We exist to influence and equip the church in Aotearoa to enthusiastically participate in God’s mission, ultimately to plant multiplying churches among East Asian peoples.
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- Building resilience through life’s trialsBy Simon Johnson Simon and Helen Johnson are in New Zealand on home assignment until the [...]Read more
- Foreign –> FamiliarBy Gemma Creasy The New Arrival As I walk down the streets with crowds of people all around [...]Read more
- How do you recognise a TCK?By Averil Bennett TCK is shorthand for Trans-Cultural Kid, or Third Culture Kid. The word “kid” [...]Read more
- Foreign –> FamiliarBy Gemma Creasy The New Arrival As I walk down the streets with crowds of people all around me speaking words unfamiliar to my ears, it all blurs together into background noise. Between those [...]Read more
- How do you recognise a TCK?By Averil Bennett TCK is shorthand for Trans-Cultural Kid, or Third Culture Kid. The word “kid” is an amercanism, but also reminds me that TCK’s can have some goat-like characteristics, shared by [...]Read more
- A river party for ChristmasBy AnnaMarie Slessor AnnaMarie was a TCK – third culture kid – in Thailand from 1973 (when she was born in Manorom) until 1990, when she graduated from Faith Academy. Here she [...]Read more
- How do you recognise a TCK?By Averil Bennett TCK is shorthand for Trans-Cultural Kid, or Third Culture Kid. The word “kid” is an amercanism, but also reminds me that TCK’s can have some goat-like characteristics, shared by [...]Read more
- A river party for ChristmasBy AnnaMarie Slessor AnnaMarie was a TCK – third culture kid – in Thailand from 1973 (when she was born in Manorom) until 1990, when she graduated from Faith Academy. Here she [...]Read more
- 皮卡丘在新加坡的日子by Sylvia Yuan and Timothy Chen 聽到媽媽說，我可以請假跟她到新加坡好幾周，真的很興奮呢！「海外基督使 團」（OMF）這個名稱我已聽過很多次，早前陪媽媽去上候選宣教士課程時，我就已和鈴木家的三個小朋友交上了朋友，他們的爸爸是日本人、媽媽是中國人。這次因為兩家人都去新加坡參加使團的「迎新課程」，我可以和鈴木家的孩子們在那邊待上一個月！每天見面一起玩，耶！ [...]Read more
- A river party for ChristmasBy AnnaMarie Slessor AnnaMarie was a TCK – third culture kid – in Thailand from 1973 (when she was born in Manorom) until 1990, when she graduated from Faith Academy. Here she [...]Read more
- 皮卡丘在新加坡的日子by Sylvia Yuan and Timothy Chen 聽到媽媽說，我可以請假跟她到新加坡好幾周，真的很興奮呢！「海外基督使 團」（OMF）這個名稱我已聽過很多次，早前陪媽媽去上候選宣教士課程時，我就已和鈴木家的三個小朋友交上了朋友，他們的爸爸是日本人、媽媽是中國人。這次因為兩家人都去新加坡參加使團的「迎新課程」，我可以和鈴木家的孩子們在那邊待上一個月！每天見面一起玩，耶！ [...]Read more
- Connections – caring for TCK’sBy Susan Murray – OMF New Zealand’s TCK Advisor Recently I had the privilege to travel to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia with OMF, as their TCK (Third Culture Kids) advisor for New [...]Read more