Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand

Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (GPCNZ) is a Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand which was formed in 2002. It currently consists of 9 churches and 4 mission churches, which are congregations in the process of becoming fully established churches.

Many members of the GPCNZ are former members who left the largely liberal Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) seeking a more theologically conservative alternative. In practice this means that the GPCNZ holds different views to the PCANZ on homosexuality and the ordination of women.

The Grace Presbyterian Church describes itself as "Presbyterian in government, Reformed in theology, and Evangelical in spirit." [1]

GPCNZ is in the process of forming formal links with the Reformed Churches of New Zealand [2], Presbyterian Church of Australia, and the Presbyterian Church of America.

GPCNZ does not own its own theological college, but approved the Grace Theological College [3] as the churches' official training institution in New Zealand.

Constituent churches

Northern Presbytery

Papatoetoe

Flat Bush

Manurewa

Takanini

Central Presbytery

Wellington

Christchurch

Ashburton

Fairlie

Southern Presbytery

Dunedin

Milton

Owaka

Gore

Wyndham

Invercargill

Tuatapere

See also

Presbyterian church governance

External links

The Official Web Site of Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand