Earlier this week Jan De Lange, CCCNZ National Advisor, along with Tim Hodge, CCCNZ South Island Regional Enabler, ran two Risk & Liability workshops in Invercargill.
These sessions addressed the changing Charity Services legislation and explored the four legal structures available for churches, weighing the pros and cons of each to help elders, deacons, and trustees consider appropriate responses for their own local churches.
It was wonderful to see leaders from Gore Christian Fellowship, Elles Road Bible Chapel, Southern Bible Fellowship, Rosedale Bible Chapel, and Edendale Christian Fellowship engaging with these important issues. In each case, and in many others, it’s encouraging to see churches working together to point people to Jesus, through the gospel from the Bible.
Workshop at Rosedale Bible Chapel.
Left to right: Jan De Lange, Jason Erskine, Nigel McPherson, Josiah Sweney, Nigel Winder, Gerald Pask, Graham Fletcher. Also present but missing from the photo were Charlie Paterson, Rab MacNaughton and Neville Knight.
Jan comments:
"It was an honour to assist these Southland churches with updates around the legal governance aspect of church leadership, and it's encouraging to see teams grappling with the next steps in their own contexts."
Workshop hosted by Elles Road Bible Chapel.
Left to right: Chris Sutton (Gore Christian Fellowship), Edwin Pask (Elles Road Bible Chapel), Graeme Hillas (Elles Road Bible Chapel), Johno Ferguson (Edendale Christian Fellowship), David van‘t Wout (Elles Road Bible Chapel), Hayden Hillas (Elles Road Bible Chapel), Alvin Pask (Edendale Christian Fellowship), Stuart Davie (Gore Christian Fellowship), Colin Hutton (Elles Road Bible Chapel), Matt Bradfield (Edendale Christian Fellowship), David Gibson (Southern Bible Fellowship), Jan De Lange.
Jan and the Regional Enabling team are available to work with churches and can also run these sorts of workshops across New Zealand. If you'd like to book a Risk & Liability workshop in your region, please get in touch with Jan.
