Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, Views
This Canvas focuses on what the Bible teaches about the institution of the Church and how that informs the way we act as members of local churches. But because anyone can start a church (and we have plenty of evidence that, really, anyone can), “church” needs to be...
Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, Views
A faith that influences all of life will have more than one meeting place Paul Windsor is the Director of Langham Preaching and former Principal of Carey Baptist College. He is now based in India, where he teaches homiletics and coordinates the training of...
Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, Views
A student perspective on being part of a church in transitory seasons More on the church: Images of the church A brief disclaimer Breaking down church walls Building to plan Brydon Sundgren is a student leader at the University of Auckland and a student representative...
Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, News, Regional report
Kim Shaw Wellington staff worker Kim Shaw studied at Canterbury University in the 1990s (when she was Kim Irving), serving as a leader in the CU. She says it caused her to think deeply about the Bible and how its message would shape her life beyond university. “It...
Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, Editorial
It doesn’t matter how many times it happens, I always flinch: Someone says “para-church” and “TSCF” in the same sentence, and their innocent remark sets off an internal hashing-through of the relationship between the two. It’s a petty bugbear, but the end of that...
Dec 8, 2016 | Canvas, World
April 2011: Val Goold, then the national director of student ministry for TSCF, came to share in CECE’s 20th anniversary celebrations. At that time CECE was working in just two cities with two groups meeting weekly on university campuses. From that anniversary...
