Maja Whittaker

Moments like the Asbury revival suggest a different kind of renewal—less marked by spectacle, and more by a quiet, contemplative return to the presence of God.

Richard Black

The Western Church is beginning to embrace a mixed ecology of church planting—an open space where legacy models make room for hyper-local expressions, house churches, missional communities, monastic orders, and forms shaped deeply by local context.

Across the world, many Christian leaders are turning their attention beyond the walls of the church and into the life of their neighbourhoods—through community organising, social enterprise, and long-term presence among their neighbours. This panel explores what it looks like to seek the flourishing of our neighbourhoods and the coming of God's Kingdom.

Christchurch - Auditorium