Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (GPCNZ) is a Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand which was formed in 2002. It currently consists of 11 churches and 7 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 biblically faithful alternative. In practice this means that the GPCNZ holds different views to the PCANZ on the bible, salvation, the gospel, preaching, homosexuality and the ordination of women
The Grace Presbyterian Church describes itself as "Presbyterian in government, Reformed in theology, and Evangelical in spirit." [1] It confesses the truth of the Trinity, the centrality of Jesus, the unconditional and yet particular love of God the Father, and the irresistible calling, present power and ministry of The Holy Spirit.
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 in 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.
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| Church | Location | Year Formed |
Current Pastor/Minister |
| Northern Presbytery | |||
| Redeemer Grace Presbyterian Church [4] | Flat Bush | 2005 | Wally Rakete |
| Covenant Presbyterian Church, Manurewa | Manurewa | Peter Boyd | |
| Trinity Presbyterian Church | Takanini | 2001 | Andrew Macpherson |
| Providence Presbyterian Church | Mangere | Uaita Levi | |
| Grace Church | Gisborne | Geoff Macpherson | |
| City Presbyterian Church (Mission Church) | Central Auckland | Travis Scott | |
| Central Presbytery | |||
| Grace Community Church New Plymouth[5] | New Plymouth | David Farr | |
| Grace @ Wellington [6] | Wellington | Ian D Bayne | |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Christchurch [7] | Christchurch | 1974 | |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ashburton | Ashburton | David Bayne | |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Fairlie | Fairlie | David Bayne | |
| Southern Presbytery | |||
| Grace Bible Church, Dunedin | Dunedin | Mark Smith | |
| Tokomairiro Grace Bible Church | Milton | ||
| Catlins Evangelical Church | Owaka | ||
| Grace Presbyterian Church, Gore | Gore | Sam Duthie (Student Supply) | |
| Wyndham Evangelical Church[8] | Wyndham | Andrew Young | |
| Grace Presbyterian Church[9] | Invercargill | Barry Swann and Peter van den Brink | |
| Grace Presbyterian Church, Tuatapere | Tuatapere |