- Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (GPCNZ) is a
Presbyterian denomination inNew Zealand which was formed in 2002. It currently consists of 9 churches and 4 mission churches, which are congregations in the process of becoming fully established churches.Many members of the GPCNZ are former members who left the largely liberal Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) seeking a more theologically conservative alternative. In practice this means that the GPCNZ holds different views to the PCANZ on
homosexuality and theordination of women .The Grace Presbyterian Church describes itself as "Presbyterian in government, Reformed in theology, and Evangelical in spirit." [http://www.gracepresbyterianchurch.org.nz/html/About_the_GPCNZ.8.0.html]
GPCNZ is in the process of forming formal links with the
Reformed Churches of New Zealand [http://www.rcnz.org.nz] ,Presbyterian Church of Australia , and thePresbyterian Church in America .GPCNZ does not own its own theological college, but approved the Grace Theological College [http://www.gtc.ac.nz/grace.php?page=home] as the churches' official training institution in New Zealand.
Constituent churches
"Church" "Location" "Year Formed" "Current Pastor" Northern Presbytery Sovereign Presbyterian Community Church Papatoetoe Pita Uo Redeemer Grace Presbyterian Church [http://www.redeemergpc.com/] Flat Bush 2005 Covenant Presbyterian Church, Manurewa Manurewa Peter Boyd Trinity Presbyterian Church Takanini Andrew Macpherson Central Presbytery Grace @ Wellington [http://gracewellington.org.nz/] Wellington Ian D Bayne Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Christchurch [http://www.journey.org.nz/] Christchurch 1974 Geoff Macpherson Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ashburton Ashburton Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Fairlie Fairlie Southern Presbytery Grace Bible Church, Dunedin Dunedin Mark Smith Tokomairiro Grace Bible Church Milton Catlins Evangelical Church Owaka Steve Panapa Grace Presbyterian Church, Gore Gore Azriel Gray Wyndham Evangelical Church Wyndham Peter van den Brink Grace Presbyterian Church, Invercargill Invercargill Barry Swann Grace Presbyterian Church, Tuatapere Tuatapere See also
Presbyterian polity External links
* [http://www.gracepresbyterianchurch.org.nz/ The Official Web Site of Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand]
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