June 2011 in Auckland is tentatively set for New Zealand's next Greg Laurie event. In the past few years the US evangelist has held major meetings in Wellington and Christchurch, attracting large crowds. A feature of these was the large number of churches that came together to organise the events, and the Auckland committee says this is an opportunity for smaller churches to get involved with something bigger than themselves.

The event - to be held in the Victor Arena - has the support of Auckland Mayor John Banks, who has agreed to host a special breakfast for church leaders in October 2010.

An official launch is planned at the Auckland Town Hall in June 2010, when Greg Laurie will conduct a "mission-type" meeting as a preliminary.

visionnetwork National Director Glyn Carpenter says he hopes the events will stimulate greater interest and activity in evangelism. "In this vein, it was great to see a bus pull out of our office car park in Penrose full of evangelists headed for a recent Otaki conference. We look forward to more great things in the weeks and months to come."

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