Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, Regional report
When Richard Dawkins visited Christchurch on May 11, we thought it would be a good opportunity to challenge some of the apathy regarding God that is common on campus and around the city. Geoff Robson, who also works with Canterbury CU students for TSCF, wrote an...
Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, News
Dunedin VCF Students from VCF were involved with welcoming a visiting team from InterVarsity USA. Many of us who have never started conversations with random students about God had a chance to partner with them in an outreach. We also helped run the annual barn dance,...
Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, News
After 91 years, one of TSCF’s oldest groups has adopted a new name. When Auckland’s Evangelical Union formed in 1927—one of TSCF’s four original “EUs”—the word “evangelical” had different connotations. After several semesters of discussions, members voted in August to...
Sep 14, 2018 | Canvas, News
National Director Nigel Pollock has accepted the call to lead another IFES movement—InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Canada. In May its board invited him to share the vision and energy that he has invested into the role here. “It has been an absolute honour to...
Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, Editorial
The hunches we have about Christianity’s place in society have some fresh statistics to inform them. In May, the Wilberforce Foundation published Faith and Belief in New Zealand. It’s a national survey of 1,007 Kiwis and in-depth interviews with 26 focus group...
Sep 14, 2018 | Canvas, Reviews
By Lee Strobel The Case for Christ is my favourite evangelistic book. It’s become quite the franchise, spawning further books, millions of sales, and even “a major motion picture.” It’s no surprise former journalist Lee Strobel knows how to write. And because it’s...
