Beyond The Walls is a collective of purpose-driven missionaries and ministries that we support in Aotearoa New Zealand and across our world financially and in prayer. We're proud to support a variety of ministry groups who work to bring the hope, joy, peace and love of Jesus to their communities. From sports chaplaincy to child sponsorship, counselling through to parental support, the various ministries that make up our Beyond The Walls ministries all work to bring positive change to their communities, and we're proud to sponsor them!
In 2023 Windsor Park Baptist Church are committed to investing $125k into 16 people and projects. You can find out more about these missionaries and ministries below.
purpose-driven mission
our current missions and missionaries
Check out an overview of our Beyond The Walls ministries and missionaries that we support below - simply click on the orange arrow to find out more about that specific ministry.
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PROF. GEORGE SEBER
AUCKLAND NORTHLAND REGIONAL ECUMENICAL TERTIARY CHAPLAINCY TRUST BOARD
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GIVE TO BEYOND THE WALLS
On the third Sunday of every month, as part of our rhythms here at Windsor Park, we take up a Beyond The Walls offering where all money raised goes directly to support the amazing work that our Beyond The Walls ministries are doing. If you'd like to help us in supporting them, you can give to our Beyond The Walls appeal at anytime via the button below. Simply click on the GIVE button below & select the 'Beyond the Walls' drop down appeal.
Thank you for helping us as we continue to support these amazing missions and the incredible work that they do in communities beyond the walls of Windsor Park Baptist Church.
GET INVOLVED
If you feel a nudge to be involved with God's purposes 'beyond the walls' of Windsor Park, or if you want to help support any of our projects or people, get in touch with us on 09 477 0002 or contact us via the button below:
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS that WE SUPPORT THROUGH BEYOND THE WALLS
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global sports chaplaincy ASSOCIATION
Global Sports Chaplaincy Association provide pastoral care and support to sports communities across our world by identifying, training, appointing and guiding Sports Chaplains who are available as volunteers to serve these teams at all levels. Sports Chaplains provide free, accessible pastoral care, support and mentoring to athletes, staff officials and their whānau on-site and at the point of need irrespective of religion, lifestyle and beliefs.
The effect of Sports Chaplains placed in sports communities has improved mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing leading to better people, better lives, better outcomes and better communities. Sports Chaplains are not sports psychologists, replacements for player welfare officers or trained counsellors, Sports Chaplains act as first responders to assist people in need to professional services. Some of the services Sports Chaplains provide are: grief, loss and bereavement support; critical incident response and recovery; life-skills mentoring; mental wellbeing support; suicide awareness and intervention; home and hospital visitations; transitions in life and career guidance and support.
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PROF. GEORGE SEBER
Auckland Northland Regional Ecumenical Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board
George Seber, a retired Professor of Statistics, a Counsellor and Supervisor, is one of the chaplains at The Auckland Northland Regional Ecumenical Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board and a representative of the Baptists. During his time at Auckland University, he was on various chaplaincy boards and also Laidlaw’s Academic Advisory Board for about 20 years.
The Auckland Northland Regional Ecumenical Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board ministers to paid and voluntary chaplains in tertiary institutions in Auckland and Northland, offering support where they can. The voluntary Board is made up of about 15 members with some Christian academics and various religious backgrounds. The treasurer works for Carey Baptist College. Their income is provided by the support of a few churches. From the budget for this year it is used for such things as national meetings, support for newly established Northtec chaplain, hospitality allowance for chaplains, regional training and conference expenses. They meet at least four times a year and some business is carried out by email, and during COVID by Zoom.
JOYYA CHILD SPONSORSHIP
west bengal, india
Joyya is committed to catalysing the transformation of communities in West Bengal, India, where people are oppressed and disadvantaged by extreme poverty and exploitation. They believe that access to education plays a vital role in long-term and sustainable change. Their Child Sponsorship Programme was established by Freeset and, for many years, has supported some of the most vulnerable children of the organisation’s employees. In 2021, as Freeset ends, these children will continue to be supported through Joyya’s educational initiatives. Increasingly, Joyya will be expanding the programme to include any child who is living in one of the four communities in which we are based (Dhuliyan, Khal Par, Ram Bagan and Sonagachi).
Joyya seek to increase the capacity of each child by connecting them to the educational intervention that best meets their needs and develops their potential. Examples of educational intervention include: helping children access the best local government schools; assisting families to buy books and uniforms; supporting a child to access hostel-based education when the home environment is unsafe. They are committed to these children for the duration of their schooling and are currently committed to approximately 40 children, but their vision is to build a programme that enables every child in their four communities to benefit from a good education. They are also developing pathways to specialist education facilities for children demonstrating exceptional potential or exceptional need.
Upon completion of schooling, Joyya are working to establish a scholarship
scheme to see young women and men pursuing further education at reputed
colleges and universities. Through their Child Sponsorship programme, they believe that the cycle of poverty and
exploitation will be disrupted, and our communities will begin to find release
from generational oppression.
Read Joyya's update here Sticky Note
GAYLE VAN HOFFEN
POWERUP and Refresh, Windsor Park Lifecare Trust
Gayle Van Hoffen manages the powerUP and Refresh programs as part of the Windsor Park LifeCare Trust. She has a passion for supporting single mums, and helping children navigate divorce and separation recovery. Gayle curates warm, friendly and safe spaces for children to navigate their emotions and changes in life, along with a great team of volunteers that she recruits. She also puts on incredibly beautiful Refresh evenings for single mums to have a time out, enjoy a delicious dinner together, and gather with other single mums in the community.
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Andrew Smith
SIM
SIM exists to bring the gospel to places where Christ is least known. SIM has been around for about 130 years, with about 4000 people involved in sharing the gospel all over our world. Andrew Smith, who we support as part of our Beyond The Walls Ministries both financially and through prayer, is an Information Technology Specialist for SIM. He helps administer and maintain their Office 365 systems and Intranet; plus many other support functions including looking after SIM New Zealand’s IT needs. There are always major and minor projects happening—currently these are upgrades to their financial systems, security and personnel databases. There is a fair bit of travel involved as well.
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BARNABAS MINISTRIES
ZANIETSO VERO
CHAKHESANG BAPTIST CHURCH COUNCIL
BUTWAL, NEPAL
Barnabas Ministries work with the local churches in
western Nepal to bring change and hope to local communities. Initially stationed in Pokhara and Kathmandu, they've recently shifted their ministry to
Butwal. Once relocated, the District Jail reached out for help to repair the toilet
inside the common area (where 200 inmates hang out), which Barnabas donated the funds to do. Because of this they were able to share the message of Jesus Christ with inmates
several times, contributing some Nepali Bibles and hymn books to the inmates. Some inmates who accepted the gospel have since organized weekly
worship services inside the jail. Barnabas Ministries were also contacted by the Badi community to help the children of women who have been led to a life of prostitution. They've taught them the gospel and are planning to plant churches in their
villages to help bring change and transformation to the community.
"We are so thankful to Windsor Park Baptist Church for financial and prayer support. We always feel encouraged by the Church as we take the next step to reach the unreached with the word in Nepal.
Northern Baptist Association
The Northern Baptist Association's key objective is to support churches and pastors so that they are healthy, growing and focused on mission. Their main resource is in their experienced and expert coaching staff. They cover areas of youth, young adults, children & families, finance, multicultural inclusion, as well as more general church issues of pastoral search, pastoral support, conflict resolution and administration. The Association also has specified funds that can be given as small grants or loans to churches. The Baptist Foundation provides grants to Baptist community ministries in the region. It encourages discerning and interpreting the needs and opportunities of God’s gospel activity in a church’s local area. It has resources such as an eldership performance reviews, as well as a pastor review package.
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tandem MINISTRIES NZ
Tandem Ministries (the name for the NZ Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ International) is an interdenominational Christian ministry that seeks to help people reach their world with the good news of Jesus. Their New Zealand field ministries are Student Life (reaching uni students), Athletes in Action (training elite athletes to reach their teams), WorkLife (reaching the business world), Military life (training military chaplains), FamilyLife (marriage and family ministry), Love your Neighbour (training churches to reach their communities), plus a digital, operations and HR team.
They have partnerships in other areas of the world including Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, PNG, Thailand, East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, where students, graduates, volunteers, and staff are helping people reach their nation for Christ. Together we can be a part of seeing spiritual movements develop everywhere so that everyone will know someone who is truly following Jesus.
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24-7 youthwork
Under the umbrella of the Windsor Park LifeCare Trust, and partnering with Windsor Park Baptist Church and local schools, 24-7 YouthWork is all about prioritising relationships—not programmes—as a way of supporting, encouraging and journeying alongside youth in local schools as they navigate the most forming and transformational years of their lives. We currently have two young adult youth workers placed at Murrays Bay Intermediate School—Adam and Manaia (pictured above), who have been doing an incredible job journeying alongside intermediates; and as of Term 2 of 2021, we have two youth workers—McKenzie and Luke—placed in New Zealand's largest high school, Rangitoto College, to walk alongside and support high schoolers as they make big life decisions and establish their identity. We're so passionate about the work that their youth workers are doing in these schools, and we encourage you to join with us in prayer over these ministries!
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julia grace trust
The Julia Grace Trust encourages and educates around the subject of Mental Wellness, using presenters with personal experience to combine humour, science and scripture to tackle topics of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Burnout in an easily-understood format, weaving songs, stories and information to seamlessly take each audience on a journey to understanding and supporting their own Mental Wellness. The Julia Grace Trust seeks to challenge the stigma around Mental Wellness issues in Aotearoa. At the moment, the trust is able to subsidise the work of Julia Grace as a key presenter of their aims, in the future they would love to be able to further fund her work and subsidise other presenters of a high standard.
To date the trust has funded or subsidised 15 Mental Wellness Seminars/Workshops; 25 Keynote Mental Wellness sessions; 4 Online Lockdown Wellness Sessions; 2 Online Women’s Wellness Sessions; weekly radio Mental Wellness contributor spot on Rhema media with an audience of 20,000+; the creation of free online Mental Wellness resources via Facebook and Instagram; Professional Development for a key Presenter (gaining Certificate in Mind Health Carer); the creation of Lockdown Online Content, reaching thousands of followers on Facebook and Instagram. The Julia Grace Trust has been in 22 locations around NZ.
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baptist theological college
nagaland
The Baptist Theological College (BTC) started as a Bible school by early local Christians on 15 February, 1944. Today, it’s a College that offers two courses—a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and a Certificate in Church Music (CCM). BD runs for 4/5 years (depending on the secular degree) and CCM is offered for one year. In 2020-2021, there were 228 students consisting of 112 women and 116 men. There are 12 faculty and 9 staff members.
It’s an international and ecumenical community, represented by 25 people groups from different denominations and countries. It’s a College that believes and promotes the Gospel values of human dignity, mutual respect, and equal opportunity for all members. Apart from curricular education, BTC has various capacity building programs to prepare students for multi-dimensional leadership for both local and global contexts. BTC is privileged to receive financial support towards students’ education from WPBC. We pray that the mission work done 'beyond the walls' (of WPBC) will yield great reward for the church and great harvest for the ministry of the Gospel.
Paul Windsor
Langham Preaching
Paul Windsor is the International Programme Director for Langham Preaching, which is one of the three programmes in a ministry known as Langham Partnership. They exist as a response to the observation that the church around the world, particularly in what is called the Majority World, is growing in numbers very quickly—but it is growth without depth. Under God's hand, theirs is a depth ministry, deepening maturity among God's people. The key agent for this task is the Word of God and so we are about multiplying the ministries of the Word of God and, while preaching is not the only such ministry, it can be demonstrated that it is a catalyst for these other ministries and so becomes a crucial part of what they do.
In Langham Preaching they are trying to nurture grassroots, heart-language movements of biblical preaching that are locally owned and operated. Until COVID struck there were more than 90 such movements worldwide. They are nurtured by gathering people into annual, weeklong seminars and then scattering them back home into smaller preaching clubs, where they can practice what they've learned, and then equipping some to be local trainers who in concert with the clubs spread and grow the movement locally. Before COVID there were about 1200 clubs and 600 local trainers worldwide. It is important to understand that studies show that something like 80% of preachers in the Majority World will never get near a theological college, like a Laidlaw, or a Carey. They are the people for whom we exist.
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