Christian denominations in New Zealand
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This is a list of Christian organisations in New Zealand.


Denominations and Churches

* Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
ACTS Churches NZ
(formerly the Apostolic Church Movement of New Zealand)
Alliance Churches of New Zealand
(The Christian & Missionary Alliance of NZ) * Harmony Church, Christchurch * Arise Church New Zealand *City Church Christchurch
Equippers Church
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Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand The Catholic Church in New Zealand ( mi, Te Hāhi Katorika ki Aotearoa) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope in Rome, assisted by the Roman Curia, and with the New Zealand bishops. Catholicism was intro ...
*Lutheran church of New Zealand * Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa) * Congregational LMS Samoan Church (Ekalesia LMS Toefuataina Samoa) *
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) is a major Christian denomination in New Zealand. A part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand, and known for its relatively progressive stanc ...

Majestic Church
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Methodist Church of New Zealand The Methodist Church of New Zealand ( mi, Te Hāhi Weteriana o Aotearoa) is a Methodist denomination headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a member of the World Methodist Council. History The Methodist movement was started by John W ...
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Metropolitan Community Church The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), also known as the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), is an international LGBT-affirming mainline Protestant Christian denomination. There are 222 member congregations in 3 ...
* Baptist Union of New Zealand * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand * Ratana * Ringatu * Assemblies of God in New Zealand *
Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Incorporated The New Zealand Samoan Assemblies of God (SA/G) or (SAOG), officially The General Council of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Inc. are a group of Pentecostal congregations predominantly made up of Samoan people (the Tokelauan Assemblie ...
* Vineyard Churches Aotearoa New Zealand * Salvation Army in New Zealand *
Christian Brethren The Open Brethren, sometimes called Christian Brethren, are a group of Evangelical Christian churches that arose in the late 1820s as part of the Assembly Movement within the Plymouth Brethren tradition. They originated in Ireland before spreadi ...
Assemblies in New Zealand * Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Zealand *
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines ( ar, أبرشية أستراليا، نيوزيلندا والفيلبين للأرثوذكس الأنطاكيين) is an archdiocese of the Antiochian Orthodox Ch ...
* Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand * New Life Churches, New Zealand *
North Shore Church of Christ North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...
in Auckland New Zealand *
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 21 churches and missions, which are in the process of becoming fully established churches. Backg ...
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Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) is a major Christian denomination in New Zealand. A part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand, and known for its relatively progressive stanc ...
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand was an archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand, part of the Eastern Orthodox religion. It was a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ...
* Reformed Churches of New Zealand *
Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand The Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) is a network of individuals from a variety of Christian denominations in Australia and New Zealand who share a common interest in the Anabaptist tradition. In 1998 the body was incorpo ...
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Pentecostal Church of New Zealand The Pentecostal Church of New Zealand (PCNZ) was a Pentecostal denomination established in 1924 that was the first attempt at organizing the Pentecostal movement in New Zealand. After a series of splits, the church disbanded in 1952. The roots of P ...
* Destiny Church *
Revival Centres International The Revival Centres International is a Pentecostal church with its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. It has approximately 300 centres in 22 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji, Italy, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Malawi, ...
* City Impact Church New Zealand *
Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, Lenexa within Johnson Cou ...
in New Zealand *LinkNZ * LIFE (church) *
Religious Society of Friends Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
* The Way Of The Cross Ministries New Zealand www.thewayofthecross.info * Reformed Old Catholic Church in New Zealand (Te Hāhi Katorika Tawhito)


Ecumenical Organisations

* Bible Society in New Zealand * Christian World Service * Churches Education Commission * Church Women United * Fellowship of the Least Coin * Interchurch Hospital Chaplaincy Council * Student Christian Movement * Te Runanga Whakawhanaunga I nga Haahi * Uniting Congregations of Aotearoa New Zealand * Unity Dialogue


Parachurch Organisations

Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that work outside and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism. Parachurch organizations seek to come alongside the church and specialize in things that individual churches may not be able to specialize in by themselves.


Youth


Eastercamp
South Island


Media

* Rhema Media * Christian Broadcasting Association * Word of Life Ministries *
Parachute Music Parachute Music is a not-for-profit music organisation from New Zealand. It was formed in 1989 and runs a hub of studio facilities and artist/producer support programmes in Kingsland, Auckland. From 1992 to 2014, the organisation ran the annual ...


International Aid


International Needs New Zealand

Celebrate Messiah New Zealand
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Derek Prince Ministries NZ
* Focus on the Family New Zealand *God Talk * Hagar New Zealand * Liberty Trust *MMM New Zealand * Scripture Union New Zealand *Shining Lights *
Society of St Pius X in New Zealand The Society of St. Pius X in New Zealand is a branch of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) which is an international organisation of traditionalist Catholic priests founded in 1970 by the French archbishop, Marcel Lefebvre. The Society is based ...
* Student Life New Zealand * TEAR Fund NZ * Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship * World Vision New Zealand
Voice of the Martyrs New Zealand


Social Service Organisations

*Baptist Community Ministries *Catholic Social Services
Canterbury Youth Services
*Christchurch City Mission *Methodist Social Services *New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services * Presbyterian Support *Wesley Community Action *24-7 YouthWork Trust


Educational Organisations


Theological and Bible Colleges


Denominational

*Arise Church Ministry School *
Alphacrucis Alphacrucis College (AC, formerly Commonwealth Bible College and Southern Cross College) is a tertiary Christian liberal arts college. In addition to being the largest self-accrediting Christian liberal arts College in Australia, it is the offi ...
( Assemblies of God) *Bishopdale Theological College (Anglican) *Booth College of Mission (Salvation Army) *Catholic Institute of Theology * Carey Baptist College *Equippers College (ACTS Churches NZ) *
Good Shepherd College In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil and is of interest in the study of ethics, morality, ph ...
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Holy Cross Seminary Holy Cross College or Holy Cross Seminary is the national Roman Catholic seminary of New Zealand for the training of priests. It was first opened in 1900 in Mosgiel and was relocated to Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Auckland in 1997. Estab ...
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Holy Name Seminary Holy Name Seminary was a Roman Catholic seminary staffed by the Society of Jesus established in New Zealand for the training of priests. It was first opened in 1947 in Christchurch and closed at the end of 1978. Establishment With Holy Cross Co ...
(Catholic) (closed) *Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (Presbyterian) *
Marist Seminary Marist is a noun or adjective derived from the name Mary – in particular Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. It may refer to: Catholic religious orders or congregations * Marist Brothers also known as the Little Brothers of Mary and the M ...
(Catholic) *Ministry Training College of New Zealand (Elim) *Pathways College of Bible & Mission * St John's College, Auckland (Anglican) * St Mary's Seminary (Catholic) (1850-1869) *South Pacific Bible College (Church of Christ) *Theology House Christchurch (Anglican) *Trinity Methodist Theological College *Vision College New Zealand (ACTS Churches NZ)


Ecumenical

*Ecumenical Institute of Distance Theological Studies


Non-denominational

*Calvary Chapel Bible Institute *Capernwray New Zealand *Faith Bible College *Grace Theological College *Gospel Training Trust *
Laidlaw College Laidlaw College (previously known as the Bible College of New Zealand) is the largest theological college in New Zealand. The college offers tertiary courses in biblical, theological, historical and pastoral studies, as well as professional d ...
*Lifeway College *New Covenant International Bible College *The Shepherd's Bible College *Theology Programme, University of Otago *World Gospel Bible College


Religious orders

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Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Nazareth, also called simply the Sisters of St Joseph or Josephites ("Black Josephites"), are a religious congregation who have their main centre in Whanganui, New Zealand. The congregation was a member of the Fed ...


Primary and Secondary schools


Catholic Church


Primary schools

* 190 Catholic primary schools


Secondary schools

* Aquinas College * Baradene College of the Sacred Heart * Bishop Viard College *
Campion College Campion College Australia is a Roman Catholic tertiary educational liberal arts college located at Austin Woodbury Place, Toongabbie in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Named in honour of Saint Edmund Campion, Campi ...
* Carmel College * Catholic Cathedral College * Chanel College * Cullinane College * De La Salle College *
Francis Douglas Memorial College Francis Douglas Memorial College is an all-boys state integrated Catholic school with boarding facilities located in Westown, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The college was founded in 1959 under the leadership of the De La Salle Brothers, a relig ...
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Garin College Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upp ...
* Hato Paora College *
Hato Petera College Hato Petera College (formerly called St Peter's Māori College) was an integrated, co-educational college in Northcote Central, Auckland, New Zealand for students from Year 9 to Year 13. It existed for 90 years, opening on 3 June 1928 and clo ...
* John Paul College * John Paul II High School *
Kavanagh College , motto_translation = With Her As Our Guide , type = State-integrated secondary , established = 1989; years ago (antecedent secondary schools: 1871, 1876, 1878, 1897 and 1976) , streetaddress ...
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Liston College Liston College is a school in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, for year seven to 13 boys and offers a Catholic education to its students. It was the second school opened by the Christian Brothers in Auckland. It was named after Archbishop Li ...
* Marcellin College * Marian College *
Marist College Marist College is a private university in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1905, Marist was formed by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute, to prepare brothers for their vocations as educators. In 2003, it became a secular in ...
* McAuley High School *
Pompallier Catholic College Pompallier Catholic College is a Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Maunu in Whangarei, New Zealand. It is one of nine secondary schools within the Marist network. Pompallier Catholic College is named after Bisho ...
* Roncalli College * Rosmini College *
Sacred Heart College, Auckland , motto_translation = Take Courage And Act Manfully , type = State-integrated Day & boarding Secondary school , religion = Roman Catholic Marist , gender = Boys-only , patr ...
* Sacred Heart College, Napier *
Sacred Heart Girls' College, Hamilton Sacred Heart Girls College is a state integrated Catholic Girls' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1884. The school crest features the monogram SH and the symbo ...
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Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt Sacred Heart College is a state-integrated single-sex girls' Catholic secondary school located in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. It was established in 1912 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and was the first secondary school to be opened in ...
* Sacred Heart Girls' College, New Plymouth * St Bede's College * St Bernard's College * St Catherine's College * St Dominic's College * St John's College, Hamilton * St John's College, Hastings * St Joseph's Māori Girls' College * St Kevin's College * St Mary's College, Auckland * St Mary's College, Wellington * St. Patrick's College, Silverstream *
St. Patrick's College, Wellington St Patrick's College is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in New Zealand. History Founded by Archbishop Francis Redwood Society of Mary (Marists), SM, St Patrick's opened on 1 June 1885 with nine day pupil, day-boys and twelve boarders. ...
* St Paul's College * St Peter's College, Auckland * St Peter's College, Palmerston North * St Peter's College, Gore * St Thomas of Canterbury College * Sancta Maria College * Verdon College *
Villa Maria College Villa Maria College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1960 by the Felician Sisters. History The college was initially a teacher-training center for sisters in the education apostolate and was establish ...


Anglican


Primary schools

* Cathedral Grammar School * Churton St. James, Lower Hutt * King's School (Auckland) * Medbury School, Christchurch * St. John's School, Invercargill * St. Mark's School, Christchurch * St. Mark's School, Wellington * St. Matthew's School, Hastings * St Michael's Church School * Selwyn House, Christchurch *
Southwell School Southwell School, is an independent co-educational Anglican boarding and day school set in 32 acres of park like grounds in central Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand. Southwell offers education to children aged 5 to 13 years. A numbe ...


Secondary schools

* Christ's College, Christchurch * Craighead Diocesan School, Timaru * Dilworth School, Auckland * Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland * Hukarere Girls' College *
King's College, Auckland King's College (Latin: ''Collegium Regis''; mi, Kīngi Kāreti), often informally referred to simply as King's, is an independent secondary boarding and day school in New Zealand. It educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. King's was o ...
* Nga Tawa Diocesan School *
Rathkeale College "Nothing is impossible for mortal man" , type = trinity school single sex boys (Years 9–13) , established = 1963; years ago , address = Willow Park Drive, Masterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand , coordinates = , principal ...
* St. Hilda's Collegiate, Dunedin * St. Margaret's College, Christchurch * St. Matthew's Collegiate, Masterton *
St Paul's Collegiate School St Paul's Collegiate School is a private (independent) Anglican secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. Opened in 1959 originally as a boys only school, the school began admitting girls in years 12 to 13 in 1985, then girls in years 11 to 1 ...
* St. Peter's College, Cambridge *
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is a private composite girls school located in the Wellington suburb of Karori in New Zealand. It has a socio-economic decile of 10 - on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 reflecting the lowest socioeconomic communities - ...
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Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls ( formerly known as St Mary's Diocesan School, Stratford) is an all-girls Anglican secondary school in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the sout ...
, Stratford * Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay * Waikato Diocesan School * Wellesley College, Eastbourne *
Woodford House Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of loca ...
, Havelock North


Methodist

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Wesley College, Auckland Wesley College is a secondary school in Paerata, at the northern edge of Pukekohe, Auckland Region, New Zealand. The school provides education from year 9 to 13. The school was founded by members of the Methodist Church in 1844, making it one ...


Non-denominational

* Bethlehem College, Tauranga * Elim Christian College * Faith Academy (New Zealand) * Hastings Christian School, Hastings, New Zealand * Hebron Christian College, Auckland * Immanuel Christian School, New Zealand * Middleton Grange School * St. Dominic's College, Wanganui


Presbyterian

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Columba College Columba College ( Irish: Coláiste Choilm) is an integrated Presbyterian school in Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. The roll is made up of pupils of all ages. The majority of pupils are in the girls' secondary, day and boarding school, but ther ...
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Iona College, Havelock North Iona College is a state-integrated girls' school in the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand's North Island. Founded in 1914 by the Presbyterian Church, it was intended to provide boarding facilities for girls from rural communities. Today, the c ...
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John McGlashan College John McGlashan College is a state integrated boarding and day school for boys, located in the suburb of Maori Hill in Dunedin, New Zealand. The school currently caters for students from years 7 to 13, including 120 boarders and up to 30 interna ...
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Queen Margaret College, Wellington Queen Margaret College is an independent girls’ school in Wellington, New Zealand, providing education for students from Year 1 to 13 with a co-educational Pre-School. It was established in 1919 as an inner-city, Presbyterian girls’ college ...
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St. Andrew's College, Christchurch St Andrew's College, also known as StAC, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a private, co-educational school that enrols from pre-school to secondary Year 13. It was founded in 1917 and it is the only independent, co-educational primary and sec ...
* St Cuthbert's College, Auckland *
Saint Kentigern College Saint Kentigern College is a private co-educational Presbyterian secondary school in the suburb of Pakuranga on the eastern side of Auckland, New Zealand, beside the Tamaki Estuary. It is operated by the Saint Kentigern Trust Board which also ...
* Saint Oran's College, Lower Hutt *
Scots College, Wellington Scots College is an independent ( private) Presbyterian school. It is located in the suburb of Strathmore Park, Wellington, New Zealand. Under the leadership of an Executive Headmaster, the College comprises three schools, the Preparatory Scho ...
* Solway College


See also

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Christianity in New Zealand Christianity in New Zealand dates to the arrival of missionaries from the Church Missionary Society who were welcomed onto the beach at Rangihoua Bay in December 1814. It soon became the predominant belief amongst the indigenous people with a ...


References

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