Christine Stride is Executive Assistant to the National Leader and works at the Baptist National Support Centre in Auckland. She is part of Titirangi Baptist Church.
THE HYPE
National Hui 2024 is when we start talking about how we might live out the Gospel together. What is it that God wants us to be known for? What things must shape us? What social, economic, and environmental challenges will we actively confront? And what will all this mean for our priorities and practices?
Our God is renowned for his unwavering commitment to justice, mercy, and humility. Our Saviour fearlessly confronted injustice, standing as a beacon of truth and compassion in a world often shrouded in darkness and oppression. Our Baptist origins are marked out by radicalism, by challenging the status quo, and by advocating for those for whom life is hard.
Come to National Hui 2024 and help us shape our future.
THE DETAIL
Dates:
The 2024 Baptist National Hui runs from 9 am on Wednesday, 6 November (with Gospel Renewal Tracks – previously known as Pre-Hui Day), with official Pōwhiri at 10.30 am Thursday, to 5 pm on Saturday, 9 November, and will be held at Rangiora Baptist Church, near Christchurch. Our theme this year is Justice, Mercy, Humility.
Find the 2024 Baptist National Hui Programme here
Tickets:
We understand not everyone can come to the entire Hui, so we’ve developed a range of different ticketing options for you to choose from. The Earlybird tickets are available until 10 September – don’t miss out!
Get Baptist National Hui 2024 tickets here
Special programme events
Gospel Renewal Tracks
Wednesday is traditionally ‘Pre-Hui Day’ but we’ve renamed our pre-hui events this year to Gospel Renewal Tracks. Choose a track from the following:
1. Gospel renewal to and with young people (BYM Hui)
2. Gospel renewal in local communities (hosted by South West Baptist Church)
3. Hand-Carved Mission with Arotahi (Mission Day)
4. Gospel renewal through unconditional acceptance (Chaplain’s Day)
The Gospel Renewal Tracks are on Wednesday, 6 November, from 9 am–4 pm.
Find more information on Gospel Renewal Tracks here
Gospel Impact Labs
Here’s your opportunity to get strategic and creative. At these 10 labs we want to collectively create tools for our Baptist local churches to use to achieve gospel renewal. The idea is for you to join the lab to which you think you could contribute most.
The lab options are Faith Sharing; Community Engagement; Connect and Serve Marae; Empowering Young People; Welcoming Immigrants; Power of Prayer; Develop Leaders; Climate-Crisis Action; Political Engagement; Good Stewardship.
These labs will run on Saturday afternoon and will be facilitated by people from the Baptist movement.
Find more detail on Gospel Impact Lab options here
Baptist Celebration Stories
Join us for the Baptist Celebration Evening where we come together as Baptist whānau to celebrate our recent graduates and newly registered leaders and those who have given us long service – 7 pm Thursday evening.
Every Nation, Every Tongue – Sharing Stories of Gospel Renewal
Hear the stories, music, and testimony of some of the migrant and multicultural congregations of the Upper South Island. Come prepared to worship, cry, laugh and journey together – 7 pm Friday evening.
Find the 2024 Baptist National Hui Programme here
Big Bite Consultation Updates
Over the past 12 months, we have been working together on significant areas of change. We made some decisions at last year’s National Hui on what we called ‘Big Bites’, and following that, working groups have been busy on two areas: Constitution Review and Serious Misconduct Process, which had a three-month consultation process from May to July including discussion at this year’s Regional Hui.
National Hui 2024 is a time to continue the conversation and vote on some changes.
And, as always, there will be plenty of great food and stimulating conversation. Don’t miss the Baptist Women’s Breakfast (7 am Friday) and the Sutherland Lecture (7 am Saturday), yet more opportunities to hear and learn from different voices in our movement.
