Momentum is a new one-day conference focused on encouraging the health and growth of the Church in Aotearoa New Zealand. This year we’re discussing how we can develop and replicate a missional mindset in our lives and churches. Momentum is hosted by the Alliance Churches of New Zealand and is open to people from all churches.

Conference Details

Date: Saturday 14 June 2025
Time: 8.45 am – 2.15 pm
Venue: Blockhouse Bay Community Church, 76 Dundale Avenue, Auckland
Cost: $25

Keynote Speaker

Dave Mann (Director, Shining Lights Trust)

Dave is a gifted leader, communicator and author with a passion to see the Christian faith both well represented within and positively appreciated by our society. Following theological studies at the Bible College of New Zealand (now Laidlaw) Dave worked in community ministry in South Taranaki, and then as a pastor in Singapore. He returned (with family) to New Zealand at the end of 2010 to begin this current work. He has been fearless in pioneering initiatives purposed to helping the Church in New Zealand to better represent itself and achieve its mission, with notable successes, certainly including the national Hope Project media efforts, with significant application in and through hundreds of local New Zealand churches.

Programme

8.45 am – Registration

9.00 am – Worship

9.15 am – Session 1: Developing a Missional Mindset for ourselves

10.00 am – Quick Break

10.10 am – Session 2: Developing a Missional Mindset for our Church

10.50 am – Morning Tea

11.10 am – Breakout Sessions

11:45 am – Breakout Session

12.30 pm – Lunch

1.15 pm – Q&A: Hot Topics for Missional Communities

2.00 pm – Commissioning

2.15 pm – Conference Finishes