tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post4841849733614885446..comments2024-03-29T17:55:30.203+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: The hope of the worldPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-62803001054532980232010-05-05T07:07:33.385+12:002010-05-05T07:07:33.385+12:00Hi Outis,
I have no idea whether you live in NZ or...Hi Outis,<br />I have no idea whether you live in NZ or overseas, but I do not think it is helpful to compare numbers the way you do. Maori are the tangata whenua of our nation. Irrespective of numbers theirs is a special place in any form of community work, whether led by government or the church's evangelists.<br /><br />There is a rising Asian population within Aotearoa NZ. I don't think it helpful to focus on "Chinese" as there are many Koreans here, to say nothing of Japanese.<br /><br />It is an important question for the Anglican church whether we will or will not take up the possibility of a concerted missional strategy to Asians. But whether we answer the question affirmatively or not, I am confident that the church in general in our islands is responding to the opportunity, perhaps especially within Presbyterian and Catholic churches.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-2271573397342086782010-05-05T04:02:26.421+12:002010-05-05T04:02:26.421+12:00There needs to be a vigorous gospel outreach to th...There needs to be a vigorous gospel outreach to the new New Zealanders, esp. the Chinese, as the Diocese of Sydney has done. Maybe get some missionaries from Singapore? & involve overseas students in this work.<br />Won't Chinese overtake Maori in unumbers in a few years? & aren't they younger on the whole, with families?<br />OutisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com