Church Offerings
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) New Zealand
Temporary and emergency relief of human need, including medical care, food, clothing, and housing.
Adventist World Radio (AWR)
Adventist World Radio (AWR) is the mission radio arm of the Seventh-day Adventist church, using shortwave, FM, AM, satellite, and Internet broadcasting. It broadcasts to the hardest-to-reach places on Earth, to people groups that are difficult to reach with conventional outreach methods.
Adventist Youth
To support youth and volunteer projects. This includes the development of resources for new projects and the upgrade of the Adventurer, Pathfinder and Youth training Curriculum. Part of the funds is made available to Conferences and Missions for special evangelistic projects.
Annual Sacrifice
For the purpose of extending the missionary outreach of the Church into every part of the world, with special emphasis on the unreached territories of the world.
Avondale College of Higher Learning
To support the needs of the institution.
Camp Development
For the development of Conference campgrounds Pascoe Park, Mt Hutt Retreat and Tui Ridge Park
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Camp Expense
Camp Mission Offering/Pledges
To support the South Pacific Division Island Field.
Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing Impaired
To fund special services to the sight and hearing challenged.
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Education
To provide assistance in the education program within North & South New Zealand and to promote Adventist Education.
General Conference Session
For use to support a nominated project.
Health
For the development of health, temperance and lifestyle projects within the church as determined by the appropriate executive committees.
Local
Used for church activities and maintenance throughout the year, as per Local Church budget.
Longburn Adventist College
For non-recurring expenditure, that may include capital development and major repairs and maintenance.
Media Evangelism
To develop relevant resources for the church to reach to the wider community. This is the only official media ministry arm of the church in the South Pacific.
Mission Extension
To support capital projects in the missions as nominated by respective Union Mission Executive Committees.
Pacific Adventist University
To support the needs of the institution.
Pacific Island Advancement
Used exclusively for the support of field ministers in the local missions. (This offering keeps ministers in the field when the Unions can’t afford to keep them there.)
South Pacific RECORD
To assist in meeting the production and distribution cost of providing the RECORD (which is the South Pacific Division’s weekly magazine) free of charge to churches in Australia and New Zealand as well as to many church entities and offices across the South Pacific to inform, nurture and inspire church members.
World Mission Budget
Supports the general worldwide work of the church.
Sabbath School Offerings
Sabbath School
Not for designated projects but used to fund the worldwide mission program.
13th Sabbath
For world mission projects.
Investment
For world mission projects. (To encourage further giving to the world mission program and to raise funds for the mission through various family, individual or local church projects.)
Birthday/Thanks
Not for designated projects but used to fund the worldwide mission program.