I guess that it is encouraging to see blogging catching on among Presbyterian ministers (and their partners) here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here’s a list (repeated in the sidebar) of those that I know of:
- Bruce Hamill
- David Clark
- Diane Gilliam-Weeks
- Geoffrey Skilton
- Howard Carter
- Ian Guy (et al)
- Mark Keown
- Martin Macaulay
- Martin Stewart (who hasn’t blogged in a while … slacker)
Am I missing anyone?
And while I’m in ‘give ’em a plug’ mode, there’s a few other Pressie-tribe sites that are worth noting:
- Mission Resource Site
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Archives Research Centre
- Presbyterian Research
- Presbyterian Youth Ministry
jasongoroncy.com 
Presbyterians and Ministry Teams? What say you Jason? Is that a norm now in NZ? Just wondered..
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Robert, the PCANZ recognises four strands of ministry of word and sacrament:
a) National Ordained Ministry (NOM) – nationally recognised through national assessment and training and confirmed through a call to a particular ministry charge.
b) Local Ordained Ministry (LOM) – recognised through a careful process of discernment at congregation and presbytery level and confirmed through ordination and induction.
c) Local Ministry Team (LMT) – A team of people inducted to fulfil the tasks of ministry, recognised through a careful process of discernment at congregation and presbytery level and confirmed though presbytery commissioning as a team ministry. Within such a team individuals may be recognised by presbytery for training and ordination to a ministry of word and sacrament. These people would not be commissioned apart from a team.
d) Amorangi ministry – self-supporting ministry in Te Aka Puaho.
As for ‘norms’, the majority of ministers serving in the PCANZ do so as NOMs.
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Jason,
Interesting.. The classic Anglican Churches are liturgical, so we have little wiggle room, at least in traditional Anglican worship. It is also interesting that liturgical worship seems to draw certain Christians, both East & West. Of course the cantor has been important and part of this.
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Hmmm, let’s have a think about this…
Technically there’s the Moderator’s blog on the PCANZ web site, but it doesn’t seem to be updated that much. http://www.pcanz.org.nz/blog/19
Also, Howard Carter in Auckland is blogging : http://howard-carter.blogspot.com/
Seems also to be a bunch all connected via Facebook, but not blogging per se.
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Thanks Stephen. I ummed and ahhed about including the Moderator’s blog. In the end I left it off the list, largely because it seems to have not really taken off. This is unfortunate. Thanks for reminding me of Howard’s blog. An oversight on my part. Advent blessings.
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The moderator’s blog is set up oddly too – the RSS feed in it links to main PCANZ newsfeed, plus it’s hidden away. Needs to move to the front of the web site, have a real RSS feed and be updated regularly (and comments responded too). Still, a step in the right direction?
There’s also this blog: http://peteontheshore.blogspot.com/
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Stephen – I agree about the Moderator’s blog. Thanks for the heads up about Pete Bristow’s. Cheers.
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The Mod’s Blog is quite useful. he has just visited and preached with us and wrote about it on his blog too. We can now put a direct link to his blog in our parish newsletter so that we can see what he thought of us – all good I hope.
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