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WCC is part of the Baptist movement of New Zealand. The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination represented in most nations throughout the world. While the churches vary greatly in style, and the Baptists who make them up come from many different ethnicities, cultures and economic groupings, all

The Gospel of Jesus can be powerful when it starts in the beginning, in Genesis with the fall of man, the introduction of sin into the world and the change of our nature to a sinful nature. - our separation from God. You can only be saved when you do what the word of God says, the recipe starts with

When Jesus called Matthew the tax collector to follow him the Pharisees we very upset and could not believe that Jesus would spend time with sinners and Tax collectors. Jesus replied to them with the following words in Matthew 9:9-13 ...."But go and learn what this means: | desire mercy and not sac

Living a life of Love. We all came into a new life when we accepted Jesus, God the Father gave us the Holy Spirit and we are constantly convicted and pointed to Jesus to teach us the way Jesus wants us to live our lives. We were created for a relationship with Jesus and to be reconciled to God throu

When we close our eyes one day, we will have to face our Lord and King Jesus. That is the one thing we can be really certain about, life has an end, and at that point, we cannot point to anything or anyone, we will have to give an account of our lives in a very personal way, alone, before a living G

We often make these lists of New Year's Resolutions, goals we want to achieve, plans to make life better or just getting to learn new things. But that does not often work as well, by February most of us have forgotten what is on our list or just don't do it.. Jesus made the following statement in Ma

WCC is a community of people who believe in God the Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit – one God; who are repentant of sin and have been saved by personal faith in Jesus Christ through His atoning death and resurrection; who publicly confess their faith and who are committed to

Luke 6:27-33 talks about how we should love our enemies, not judge them and give without expecting something in return. These are such difficult things to do, right? - especially when it's your enemies. But Jesus calls us to a higher level of standard, he calls us to love others as much as we do our

John 12:44 "Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me." Jesus did many miracles during his walk on earth, He Told many parables, and He healed the sick, yet many did not believe that He was the Messiah. We can have many different responses to t

Proverbs 3:18 "She is a tree of Life to those that take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed" Matthew 13:8 talks about the multiplication of the fruits (seeds) that the sower planted, some on soft ground and some on hard ground. Those on soft ground multiplied 100 fold and a minimum

Did God divinely influence the human authors of the Scriptures in such a way that what they wrote was the very Word of God? In the context of the Scriptures, the word “inspiration” simply means “God-breathed.” Inspiration means the Bible truly is the Word of God and makes the Bible unique among all