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Sustainability is not a green genre
What is sustainability, who is it about, and why is it connected to our call as Christians to bring gospel renewal?
Dreaming of a slave-free Christmas?
Slave labour is in the supply chains of lots of Christmas treats. Here’s some tips to avoid high risk festive food.
Empowered to be compassionate consumers
A new short 2-hour course called Compassionate Consumerism looks at human slavery and its history, Bible teaching on the topic, and practical exercises to help…
Help modern slavery law get cracking this week.
We invite you to sign the open letter calling the government to stop delaying modern slavery legislation.
Not just waiting for modern slavery law
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse. Here’s what we can do to prevent these supply chain disasters in the gap of…
Baptist voices at The Justice Conference 2022
The Justice Conference 2022 is just over a week away: Saturday 3 September, and it almost looks like a Baptist NZ event with so many…
The gospel and racism
To what extent should we as Christians engage with difficult questions of race and racism? What does the Bible say about race and racism?
Leading with justice
Throughout Scripture we see God’s call to those who follow him to care for ‘the least of these’, to overthrow oppression, to beat swords into…
West Papua statement
The Justice Initiative writes about a terrible example of injustice unfolding right on our country’s backdoor, in West Papua, and explains what New Zealand Baptists…
Ka tuu, ka rongo, ki te whakapono
At Hui 2017 we were reminded and challenged that some voices are not heard, or hardly heard, in our denomination. Wendy Emsley, former community pastor…