Nov 21, 2019 | Canvas, Stories of change
Alec Wills is completing his first year of a Bachelor of Agriculture degree at Lincoln University. Here he discusses his story with TSCF staff Tim Hodge. Well done on getting to the end of your first year! How did you come to be studying at Lincoln? I worked as a...
May 31, 2019 | Articles, Canvas, Stories of change
The grey-haired pastor spoke directly to Hanli Liu as he preached: You have to be absolutely sure of the gospel; you have nothing else to bring. You have to believe in the power of the Holy Spirit; nothing will happen without the Holy Spirit. Stephen Turner’s...
Dec 19, 2018 | Canvas, Features, Stories of change
Hine Tihore didn’t know any other Christians on campus, so she would head to the smokers’ area by herself to pray. Each day she sat on a wooden bench sheltered by kowhai and pohutukawa at the Massey University campus in Wellington, and she talked to God. “I was...
Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, Stories of change
“I’m not embarrassed for people to know that I’m a Christian.” Amy Harrison, a third year engineering student, wasn’t always bold about her faith. She became a Christian at the age of 6, when her family lived in rural Taranaki. Her family moved to Waikato, and a new...
Mar 22, 2018 | Articles, Canvas, Stories of change
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:7-8) I was born into a Christian family, but I...
Nov 10, 2017 | Articles, Canvas, Stories of change
I am Kotaro Sugimoto. This is the story of how I became a Christian. My first contact with Christians was 6 years ago. I was living alone at the time. I really felt lonely because it was the first time I lived alone. One day, while I was working at a hotel in Japan,...