Category Archives: Celebrating Christian Tradition

Christmas Greetings !!! – “Joy to the World” – Aretha Franklin (The Queen of Soul)

Check Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccte_N1mO3s Joy To The World (Lyrics)

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Help us get a copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress to prisoners in NZ prisons

What better way to fulfill our Society’s charitable aims of “promoting moral and spiritual welfare” among this sector of society, than to supply a high quality and easy-to-read book to each of our 8,800 prisoners: one that promotes spiritual and moral values!

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Pro-life testimony – celebrating Christian tradition

World renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who has sold more than 70 million albumns worldwide, in an interview with Bryony Gordon of the Telegraph Group, told her that religion has “first place in my life. I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God”. Speaking in pidgin English,via a [...]

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Why saying ‘I do’ is good for families – Bob McCoskrie (Director – Family First NZ)

[On 27 June the Dominion Post published the following article in defence of marriage and the family, by Bob McCoskrie, national director of the registered charity - Family First NZ] On April 29, two billion people worldwide sat in front of their TV screens as they witnessed one of the most public weddings in history [...]

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Liberty Trust – Resurrected as Charity by High Court ruling

The High Court has reinstated a Christian mortgage lending scheme as a charity after it was struck off the Register of Charities by the Charities Commission last April. Liberty Trust, suspected by the Charities Commission of being an illegal pyramid scheme, said its interest-free loans, largely funded by donations, were based on Bible principles. The trust was [...]

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Adoptee spurred battle for law reform to enable access to birth information

On 12 January 2011 Rev. Keith Clifton Griffith MBE sadly passed away after a short period of illness and will be sorely missed by his wife Helen, three sons and their respective young families. Our Society executive, one of whom had known Keith for almost 40 years and was able to attend Keith’s funeral held [...]

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Faith-Based Healing in NZ Prison for Inmates

[John Bunyan wrote his great classic The Pilgrim's Progress while he was in prison. It is an allegory of the Christian life that is inspiring many today in New Zealand prisons to seek after God through prayer and reading the Bible. Many are discovering how faith in Jesus Christ - His life, death and Resurrection [...]

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Film “End of the Spear” R16 rating downgraded to R13 following Society’s successful appeal

The film “End of the Spear” has had its classification downgraded from R16 to R13 following a successful appeal by the Society against the classification decision issued by the Chief Censor’s Office. The Society contended in its written and oral submisssion to the Board that the nature of the depiction of violence in the film – medium level violence – could not possibly justify an R16 classification

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