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Missions Interlink New Zealand is the association of mission organisations and mission passionate people in Aotearoa New Zealand. In many ways Missions Interlink is an Iwi (wider tribe) with a membership of more than 100 organisations, churches and individuals representing approximately 1,500 workers in mission from and within Aotearoa New Zealand. We welcome all into membership who are actively involved in promoting the work of Christian mission from and within Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a collaborative community, so you get out of it what you put in, but membership does have its privileges and we list some of those below.

Belonging

Being part of a community that shares similar values creates a dynamic that cannot be easily quantified. You become connected to something much larger than yourself, your particular agency or your church. Of course, being part of the Body of Christ grafts you into a very large organism nationally and globally, but there is a special kind of affinity to be found among others living out their calling to participate in God’s mission in particular ways.

Missions Interlink offers such a community. We understand each other’s calling to mission, the challenges we all face in carrying it out, and the thrill to be found in seeing the Lord Jesus made known where He previously was not. By belonging to this community you are invited in to the latest conversations about mission from and within Aotearoa New Zealand as well as internationally. In these days of costly compliance requirements, confusing regulations, increasing costs and decreasing resources, it is comforting to know that you are not alone. There are great synergies to be found in walking this road together: on mission.

Benefits

Part of belonging to a larger community of like-minded people is that the membership can be used as leverage to obtain group discounts and deals that benefit the whole community. We have developed relationships with business partners that provide us with access to significant discounts off of their retails prices.

The CSC Buying Group is one of those relationships. CSC is the power behind our Manaaki4Missions app, which provides point of sale discount codes for outlets like Office Max, Noel Leeming, Bunnings, Carters, Placemakers, Repco, Hertz, and more through the “manaaki” tab. While it’s made possible by Missions Interlink members, the app is freely available for any supporter of missions to download and use. Download for Android: http://bit.ly/manaaki-android and or iOS: http://bit.ly/manaaki-ios.

As you can see from the graphic, the app also provides short cut access to the latest Missions Interlink BULLETIN, a member directory, current missions and ministry events, our missions network Facebook group, an introduction to Rothbury’s insurance services and push-notifications for latest missions prayer and other news.

In addition to the free CSC benefits, Missions Interlink has partnership agreements that provide our members with heavily discounted goods and services like Paint+ (match any type, colour, volume, delivered to your door). We have also negotiated insurance packages with Keith Thomas at Rothbury Insurance Brokers especially tailored for missions and ministries. Through Rothbury, our members have exclusive access to long-term expat/travel insurance at discounted rates – the only insurance of its kind available in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Missions Interlink also works on behalf of our members in working with the NZ Government, on issues affecting charitable missions serving in and from Aotearoa New Zealand, for example, we were highly involved when the original Charities Commission was established and continue to track with changes proposed by Charities Services under the Dept. of Internal Affairs. When necessary we engage highly experienced lawyers to seek legal opinion on matters affecting our community, such as employer and volunteer management responsibilities, healthy and safety in the workplace, tax implications of non-residency, tax implications of personal donations, understanding how superannuation policy affects missionaries, and much more.

If you have contacts willing to work with us to provide benefits to our community we would love to hear about it and explore the possibilities! Keep in touch.

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