Testify

Lieutenant Rupeni Daucakacaka (Corps Officer, Taveuni Corps) shared his testimony at Fiji Commissioning in November 2020. It is a privilege for me to share the goodness and faithfulness of God in my life. My journey has been quite a process for the past years and, particularly, the two years at...

Angela Swinney of Hornby Corps is passionate about social justice. She is a foster carer, and loves her community through service, prayer and crochet. I grew up in a Christian family and chose to follow God when I was invited to a dinner to hear evangelist Ray Comfort speak. The...

Rebecca Howan is an accepted candidate for officer training in 2021. She details her journey to accepting this call and trusting that God will provide everything she needs. I was born and raised in Wellington and have been going to Wellington South Corps ever since I was a baby. I...

Ihaka Namana seized the opportunity to turn lockdown into a time of praying for his classmates and he has since seen evidence that God is working amongst his school community. In March 2020, when New Zealand was put into level 4 lockdown, I was saturated with free time. My mum...

Jim Vince currently serves at Christchurch City Corps and takes part in the Community Driver Mentor Programme. He shares his story of how God has guided, prepared and healed him throughout his life. My Salvation Army connections go back to 1885. My great-grandfather was enrolled as a soldier in the...

Brenda King is the Invercargill Community Ministries Coordinator, and she loves her job. Throughout her life, God has continually put Brenda in positions that stretch her, and she often finds herself wondering how she got there. But she knows it’s God directing her life. I grew up in Waimate in...

Fiona Muncaster from Dannevirke Corps shares with us her journey to faith and her ongoing commitment to teaching children. I grew up in Hastings. I went to Sunday school, and was aware of God through my younger years. But when I had my daughter, my eyes were opened to a...

Despite a rebellious past, addiction and a serious motorcycle accident, Tony Rielly journeyed from feeling powerless to freedom in Christ. Even in my darkest moments and wrong decisions, I have always prayed and believed in Jesus. My father was abusive to my mother, my sisters and me. He left home...

Daniel Wilkes is Rotorua’s friendly, neighbourhood Family Store truck driver, with a heart for meeting people and reaching out to the elderly in his community. I was born in West Auckland and grew up in a Christian family. I was quite the adventurer, and had great fun hanging out with...

Catherine Chen has seen the power of both prayer and community work in her life, and she wants others to experience the same. I was born in Beijing and immigrated to New Zealand in 2000. I do believe God called me when I was little. Since I came to New...

For a long time, Gwen Smith struggled to find meaning in the Bible and feared that God had forgotten her, but he spoke to her through a song one morning at church and she learned that his timing is perfect. As far back as I can remember, I’ve been drawn...

Through many trials, Debbie Whitfield has learned to trust in God’s plans for her. It was always a dream of mine to move to New Zealand. I was lucky to come on holiday twice, then in 2001, I moved to Dunedin with my son and then-husband. We had a 10-acre...