
New Zealand
New Zealand was once ranked as the fourth largest per capita missionary-sending country in the world. In the years since, this beautiful South Pacific nation has become increasingly post-Christian. Today, only 15 percent of New Zealanders attend church, and 51 percent have no religious beliefs at all. “Zed” is clean, green, egalitarian, and progressive, but it is also a country where the Church needs revitalization, and where people need the hope of Christ. Here, a small team of MTW missionaries is working with and under Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, helping to grow and support the national Presbyterian denomination.
Additionally, MTW teams have been involved with construction, humanitarian relief, and ongoing revitalization work with the Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu. In the Pacific island hub of Fiji, a new team has been launched to plant a church among the island nation’s young professionals and arts communities. Throughout the Australasia region, the Reformed Church is stirring, spreading, and changing lives with the grace-driven power of the gospel.
Meet the Team

Paul & Crystal Henry
Paul and Crystal Henry with their four children are church planting with MTW in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Meet The Team
Paul & Crystal Henry
Paul and Crystal Henry with their four children are church planting with MTW in Rotorua, New Zealand.
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Conversations with a Contractor in a Post-Christian Culture
A contractor noticed religious books at a missionary's New Zealand home and wondered how Christianity could possibly be relevant today.
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The Story of Vanuatu
How did the church in Vanuatu start? Amazingly it's a Presbyterian Church birthed in the 19th century by a Scottish Presbyterian missionary.
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Equipped by Life: Why Missionary Kids Make the Best Missionaries
What happens when missionary kids take their first mission trip? You might be surprised at how ready they are to serve.
See MorePray that the seeds planted by missionary kids in New Zealand would continue to bear fruit, and that MKs would recognize how God has uniquely equipped them to serve and reach others with the gospel.
Pray for opportunities for missionaries in New Zealand to share the gospel clearly in a post-Christian culture where faith seems irrelevant to many.
Related StoryPray for Grace Church Christchurch in New Zealand, where more than 25 nationalities are represented on any given Sunday, as the leaders as church leaders seek to intergrate visitors.

Conversations with a Contractor in a Post-Christian Culture
A contractor noticed religious books at a missionary's New Zealand home and wondered how Christianity could possibly be relevant today.
SEE MORE
The Story of Vanuatu
How did the church in Vanuatu start? Amazingly it's a Presbyterian Church birthed in the 19th century by a Scottish Presbyterian missionary.
SEE MORE
Equipped by Life: Why Missionary Kids Make the Best Missionaries
What happens when missionary kids take their first mission trip? You might be surprised at how ready they are to serve.
SEE MOREPray that the seeds planted by missionary kids in New Zealand would continue to bear fruit, and that MKs would recognize how God has uniquely equipped them to serve and reach others with the gospel.