Join us over two days for encouragement, great teaching and practical workshops.
Come, and be reminded that Christ’s resurrection victory is our confidence and power
28 – 29 August
Friday 7pm – 9pm & Saturday 9am – 5pm
24 August 2020 – Advance Conference Update
Multiply will go ahead with hubs in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Those in Auckland are invited to attend online.
Follow the links below to register. We will then contact you with details about how the hub you choose to attend is going to run, including timings and catering options.
We are continuing to refine the program to be suitable for those that can meet together, and those who join in online.
We will post further details as they become available.
19 August 2020 – Advance Conference Update
The Multiply directors met yesterday to pray and think through the next step for our conference (28-29 August). As you would appreciate, we needed to adjust our plans to work with the current uncertainty.
Multiply is going ahead with the Challenge Conference and Advance Conference | Raised Forever with hubs in the main centres.
We will run hubs in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. (Register for your city below).
We will rework the program to take into account the use of video, but by gathering in cohorts at the hubs, it means that you will still be able to spend time discussing the talks and hanging out with others.
Multiply has reduced the ticket prices because a significant cost component is venue hire and catering. Now you can register for the Challenge Apprenticeship Day for $25 and Advance Conference for $35.
If you have already registered and paid full fees, we will be in touch to discuss your options and reimbursement.
We are also keen to talk with you if you live outside of one of these main centres but would like to get in on the action. We want to help you set up a hub in your town, pleases send us an email if you are interested. You can also register your details here, and we will contact you if a hub is set up in your region.
Together…
We will see again that the resurrection of the Lord stands at the centre of our ministry
We will be refocused on going forward in Christ’s power, not our own strength
We will learn from one another how theologically driven practice has seen Gospel growth
We will dream about, and pray that God would pour out his Spirit on Aotearoa
Keynote Speaker
Rory Shiner
Rory was born and raised in Albany, Western Australia. He studied English and Anthropology at university and, as a consequence, mainly worked in cafes and kebab shops. He is married to Susan and they have four boys.
He studied theology at Moore College, and he also has a PhD in Australian church history from Macquarie University. He maintains an ongoing interest in the place of religion in Australia, the nature of secular culture, and how best to reach our context with the message of Jesus.
He enjoys writing, and has written books on Union with Christ and the resurrection of Jesus.
Rory serves as the senior pastor of Providence City Church, in Perth, where he has overall responsibility for the vision and direction of the church. He also has a small role providing some coaching and support for other church leaders in the Prov Network.
Seminars
We have a wonderful breadth and depth in our conference seminars where we’ll be sharing the lessons learned in the trenches of gospel ministry and church planting. We are excited to be working with church planters and leaders from a variety of denominations all around NZ, as well as other countries. Our prayer is that you will gather with us, and that these lessons and ideas would cross-pollinate and be used for the task of seeing the gospel advance. Our desire is for more churches to start that love Jesus and hold out the hope of life in Him.
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Neal Vinson
Since the first time you engaged in any team sport as a child, you probably learned this truth: teamwork can be hard. Sometimes one kid wants to have the ball all to himself, and other times players disagree on responsibilities. Even for adults working together is difficult. Politics, ego, and mistrust get in the way of building a well-performing team. An efficient team truly is greater than the sum of its parts, especially in the area of Christian ministry. Exceptional teamwork can provide a church or ministry team with an opportunity to both share the gospel and display the gospel as it maximizes its impact in its community. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a powerful tool for anyone who works on a team. This process identifies five dysfunctions that hinder teams from performing at their best and provides useful strategies to overcome them. I’m convinced that any team who learns how to avoid these dysfunctions will be amazing at what they do.
“End of life Choice Bill”, how do we respond as Christians?
Melissa Collier
On Saturday 17th October, New Zealanders will go to their polling stations to not only choose the next government but to also vote on a referendum question: ‘I support/ do not support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force.’ In the Act, ‘assisted dying’ means a person’s doctor or nurse practitioner giving them medication to relieve their suffering by bringing on death; or the taking of medication by the person to relieve their suffering by bringing on death. In the Act, ‘medication’ means a lethal dose of medicine used for assisted dying. In this seminar we hear from Dr. Melissa Collier, a senior radiation oncologist and clinical lecturer at Otago Medical School, talk through the implications of the proposed legislative change as both a doctor who cares for people with terminal cancer, but also as a follower of Jesus as he is revealed in the Bible.
Leading and Growing Ministry Teams
Rowan Hilsden
Leading and growing ministry teams is key to growing healthy churches and planting new churches. This is a practical seminar for team leaders from any ministry context, big or small, on how to lead and grow teams for kingdom growth – Model, Assist, Watch, Launch & Leave.
Avoiding Burnout
Zack Eswine
How do we make sure that we last the distance in ministry? Achieving a balanced approach to ministry is not always easy, and each year the expectations and responsibilities seem to just pile onto anyone in ministry. Whether it is preaching, care of members, leading youth, leading worship or even doing children’s ministry, the pressure seems to grow. In this seminar, Zack will talk us through biblical principals plus his own learnings in over 25-years of ministry about busyness, rest and balance in Christian ministry.
Speakers
Melissa Collier
Melissa Collier has been a follower of Jesus since age eight when she heard about Jesus in an Easter Bible In Schools class. The story of God in the flesh dying for His rebel child has captivated her heart ever since. Melissa has worked as an oncologist for the last twenty-years, most recently at Christchurch public hospital. Her specialty is in radiation treatment. She also works as a clinical lecturer for the university of Otago, teaching medical students the basics of cancer care. She is married to Pete and we have two children , James (aged 15) and Millie (aged 11). They are members at Cornerstone Church, Christchurch. Her other job is being a taxi driver for the children. She enjoys watching them at their various pursuits. Melissa and Pete like to visit the local coffee shops together whenever they can.
Zack Eswine
Zack is the pastor of Riverside Church in St Louis, Missouri, where he has served since 2008. He teaches homiletics at Covenant Theological Seminary and serves on various boards and committees. Dr. Eswine is the author of several books, including Kindled Fire; Preaching to a Post-Everything World, which received the Preaching Today Book of the Year Award; Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry as a Human Being; Spurgeon’s Sorrows; Recovering Eden; and, most recently, The Imperfect Pastor. He is married to Jessica, and they have three children. Zack and his family have visited NZ a few times before. You can find out more about Zack on his website.
Neal Vinson
Neal serves as pastor of Redeemer Grace Presbyterian Church in Auckland. He also leads a business roundtable for business owners. Neal has worked as a university campus ministry team director, a pastor, a lay leader, and a business owner with 25 + employees. He has been a part of great functioning teams as well as bad. These experiences give him insight on how to address the dysfunctions on your team. He is married to Jennifer, and they have four children scattered between NZ and the USA.
Rowan Hilsden
Rowan is Married to Sarah and has 4 children. He is the senior pastor of Auckland Ev Church and a Director of Multiply who describes himself as a broken sinner, with an awesome saviour. His particular passion is to see people totally captivated by Jesus, deeply grounded in the gospel, and growing in their love and knowledge of the true and living God. Before moving to Auckland to start Auckland Ev Church, Rowan has worked as a photographer, graphic designer and network administrator; run his own business in software development, and he was a university chaplain and an ordained Anglican minister in a large multicultural church in Sydney.
APPRENTICESHIP CHALLENGE CONFERENCE
Friday 28 August | 9am – 4.30pm
On Friday we invite potential apprentices to join our Challenge Conference, and trainers who are considering offering an apprenticeship in their churches. If you’re interested in starting an apprenticeship in the next year to two, this training intensive is for you.
Register and bring people along to the Challenge Conference, and the Advance: Raised Forever together. Over the course of both the Challenge Conference and the Advance Conference, people who are considering starting an apprenticeship will get a taste of what these apprenticeships are like, and the value of being equipped for a lifetime of ministry.
“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.”
Eph 6:19-20 | NIV
Connect
Connect with church planting leaders from across denominations, around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Unpack
Unpack the scriptures with great teaching from God’s Word.
Planting with Paul
Engage
Engage with theologically driven, practical seminars on a range of topics from Kiwi church planters and leaders.
Assess
Assess yourself – how can you be used for the growth of the kingdom through church planting?