New Zealand Ship

Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a few moments to inform those of you who might be a little confused concerning the ‘why’ & ‘how’ Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Campaigns Discipleship Training School is involved with the New Zealand ‘Marine Reach’ Ship Tour.

The New Zealand ‘Marine Reach’ Ship Tour is a Christian ministry/missions to reach the least, the last and the lost! Marine Reach is a mission under the covering of YWAM who use ships to serve the poor and the needy of the earth with food, medical supplies and operations, etc. The Ship Tour is a project birthed from the heart of God through the Tauranga, Nz Marine Reach! The leaders have heard the call of God to donate their ship to the Aussie Marine Reach ministry! So, partly in a farewell, but mostly in an urgency to call Kiwi’s (NZ local) back into intimacy with Christ and the call to jump into missions they took this opportunity to travel around the nation and preach the gospel. The ship will port for several days in several different port cities around the nation of NZ! Before they depart each port city they will host events called ‘NZ Ship Tour Jump Rally’; the events will use several different stratagies to communicate the gospel, such as, live worship, video, presentations, preaching, etc…)

Port Cities: Gisborne, Wellington, Dunedin, Bluff, Timaru, Nelson, New Plymouth and Tauranga!

In 1983 a ship called ‘The Anastasis’ sailed around the nation of NZ-they helped serve a movement that put NZ on the map in the 1980’s for being one of the highest missions sending nations per capita in the earth; today, NZ is one of the least missions sending nations in the earth!

God is calling NZ to rise once again to the calling of intimacy with Christ and the call to take the gospel of Christ to the nations. 20 years ago it was practically a requirement for a missionary to be a theologian, preacher, evangelist, etc… God has opened the door for missions to change; now the only requirement for missions is to have breath in your lungs and a beating heart for Christ and for the nations of the earth. Being a missionary is not about going to Africa for 10 years. It is about having an intimate relationship with Christ and walking in obedience to His word-Yes Lord, I give you my heart and I am ready and will to go to the nations for Your glory.

With that said, Ywam Campaigns DTS has heard the call to walk alongside the Ship Tour as they sail around the nation. Our outreach is a 3 week outreach: 1 week in Wellington and 2 weeks in the Bluff/Invercargill area. We will serve the churches, schools, streets, and community with the gospel of Christ (Preaching, Testimonies, Drama/Skits, and serve as a staff team for each ‘Jump Rally’. It is our mandate as a team to serve each community as the Lord would lead.

We believe that the Lord is moving in the nation of NZ and that thousands will be raised up from this nation to go to the nations of the earth-At the ends of the earth at the end of the age-May Christ be exalted and may the King of glory come soon.

Check out the Nz Ship Tour Promo