PCANZ General Assembly
20 October @ 1:00 pm - 23 October @ 1:00 pm
The theme for General Assembly 2025 is ‘We believe’.
I have in my mind a picture of a braided river, well known to South Islanders. Mighty rivers that carry significant volumes of water in many channels, where a single channel can be a river in itself until it meets another channel, and the scene changes. The connection with the theme is that, as a Church, we can be described metaphorically as a braided river. Alive, directional, flexible, life-giving, unstoppable in our expressions of the Christian faith, unless it becomes disconnected from its source.
‘We believe’ is about the source, our Lord Jesus Christ. ‘We believe’ is about the flow of the river through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. ‘We believe’ is about the banks that hold the braided river, where the Father is hands-on, as it were, moulding and maintaining the river within the boundaries of what we believe.
The moderatorial logo features the Cross from which the braided river flows, with the context prominently displayed, ‘We Believe’. It is my prayer that as people engage with the theme at GA25 and during my term as moderator, our unity in Christ will be affirmed.
Rev Peter Dunn
Assembly begins on Monday 20th October with a mihi whakatau at St.Paul’s Trinity Pacific Church at 1:00pm, followed by the opening service. Assembly will conclude at approximately 1:00pm on Thursday 23rd October.