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Latest News – Discipleship
“Fizzing” for God’s Kingdom: Izzy’s Journey From New Christian to Student Life Intern
Izzy was first introduced to Student Life through the University of Otago’s campus outreach in 2015. Lizzy, a Student Life staff member, shared Izzy’s story two years ago in Tandem’s Annual Report. “[Izzy] had a bright, infectious smile and a warm personality. She was...
Pentecost: After the Wind, Fire, and Tongues
This year Pentecost Sunday is May 20. It’s a day to remember the first day of Pentecost in Acts 2, where we see God the Holy Spirit descending to earth, empowering the apostles to proclaim repentance. Upon hearing the gospel, thousands come to faith and they devote...
Perseverance Leads to GKR Karate World Champion’s Life Change
This is an everyday story of how Josh, a student leader with Athletes in Action, persevered in contacting Mark, an Orientation Week contact...and how his labour in the Lord was not in vain. This is Mark’s story: “I wasn’t born into a Christian family - none of us...
Who knew Jandals could Change Lives?
Walking through a university campus in the first couple of weeks of semester is hectic. Most of us will have seen a version of it in a movie or TV show, or perhaps have experienced it personally; a scene of hundreds of students walking by stalls of more people, who...
Want to Start Discipling But Don’t Know How?
'One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers – Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew – throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish...
10 Ideas to Challenge Your Teenage Son to Make His Faith His Own
Here are a few steps you can take to create the right environment for your son to grow in his faith while he’s still living in your home. I remember wrestling with the idea of having a personal faith for the first time. I had grown up in a great church, had a high...
What to Teach your Disciple
Every Tuesday night for dinner, Nancy and I met for our discipleship time. She was a teacher in the town I lived in and we had met at church. When I first met Nancy I could tell she was struggling in her relationship with God. We talked at length one night about...
Reflections & Learnings from “I Love Pt Chev”
[email protected] is a new church in Pt Chev, run by Love Your Neighbour, a ministry which partners with churches to reach their communities. Just six months after services started, we were partnering with a university campus ministry called Student Life, and a...
“Now I know how to live the Christian life”
What does it mean to “keep in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25b)? The Spirit’s work in us is so vital to keep our relationship with Jesus growing, as well as helping us spread the good news about Him - but what should we do to make it happen? This was a question...
Prayer life stuck on repeat?
Sometimes, prayer can feel like a music playlist – no matter how great the songs are, after a while they need a refresh. Talking to the Father is an amazing privilege; so if prayer’s become something you know all the words to, why not check these new ‘songs’ out and...
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