Business Leaders Breakfast
Social Currency. Putting Purpose Back into Business… With Lisa Mead
After a hiatus post Covid lockdown, we are excited to present the 9th Christchurch Business Forum networking breakfast which will be held on Friday 6th of August 2021.
Past Events
Addressing Mental Health Issues…
For many in our communities their life journey is too difficult to walk alone. We recognised that many mental health needs were going unmet in the current environment, and also that our churches and the community-at-large deserved better. For some time HeadSpace Seminars addressing Mental Health issues have been offered to the broader Church Community, […]
Breakfast Hui
Around 60 leaders from a broad cross section of denominations met for an early breakfast at Fush on Wednesday. Fush owner / operator Anton Matthews spoke passionately to the group about the power and value of speaking Te Reo. He emphasised the power of the spoken voice to keep a language alive. Anton has a personal […]
Salt and Light
The Society of Salt and Light is a network of young adults engaging in the questions and issues that 18-30s wrestle with when it comes to faith. On the first Tuesday and Wednesday of each month young adults, from both local churches and none, come together at Addington Coffee Co-op for a night of fast […]
Kingdom Resources
Kingdom Resources: Making a Difference for 25 Years! Thousands of people in Christchurch and North Canterbury have been helped by Kingdom Resources with interest free loans, free budgeting and employment advice. Based in Addington, it has a team of over 100 trained Christian volunteer budget advisors from churches throughout the region, as well as an […]
Churches For the Abolition of Sex Trafficking
Global Project: CFAST CFAST – Churches For the Abolition of Sex Trafficking More than 27 million people are estimated to be in slavery today – 80% of them women, 50% of them childre Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:n. One person is bought and sold every 27 seconds. And even more […]
The Big Picture Competition
The Big Picture Competition: Drawing attention to child poverty solutions 285,000 children live in poverty in New Zealand. That’s more than 1 in 4 kids. The Anglican Social Justice Unit has just launched its nationwide schools competition, supported by the Child Poverty Action Group and Unicef. The Big Picture Competition is for young people to […]
Our Journey to Treaty of Waitangi 2015
Over the last few years at South West Baptist we have begun a journey to discover what it means to be a people of the gospel in Aotearoa New Zealand. A country where our spiritual forefathers were instrumental in the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, where we now seek to understand our place, identity, […]
Loving our Neighbour
Social connectedness is something we all appreciate and after the quakes, knowing our neighbour became more important than ever. At the recent Transitional Cathedral Prayer Breakfast hosted by Te Raranga, Ken Shelley asked us how we felt about developing a neighbourhood strategy for Christchurch simply expressing our love for our neighbours. After some great feedback from churches […]