Tentmaking
Ministry
Tentmaking
Services
1. What is a tentmaker
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Someone who uses their skills (professional, business, or trade
skills) to work for a living in a cross cultural situation
and to witness for Christ in their daily lives.
Some would narrow this definition to mission-motivated Christians who find employment with the specific objective
of helping with evangelism, church planting, and encouraging local believers. This definition would exclude many
who work abroad whose main focus is employment rather than mission.
2. Why is it called tentmaking?
This is based on the example of the Apostle Paul, who made tents in order to support his mission
activities.
In Acts 18 and Acts 21 we get an insight into Paul engaging in his trade, in order that he and his
colleagues could be self-sufficient. He told his infant churches that he chose not to burden them, but rather be
a 'model to hard work' and to 'imitate' Christ. He believed he had a right to expect gifts (1 Cor 9) but was concerned for the sake of his credibility and integrity not to be
misunderstood. But he was flexible. He did
at other times preach full time and received gifts of support.
3. Are there different types of tentmakers?
Christians are engaged in tentmaking in different ways. For
example:
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Those whose employment takes them to a different country. In today's world, people are spread throughout the
world in many professions, including the Diplomatic Service, IT, education, health, engineering, banking,
technology, business, etc. as well as many study opportunities. If Christians in such circumstances take their
faith seriously, wherever they find themselves they would be able to sensitively share their faith and
encourage other believers.
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Some Christians with specific skills can find themselves being used not to fill particular employment needs,
but to provide expertise, advice, training and stimulus to nationals in their attempt to establish viable
businesses, education systems, relief and development programmes, volunteer schemes e.g. VSO etc. All this
provides a great platform for opportunities to establish a witness for Christ.
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Others, like Reach NZ start from the premise that God has called them to 'go and tell' people of all
nations. To achieve this in New Zealand where traditional mission roles are not welcome or available,
tentmaking provides the only viable platform to fulfil their calling.
Tentmaking Services
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Want a great looking website that will help
you communicate more effectively? Let us create a beautiful custom website that expresses your
unique brand and has the specific functionality you need to achieve your mission
online.
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In addition to building new custom SEO (Search
Engine Optimised) websites, we specializes in custom development, graphics
creation.
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You can help to support the Reach NZ Ministry
by partnering with us to build a website for your businesses, churches, schools, and other
ministries.
You will find the pricing and features of our custom website
design very competitive. Each website we design has carefully selected components and features
relevant to businesses, churches, schools, and other ministries. If you're not sure what is the best fit
for you, that's okay. We'll help you to create the best web design that is right for you.
Contact us for a free
consultation.
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At Reach Web-Design, we don't consider our members to simply be
customers. We consider them partners. We are greatly honored to have the opportunity to serve
with these churches, schools, ministries and even businesses to help them to achieve their
goals online. We see this as an opportunity to be a part of their ministry. Our ministry is
helping other organizations to better perform their ministry or serve Christ through their
business.
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We are a Christian company with Christian employees. We understand
Christians because we are Christians. We don't have to guess what Christians want or how
they think. We know. We understand the words Christians use which sometimes have very
different meanings in the secular market. We use our own services with our own churches,
ministries and for Reach Web-Design itself
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We believe that our ministry is serving others to help them achieve
their mission online. Ehpesians tells us to "Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were
serving the Lord, not men." We believe this means we should serve with excellence and
that is what we strive for in all that we do. We don't just perform Christian
services. We provide great services performed with excellence for
Christians.
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Reach Web-Design hasn't just slapped the word
"Christian" onto a secular SEO service. We specifically developed marketing strategies that
would best serve Christian organizations and businesses. We have even tailored those services
to specific types of organizations because we know that a church or school has different needs
than a business.
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We hope you will consider partnering with us and
allowing use to help you to achieve your goals online.
God bless.
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Reach Professional
Photography Services
For more information visit www.thephotographers.co.nz. Please ask for Kevin Piper. 
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Local Professional photographers
combining to bring you the most comprehensive range
of digital photography and video-graphic services
available in New Zealand.
Reach
NZ Fund Raising Photography
You can support the Reach NZ
Ministry by having the people in your Church or
Ministry Organisation photographed
for...
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Portraits for Church
Contact Lists
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Sunday School Classes
& Youth Groups, for their parents
and families
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Church or Ministry
Publications
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Family
Portraiture
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Weddings
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Functions: Halleluiah
Events - Productions -
Balls
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For all your
photographic
requirements
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