St Mary's, Whitby opened in 2001.

St Mary's Anglican Church

Whitby, Porirua City, NZ

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Mission

A healthy church will always look beyond itself and its local community with a view to advance the work of God in other corners of the Christian "vineyard".

A recent Management Committee decision has us working towards budgeting to spend at least 10% of our church expenditure within five years on causes beyond ourselves. We have begun to do that by significantly increasing our giving to overseas missions.

Overseas Missions

NZ Anglican Missions Board

This is the principal funding agency for Anglican overseas mission in New Zealand. Each Diocese and Parish (Mission District) is invited annually to set a giving target to support the Missions Board.

Currently St Mary's contributes from church funds $37.50 monthly from general funds to NZAMB.

From time to time we also make contributions towards NZAMB sponsored appeals. Principal amongst these is a Holy Week appeal to collect support for the Church in Jerusalem.

We set aside September each year as Overseas Mission Month.

NZ Church Missionary Society

We have a longstanding association as a church with the NZ Church Missionary Society. Our former priest Ted with Rosie Newport and family served as mission partners with NZCMS in Tanzania. The Frater family who worship with us have also served with CMS in Tanzania as did Sarah Alve, daughter of our priest. Terry has also served on the national committee and as chair of the South American Missionary Society which is now part of NZCMS.

Approx. 50% of NZAMB funding is disbursed through NZCMS.

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We also support NZ para-church groups, especially where church members have a significant link.