Surfers reaching surfers and their communities
We have a passion for Jesus, a passion for surfing, and a passion for our surfing communities. Christian Surfers has been running for 25 years in New Zealand, serving and reaching the surfing community. We are part of Christian Surfers International, a global movement now in almost 30 countries worldwide. Check out http://www.christiansurfers.net for more info.
We have 20 local groups around New Zealand who run a range of activities within their surfing communities: weekly meetings, surf trips, camps, learn to surf days, surf competitions, surf movie nights, and make your own surf dvd competitions, ding repairs, bible studies, and more. To find out more about what’s happening in your local area, check out the local contact for your area on the contacts page.
Our Vision is to be a Christian presence and witness in the surfing community.
Our Core Values
EVANGELISM – We are evangelistic in intent and evangelical in flavor, by which we mean majoring on the centrality of Christ, the priority of the gospel, the authority of the Bible.
SURFING – We are mobilising surfers to reach surfers using their surfing. We are an authentic surfing movement. We are showing how our surfing is submitted to Christ as a servant not a master.
PARTNERING – All our local missions are partnerships with supportive local churches where they exist and we seek to be interchurch in leadership and accountability. We also form partnerships with other ministry groups.
INTEGRATING – We are integrated in the local surfing community and we create a Christian community to minister out of. This requires long-term commitment to ministry.
TRANSFORMING – We believe the Kingdom of God changes individual surfers lives and then the surfing cultures they belong to.
SERVING – We have ministry based on relationships of trust earned by service as key to all ministry and leadership. We believe servanthood is a key to leadership.
EMPOWERING – We are mobilizing and empowering ordinary volunteers and helping them fulfill their potential with staff assistance. Our mission allows for bottom up initiatives.
INTERNATIONAL – We are called to the world surfing community and will seek to facilitate surfing outreach to every surfing nation. We are also an international family of missions committed to the common good.
