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The Abbey centres mental health

The Abbey 2025 Tikanga Pākehā youth ministry training event has gathered experts in mental health to support youth leaders with practical skills at four well-attended workshops in Waikanae this August.

Abbey '25 trains 300 youth leaders

The Abbey has wrapped up for 2025 after three days of intensive youth ministry training for 300+ youth leaders, young people and youth ministry supporters, resourced through this year's theme of "God restoring a broken world." 

Climate vaka heads to Pacific Forum

Kakala Tevi from the Diocese of Polynesia has joined the crew sailing with traditional vaka, the 'Uto ni Yalo' on a climate advocacy voyage from Suva, Fiji to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands, this week.

Anglicans support Māori wards

Three Anglican leaders have joined in an ecumenical call for Aotearoa New Zealand Christians to support Māori communities' voice in local Governments – with a faithful, positive response on Māori wards.
• From the pulpit: 100 churches unite to support Māori wards

+Justin dives deep on Palestine

Archbishop Justin Duckworth has launched a three-part video series featuring his conversations with Palestinian Christian Dr Salim J. Munayer and his work in "Musalaha", a ministry for reconciliation between the peoples of the Holy Land.

+Sione blesses COP31 vaka plan

Archbishop Sione Ului'lakepa has blessed a gathering of the Anglican Church's Climate Commissioner and leaders from traditional Polynesian voyaging societies as plans unfold for a climate advocacy voyage leading up to the UN COP31 meeting in Australia in 2026.

How Jesus met jaded 20s-30s

Rev Andy Dickson reviews a new book from Rev Spanky Moore, punk musician turned Anglican priest, as he reflects on the thrills and disappointments of a 2020s radical ministry season with de-churched young adults in Ōtautahi-Christchurch.
• Vocatio: A Discipleship Journey with Young Adults

+Afa Vaka's faithful stand

The late Rt Rev Dr ‘Afa Vaka, who was the celebrated first bishop of the Episcopal unit of Tonga, leaves behind a legacy of leadership and ministry that is being remembered as steadfast, scholarly, encouraging and compassionate.

APTUS connects arts & faith

Young Anglicans gathering in Christchurch this July have brought their passion for the dramatic arts to the first ever "APTUS" camp, a newly minted national youth project that's connecting Anglican youth with each other and their faith through performing arts.


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