The Abbey 2025 Tikanga Pākehā youth ministry training event has gathered experts in mental health to support youth leaders with practical skills at four well-attended workshops in Waikanae this August.

The Abbey has wrapped up for 2025 after three days of intensive youth ministry training for 300+ youth leaders, young people and youth ministry supporters, resourced through this year's theme of "God restoring a broken world." 

Three Anglican leaders have joined in an ecumenical call for Aotearoa New Zealand Christians to support Māori communities' voice in local Governments – with a faithful, positive response on Māori wards.
• From the pulpit: 100 churches unite to support Māori wards

Archbishop Justin Duckworth has launched a three-part video series featuring his conversations with Palestinian Christian Dr Salim J. Munayer and his work in "Musalaha", a ministry for reconciliation between the peoples of the Holy Land.

Rev Andy Dickson reviews a new book from Rev Spanky Moore, punk musician turned Anglican priest, as he reflects on the thrills and disappointments of a 2020s radical ministry season with de-churched young adults in Ōtautahi-Christchurch.
• Vocatio: A Discipleship Journey with Young Adults

Young Anglicans gathering in Christchurch this July have brought their passion for the dramatic arts to the first ever "APTUS" camp, a newly minted national youth project that's connecting Anglican youth with each other and their faith through performing arts.

Rev Silvia Purdie says many churches struggle with the process of ending ministry appointments, and says that this can be one of life’s most painful experiences. She wants to equip clergy and other church leaders to better navigate transitions in the future and heal from hurts in the past.

Nelson Diocese's Youth Coordinator Brad Wood has produced an evocative new set of art cards focused on Jesus, which he's designed for use by spiritual directors, youth workers and Christians at prayer. 

Ten years ago St John's College student and Anglican deacon the Reverend Alan Maxwell had a conversation about ministry that changed his life's direction, and now he's taking another new step.