To pastors living outside of Christchurch,
Communication with Murray and the Christchurch leaders have been difficult due to circumstances beyond their control. Nancy has some of the church families settled out at the campsite and been able to some water into the city. You would have heard that the Centre is damaged beyond use at this stage. No casualites amongst the church members have been reported praise God, but everyone will know someone who has died or is still missing. Some families have lost everything. I understand that the cells are activating grassroots help through their networks.
I’ve tried to ring around the movement and get a feel for what the Spirit of God may be saying. Some higher profile groups like Salvation Army, Red Cross and other churches and agencies are on the ground doing urgent relief work.
But I think we should do this; each church outside of Christchurch should take up an offering for earthquake relief and place it your own “earthquake relief” fund (Acts 11:29). This may happen for the next few weeks (1 Cor 16:1-3). This will give time for an apostolic plan to come together, for the church to make a bigger impact and for us to teach some NT principles of giving.
Anyhow, this is where we are heading in the Heart of the North and it would be tremendously encouraging if there was a collective agreement amongst movement on this direction.
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Mike
