Baptist Research Podcast

The Sutherland Lecture seeks to platform significant research that speaks prophetically to local churches, pastors, and scholars involved in Baptist life in Aotearoa. This year, Martin Sutherland presents ‘Kept apart by creeds: The 1923 Act of Incorporation in the context of division’. His lecture explores what divides us and why we’re still together. Asking those ‘Big Bite’ questions about how we handle difference and reflecting on the Act of Incorporation and what that means in our constitutional basis all comes into this story… Note: This episode was recorded at the Sutherland Lecture breakfast at the Baptist National Hui 2023 and includes Q&A at the end (low audio quality).  

The Sutherland Lecture seeks to platform significant research that speaks prophetically to local churches, pastors, and scholars involved in Baptist life in Aotearoa. This year’s Sutherland Lecture was focused on the theme of “Telling Stories” and featured three contributors: Dr Laura Schilperoort, Rāwiri Auty, and Sarah Rice. In the Lecture, they each explore how the narratives we tell—biblical, historical, cultural, and theological—shape who we become and who we imagine ourselves to be. The Lecture was emceed by Caleb Haurua, committee member for Baptist Research and History. Note: This episode is the full unedited recording, including Q&A, from the Sutherland Lecture breakfast at the National Baptist Hui 2022.

The Sutherland Lecture seeks to platform significant research that speaks prophetically to local churches, pastors, and scholars involved in Baptist life in Aotearoa. David Ambler presents 'Lessons from the Crossroads of History: What can our colonial past teach the Baptist Churches of New Zealand today?' Friday, 6 November 2015, Tauranga, New Zealand, annual Baptist Assembly.

This is a recording of a lecture presented by Paul Fiddes on Saturday, 16 August 2014, in Auckland, New Zealand, at an event by Baptist Research. This group aims to resource New Zealand Baptist churches for mission by stimulating and promoting research into Baptist life, thought, and history. 

What happens when a church doesn't have its own place? This is a recording of a lecture presented by Stephanie Robson on Saturday, 9 August 2014, in Christchurch, New Zealand, at an event by Baptist Research. This group aims to resource New Zealand Baptist churches for mission by stimulating and promoting research into Baptist life, thought, and history.  

This is a recording of a lecture presented by Martin Sutherland on Friday, 8 November 2013, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Baptist Research Dinner at the annual Baptist Assembly. Baptist Research is a group that aims to resource New Zealand Baptist churches for mission by stimulating and promoting research into Baptist life, thought, and history.   

This is a recording of a lecture presented by Mike Crudge on Friday, 16 November 2012, in Hamilton, New Zealand, at the Baptist Research Dinner at the annual Baptist Assembly. Baptist Research is a group that aims to resource New Zealand Baptist churches for mission by stimulating and promoting research into Baptist life, thought, and history.  

In this lecture recording, Brian Smith looks at the theology of James McClendon and the significance of the ‘then’ for mission ‘now’. This talk was presented on Saturday, 18 August 2012, in Christchurch, New Zealand, at an event by Baptist Research. This group aims to resource New Zealand Baptist churches for mission by stimulating and promoting research into Baptist life, thought, and history.

The Baptist Research Podcast, hosted by the New Zealand Baptist Research and Historical Society, is an occasional podcast which shares content from Baptist Research and History events and other connected Baptist Research networks in Aotearoa. We’re interested in “Researching Baptists, and Baptists Researching”—connecting those of us across the New Zealand Baptist movement interested in the process of research, the preservation of our history, and in linking these worlds to serve local church ministry and mission praxis. You can find out more about Baptist Research by visiting baptistresearch.org.nz