Ecumenical movement

Date: 1957 - 1967

By: World Council of Churches. Youth Department; Taylor, John, active 1950s; Horncy, Janet Valerie, 1940-

Reference: Eph-H-RELIGION-1950s-01

Description: Poster promoting the World Council of Churches' youth camps which began in 1957. Shows an image based on a photograph of a young African man tipping a wheelbarrow. Currently stored in tube roll. May date around 1963; donor information. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1280 x 900 mm. Provenance: Donated by Janet Horncy, Wellington, in 1993.

Date: [ca 1945-1990]

By: Anglican Parish of Wainuiomata

Reference: MS-Group-0553

Description: General records of the parish, and the congregations at Holy Trinity, St Peters and St Johns with most of the records coming from St Johns. Also includes Mothers' Union material, the McKie Collection of records, and various church publications. Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: Organized into series according to provenance The first Anglican Church service was held in Wainuiomata in 1945, and by 1946 the site for St John's Church was purchased with a Church hall being built in 1951. Wainuiomata separated from Waiwhetu Parish and became a parochial district in its own right in 1959. In 1961, Holy Trinity church hall was opened, and in 1965 a further congregation at Glendale, whose hall was given the name of St Peter, combined with members of the local Union Parish congregation to share buildings and facilities, together with a combined sunday school, under the Glendale Scheme of Co-operation. Quantity: 6 volume(s). 66 folder(s). 1.70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1960-1999

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-Union-1900s

Description: Not yet listed Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 4-20 July 1968

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8129-03

Description: Photographes taken during the Fourth Assembly of the World Council of Churches at Uppsala, Sweden, which took place from the 4th to the 20th of July 1968. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1965 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-C-1965/1969

Description: Booklets, pamphlets and fliers. Partial contents include: 1965: Auckland Sunday School Union. Centennial banquet, 29 June 1965. Programme and name-tag for Mr N Archer An open letter to the people of the Hutt Valley from Colin Graham. Sundays at 7pm in the Horticultural Hall; Tues, Wed Thurs in Randwick Road Hall, Moera [1965?] 1966: Order of service for the signing of the agreement for the common use of the Church of St Francis Kahutara. Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian. 2 October 1966. preacher Revd J M Ker; in the presence of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Wellington, the Right Reverend Henry Wolfe Baines, M.A. 1967: St John's Day Service. Installation of Chancellor Alexander Kirkpatrick, and Investiture service by His Excellency the Governor General Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson. Procedure and ceremonial. Town Hall Wellington, 25 June 1967. Order of service Notes and prayers suggested for use in thanksgiving on Sunday May 14th 1967 for the act of commitment to find a basis of union and ways of common action 1968: D V Bryant Trust Board. Official opening and dedication of the Bryant Village, Bryant Park, Hamilton. 23 March 1968. Order of service British and Foreign Bible Society NZ (Inc). Maori Bible centenary. [Pamphlet with front page photograph of Dr Amanaki Havea, translator of the Tongan Bible] 1969: Open Bible study. Ivan Stewart, 1969. [Lesson pamphlet] The comings of Christ. He has been here once; He is coming back. Are you ready? [ca 1969] Crusade news. Western Springs Auckland, Feb 27 - Mar 2. Sunday March 2nd 1969 2.45 pm. A final word from Billy Graham (with photos of Billy Graham, Walter H Smyth, Dan Piatt) 1969 Billy Graham Wellington Crusade. Wellington Town Hall, February 27 - March 2 1969. Hear Billy Graham by direct landline relay from Auckland. Crusade to Preserve Biblical Christianity. Schedule of meetings throughout New Zealand. [13-27 April 1969. Typescript list] Captain James Cook Bi-Centenary 1769-1979. Words of life. Scripture Gift Mission, Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying Provenance: One programme and name tag from the collection of Noel Archer, donated 2015.

Date: 3, 4 December 1998 - 03 Dec 1998 - 04 Dec 1998

From: First Church of Otago 150th anniversary oral history project

By: Brown, Denzil James (Rev), 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0441-02

Description: Denzil James Brown born Masterton. Outlines family background - father, Ebenezer James (`EJ or Jim') Brown was Managing Director of the Wairarapa Times Age. Gives details of amalgamation with Wairarapa Daily Times Company in 1938. Recalls childhood: Sunday routine; St Matthews Anglican Church; Knox Church; boarding at Nelson College, involvement in Nelson College Cadet Corps and Canterbury University College. Describes John Davie (Presbyterian Minister, Masterton); David Guthrie Smith; Arthur and Hilda Major (Major & Gooding). Backgrounds decision to join Church Ministry, with reference to Rev James Hay, Trinity Church, Nelson. Recalls being manpowered into harvesting gangs on farms and labourer on railways during the war. Discusses life at Victoria University, living at Weir House and later flatting with Jack Somerville. Discusses involvement with Student Christian Movement and election to Student Association Executive. Describes the great division between SCM and EU (Evangelical Union) and own reaction. Refers to Presbyterians, Anglicans and Roman Catholics; Ecumenism; Catholic Students Guild; Inter-Varsity Fellowship; Tertiary Christians Union and Theological Hall. Recalls six years with Taumarunui Parish, describing primitive living conditions at Taumarunui Manse followed by appointment to Karori Presbyterian Church, later called St Ninian's, which lasted twelve years. Describes Manse, built by Peter Fraser and James Fletcher. Gives details of Marget's (wife) problems with tuberculosis and how they coped with her stay in a Sanatorium. Discusses Church Union, describing the atmosphere of the Movement and its global importance. Mentions impact of issues ca 1968 - poverty; sexual revolution; Women's Movement; Peace Movement and racism protest. Refers to Jean Watt, first woman elder. Backgrounds decision to go to First Church Dunedin and describes the challenge. Describes structure of church and relationship with Presbyterian Support Services Association. Recalls Lloyd Gammon's reaction to the Pacific Islanders joining them at First Church. Describes involvement with Cameron Centre. Other topics covered include: experience of working on Joint Commission on Church Union in New Zealand; Hikoi of Hope organised by the Anglican Church; General Assembly Worship Committee; General Synod; Bishop Peter Mann; Edward Norman and his attitude to ecumenism; Charismatic churches; Fundamentalists approach to theology; review of Cameron Centre (1981) by David and Betty Stone, United Church, Canada, criticising absence of theological base; Report entitled `The Knot in the thread'; change in relationship between between PSSA (Presbyterian Social Services Association), Cameron Centre and First Church; columns in Evening Star - `Ask the Dean' and `Between ourselves'; involvement in drama as part of Women's Year; exchange in Marietta (1981); Stewardship Movement; involvement as President for ten years with New Zealand Friends of The World Alliance and Reformed Churches; involvement on Organ Committee and outcome, and refers to a previous split in First Church over first water pipe organ, when a group formed the Chalmers Church; final move to St Heliers, Auckland and retirement in 1990 and move back to Wellington. Compares living in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. Describes friendship and influence of J M Bates, Martin Sullivan, Douglas Storkey, Jim Stewart (Kelburn) Professor George Knight and Professor Helmut Rex. Also mentions Albert Moore, Malcolm Wilson, Ian Dixon and George Faloun. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Joanne Aitken Accompanying material - Photocopy of article from Weekend Magazine Saturday, October 8, 1983 relating to Denzil Brown's farewell from First Church after 12 years as Minister. Also 1989 curriculum vitae. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007705-007710 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 7 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2025. Photocopies of 10 b&w photographs; (i) The Browns, 1971 on leaving St. Ninian's Karori; (ii) Professor D M Baillie and self [Denzil Brown] in the `seminar room', St Mary's College, 1953; (iii) [Denzil Brown] outside First Church ca 1979; (iv) Jack Somerville, Lady and Sir Clifford Skeggs, Denzil and Marget Brown First Church .....1982; (v) unidentified man; (vi) Marget and Denzil Brown; (vi) A Baptism in First Church; (vii) [Denzil Brown] at the gate of First Church; (viii) [Denzil Brown on horseback] `Karen and Sam Potasi donated this horse for the organ fund of First Church'; (ix) [Denzil and Marget Brown] in Marietta, USA 1981; (x) [Denzil Brown] caption not fully photocopied. Search dates: 1925 - 1998

Date: 14 Oct 2000

From: STRAW Umbrella Trust oral history project

By: Brash, Alan Anderson (Rev), 1913-2002

Reference: OHInt-0564-2

Description: Recalls his Presbyterian childhood in Wellington and original intention of becoming a missionary before deciding to train as a Minister. Comments on his interest in peace and injustice as a teenager in the interwar years. Recalls his involvement in the Student Christian Movement (SCM) at Otago University from 1931-1934. Comments on his mother's understanding of the Bible. Describes the impact of attending ecumenical conferences in Edinburgh and Oxford while attending Theological College in Edinburgh. Talks about returning to New Zealand, going to a parish in Wanganui and the formation of the New Zealand National Council of Churches. Describes involvement with the National Council of Churches from 1947-1952 and 1956-1964. Discusses the Iona community in Scotland. Describes speaking to churches of all denominations and attempts to draw the churches close together in New Zealand. Describes the difficulty of deciding whether to work in Singapore, London and Geneva and time spent in all these places. Comments on the quality of Christian scholarship and leadership in Asia. Recalls working for Christian Aid and the World Council of Churches. Comments on the difficulty of having plenty and working amongst disaster. Describes becoming involved in thinking about homsexuality and the church and the publication of a book `Facing our differences, the church's gay and lesbian members'. Comments on war and pacifism. Discusses retirement and WEA lectures about the Bible he has given. Interviewer(s) - Ruth Greenaway Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2528.

Date: [1991-1995]

From: Student Christian Movement Aotearoa (New Zealand). Victoria University Branch : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-5957-6

Description: Includes story, `The Motorcyle of Messiah and other stories of hope'; non-violence chart; the Kairos document (theology); `How to write collective agreements more clearly'; SCM Aotearoa news (May 1993); positive thoughts chart, `Economics, justice, peace, the integrity of creation' by the Dunedin Methodist Unit for Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation (1994); Bible study exercises; `Faith in the university; two weeks of exploration ' by John Turner; the joint QSCF/CCA programme for the Asia-Pacific region (1991); the Human Rights Act (an introduction); `Jesus of Montreal' study at St Andrew's on the Terrace (1991); Asia Ecumenical course report (1992); aims of SCM Aotearoa (Nov 1991) and draft paper, `SCM: Creation, theology/spirituality (4 Jun 1991) Other Titles - Just dollar$ (newsletter); based in Christchurch, 1994 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand : Records

Reference: MSX-6583

Description: The Ecumenical Movement in New Zealand with particular reference to the establishment and function of the National Council of Churches of New Zealand, presented as a thesis for History Honours by J A Park in 1950 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [ca 1969-1987]

By: National Council of Churches in New Zealand

Reference: 90-387

Description: Includes correspondence, papers relating to seminars, subject files on a variety of topics including race relations, nuclear industry and peace issues, papers relating to the Church and Society Commission, reports and financial statements Relationship complexity - See also 81-206, 87-204, 91-085, 91-258 Founded in 1941 the National Council of Churches in New Zealand was superseded by the Conference of Churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand in 1987 Quantity: 19 box(es). 6.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: [ca 1973-1987]

By: National Council of Churches in New Zealand

Reference: 91-258

Description: Mainly Auckland office material related to members and affiliated bodies including Churches' Commission on Human Rights, Christian Medical Commission and World Council of Churches. Also Church and Society Commission records which consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, discussion and financial papers See also 81-206, 87-204, 90-387,91-085 Founded in 1941 the National Council of Churches was superseded by the Conference of Churches of Aotearoa-New Zealand in 1987 Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: [ca 1941-1990]

By: National Council of Churches in New Zealand

Reference: 91-085

Description: Records relate to the full range of activities undertaken by the Council including the work of the National Committee on Ecumenism, Churches Commission on Human Rights, Overseas Councils of Churches, National Youth Council, Christian Conference of Asia, member churches of the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches. There is also a wide range of subject files including relations between the NCC and non member churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, peace and disarmament, international affairs, including South Africa and HART, employment, trade and issues relating to women and Maori. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 81-206, 87-204, 90-387, 91-258 The National Council of Churches in New Zealand was founded in 1941 and superseded by the Conference of Churches in Aorearoa-New Zealand in 1987 Quantity: 40 box(es). 12 volume(s). 13.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by CCANZ, Wellington, per Ms Jocelyn Armstrong, Mar 1991

Date: 1967-1970

From: New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends: Records

Reference: 92-297-6/01

Description: Includes: Two questionnaires - Family Planning & status of women (1968-1970); Ecumenical relations with R C [Roman Catholic] Church (1968-1970); Reports on F W C C in New Zealand and correspondence (Feb 1967-Jul 1968, 1970); A F S C Project Tokyo (Jul-Aug 1968); A F S C Summer Programme (1969); Future of Quakerism (1969); Gabriel Massey India (re clothing) (1969). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Apr 1967-May 1972

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand : Records

Reference: 87-204-092/01

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Index of contents inside front cover.

Date: 1954-1971

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand :Photographs

By: Taylor, John, active 1950s-1960s

Reference: PAColl-8129-24

Description: Christian work camps or Ecumenical Service projects in Africa and Austria. The All Africa Christian Youth Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, 1962-1963. The second, third, and fourth assemblies of the World Council of Churches. A conference on World Cooperation for Development, Beirut, Lebanon. World Council of Churches Executive Committee meetings in New Zealand in 1971 and 1972, and England in 1969. World Council of Churches Central Committee meetings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1971, and in Crete (undated). Quantity: 84 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1987]

By: National Council of Churches in New Zealand

Reference: 87-204

Description: Includes minutes of Annual General Meetings, Executive, Youth Committee, Women's Committee, Finance Committee, Faith And Order Committee and National Missionary Council. Also files relating to the full range of activities undertaken by the NCC, including member churches, youth affairs and conferences, human rights, church and society, evangelism, chaplaincies, World Council of Churches, international Christian organisatons, disarmament, peace conferences, international aid and racism in sport. Also some sound recordings. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 81-206, 90-387, 91-085, 91-258 Arrangement: Arrangement follows the NCC filing system Founded in 1941 the National Council of Churches in New Zealand was superseded by the Conference of Churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand in 1987 Quantity: 114 box(es). 38 Linear Metres. 3 5" reel(s). 2 3" reel(s). 2 10" reel(s). 1 7" reel(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, tape reels, and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. For many boxes researchers will have to cross reference from the NCC file list which is also available.. Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 5 gramaphone records; 1 cassette tape - To Serials Collection - Church and community, 1944-1973 (10 volumes); Faith and freedom, 1942-1943 (1 volume) - To New Zealand Film Archive - Four 16mm film reels: `World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, 1947 (1 reel)'; `First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, 1948' (2 reels); `Your Kingdom Come (1 reel)' - Dec 2007.

Date: [ca 1960]-[ca 1972]

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand :Photographs

By: Taylor, John, active 1950s-1960s

Reference: PAColl-8129-34

Description: Many unidentified people and events relating to the World Council of Churches. They include church services, the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland, Pope Paul the Sixth's visit to the World Council of Churches headquarters at Geneva in 1969, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Centre at Geneva, and the Fouth Assembly of the World Council of Churches at Upsala Sweden. Quantity: 90 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1968-1997

By: Conference of Churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Programme on Racism

Reference: 99-266

Description: Comprises records of both pre- and post-1987 organisations, including records relating to the setting up of the Conference of Churches. Also records relating to issues of social justice and poverty, youth, chaplaincy work in New Zealand and mission work overseas; records relating to aspects of the work of Christian churches and inter-church relations in New Zealand as well as international activities, including relations with organisations such as the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia. Source of title - Supplied title Founded in 1987 as the successor body to the National Council of Churches in New Zealand (1941-1987) Quantity: 55 box(es). 18.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by CCANZ, Christchurch, Sep 1999

Date: 1968-1995

By: Conference of Churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Reference: 97-096

Description: Comprises records of both pre and post 1987 organisations. Include records relating to issues of social justice and poverty in New Zealand against a background of economic restructuring; records relating to chaplaincies, including Joint Tertiary Chaplaincy Committee and prison chaplaincy; Leadership Grants Committee records; Unit Three Mission Unity Evangelism records; Unit Four Education Committee records; records relating to aspects of the work of Christian churches and inter-church relations in New Zealand. Also records relating to the international activities of the National Council and Conference of Churches, including the International Affairs Committee and relations with organisations such as the World Council of Churches and Christian Conference of Asia where issues such as foreign aid and development, human rights, peace and the ant-apartheid movements are covered. Relationship complexity - See also National Council of Churches in New Zealand records, 87-204, 90-387, 91-085, 91-258 Founded in 1987 the Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand is the successor body to the National Council of Churches in New Zealand (1941-1987) Quantity: 15 box(es). 5 Linear Metres. 4 audiocassette(s). 4 videocassette(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Listed to box level only. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1997