Main Hui Programme
Unless otherwise stated, all main sessions will be held in the Auditorium at Manukau City Baptist.
Programme is subject to change.
Saturday 4 November
7am
Optional Event: Sutherland Lecture Breakfast
Location: Manukau City Baptist Cafe
“Kept apart by Creeds’?: The 1923 Act of Incorporation in the context of division.
In the early decades of the 20th century, NZ Baptists wrestled with difference over issues regarded then as existentially crucial. Key among these was the question of Open membership. This paper will explore this public division among the churches, finding in it an important context for the doctrinal principles set out in the 1923 Act of Incorporation.
Martin Sutherland was pastor at Epsom and a lecturer at Carey Baptist College and Laidlaw College before becoming Dean of the Australian College of Theology in 2016. He has recently begun as Senior Pastor at Avonhead Baptist Church in Christchurch. Martin has published extensively on NZ Baptist history and theology. Among his books is Conflict and Connection; Baptist Identity in New Zealand (Archer Press, 2011).
8:45am
Worship and Word
9:30am
Arotahi
10:45am
Morning Tea
1:00pm
Lunch
3:30pm
Communion
3:40pm
Poroaki