the land. Come and develop a tool to help our local churches make regular submissions to Parliament. 

10. Good stewardship  Imagine a movement that effectively uses its assets for gospel renewal. Come and develop a tool that helps our local churches begin to think creatively – even radically – about how they could activate their assets for the Kingdom of God.  Read more here.

3:30pm

So, what are we going to be known for?

4pm

Poroaki