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Churches.

How we can help.

We help churches stay informed, connected, and confident in supporting their mission partners well, while also encouraging a growing vision for mission within their congregations and among future generations.

A key part of what we do is help churches and their people stay connected to mission.

Through events, resources, prayer updates, virtual Mission Partner gatherings, and stories from the field, we create pathways for learning, prayer, and deeper engagement.

Where possible, GC3 also responds to crisis and need through disaster relief and humanitarian projects, working with trusted partners on the ground to bring practical help and hope in times of hardship. This part of our work is called GC Aid.

Inspire

Stories, prayer updates, and pathways to engage.

Connect

Events, gatherings, and learning together.

Assist

Pastoral care, advocacy, and practical support.

Whether you're an individual, church leader, mission team, or part of an eldership team, GC3 is here to work alongside you.

Begin the conversation. 

John and Wendy are available to support churches as they navigate mission partnership well. They work closely with churches to strengthen relationships with current Mission Partners, assist churches as new Mission Partners are preparing to go, and help congregations understand the many ways they can engage meaningfully with mission.

Through conversation, guidance, and connection, John and Wendy, alongside Michael and Bevan, help churches feel confident, informed, and supported in their mission involvement, growing in mission both locally and globally.

Daily Prayer Guide.

Pray for the people and work of GC3.

The Daily Prayer Guide is an annual printed booklet that helps churches and individuals pray regularly and intentionally for Mission Partners sent from Brethren and Brethren Heritage churches.

Each day highlights a specific Mission Partner, with prayer points that are also reflected in our e-Connect prayer email updates and on individual Mission Partner profiles (referenced as Day xx). This helps create a shared rhythm of prayer across churches and supporters.

If you would like to order copies of the Daily Prayer Guide for your church or community, please contact admin@gc3.org.nz.

Church Resources

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To Sharpen Our Thinking

Articles to make us stop and think.

Caring for Our Own

By Michael Hanson Paul, writing his last letter from a Roman prison, names two kinds of people he has known.  "You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me... The Lord grant mercy toRead more

Adding Value Well: A Long-Term Missionary’s Perspective on Short-Term Teams

Short-term missions can be powerful; however, as people may know, they can also be complicated.  Craig and Nay Greenfield have spent 25 years hosting short-term teams while building ShalomRead more

Wanting to Serve Well: Lessons from a short-term mission project in Vanuatu

Earlier this year, Marina Shannon and a team from Orewa Community Church travelled to Vanuatu to run the children’s and teens’ programme at the SIL Bible Translators annual conference.Read more

Practical Partnering: Church family with Mission Partners

A conversation with Pete Rhodes-Robinson from Onslow Community Church on learning to advocate for and support their Mission Partners well  At GC3, we often hear churches wrestling with what itRead more

Cities – Centres of Problems and Promise.

While the great drift of people to the inner cities catches our attention, we may not have noticed the migration of saints to the suburbs. In the July 1993 edition of The Treasury, Kevin White reflecRead more

Servant Leadership: Mission’s Crucial Export.

Some words can provoke a reaction. I have sometimes spiced up a conversation with friends by dropping in a word that I know will be contentious. These days one such word is ‘Christian’. Sadly,Read more

The Global Gospel Gap

Two thousand years ago, Jesus told us that he will build his Church: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church…” (Matt. 16:18). After his resurrection, we areRead more

Dynamic Mission

Mission is rapidly changing. The world we live in has seen the spread of churches globally, the increased opportunity to travel, the advancement of communication methods, the rise of multiculturalRead more

The Joy of Justice in World Mission

We live in a world where the cry for justice is regularly heard around our world and across our media screens. The exploitation and severe depravation that is the miserable experience of billions ofRead more

Jesus’ Strategy for Mission

What should our strategy for mission be? That’s a question many books and articles seek to grapple with. But whilst a lot of these strategies are helpful, some proving very successful, they must beRead more

Finishing Well by Overcoming

What does it look like to finish well? It seems that too many of the Lord’s followers, including missionaries, do not finish well. The Lord sets before each of us a different race to run withRead more

Who will Continue your Work?

Last week, I received a newsletter from one of our mission partners who has been faithfully serving the Lord in Asia for many years. His daughter posed a significant question, "Dad, who will continueRead more

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