Thinking Matters desires a passionate Church transformed by the renewing of the mind, confidently navigating and impacting culture with the truth of Christianity.
AUDIENCE
- Church: We partner with Churches to run seminars, events, and conferences aimed at strengthening, inspiring, and mobilising the body of Christ to live out a confident, vibrant, and missional faith.
- Youth & Next-Gen: We equip youth, young adults, and those who work with them with training events and resources.
- Leaders: We facilitate training workshops and professional development for pastors, ministry leaders, speakers and influencers.
- Educators: We offer speakers, programs, and material for Christian schools, colleges and tertiary providers.
VALUES | NGA UARA
- Truth. We believe that TRUTH is knowable and was/is exemplified in the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Integrity. We are committed to living personal and public lives that align with Biblical teaching on morality, honesty, and care for one another.
- Humility. We exercise gentleness and respect in all relational contexts.
- Enthusiasm. We are passionate about equipping others to understand the importance and relevance of apologetics and worldview, and engaging with them to reach a complex world with the Good News of Christ.
- Connectedness. We are dependent upon the leading of the Holy Spirit as it enables us to build strong connections with individuals and organisations.
STORY
Founded in 2008 and launched in Tauranga by William Lane Craig while on tour in New Zealand, we started as a loose network of like-minded people who wanted to help the Church meet the increasing need for apologetics and worldview thinking in our post-Christian culture.
We have partnered with churches, ministries and individuals to form a network of professional and lay apologists throughout New Zealand and now have over 60 volunteers working online, running events, speaking, teaching as well as staff specialising in the areas of Youth and Next-gen, Speaker Development and Leadership Development.
Our head office is in Tauranga and we have regional branches all over New Zealand running regular events in Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, and soon Dunedin. We also have campus-based apologists at Auckland University, Waikato University, Victoria University and Canterbury University.
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If you have something to offer and want to join our growing team please contact us.
We are a registered charitable trust so you can financially support our work as well.