Urban Neighbours of Hope is a Baptist Mission Order made up of Christians who immerse ourselves in the lives of neighbourhoods facing urban poverty, joining the risen Jesus to seek transformation from the bottom up.
Where We Are
• Wainuiomata (Wellington)
Our Way
We share life and faith with neighbours, listen for God’s leading, seek justice, and commit to rhythms of prayer, rest, and presence.
Our Values
Incarnational Living – We live where we serve, building deep, reciprocal relationships.
Voluntary Simplicity – We live simply to free up time and resources for what matters most.
Kingdom Participation – We partner with God’s work through justice, hospitality, and discipleship.
Covenanted Team – We commit to one another and a shared life for the sake of our neighbourhoods.
UNOH is a way of life centred in Jesus, shaped by community, and lived out on the margins.
UNOH & Te Tiriti o Waitangi
UNOH upholds 5 Te Tiriti o Waitangi Principles:
Partnership
There is an obligation for UNOH to include Māori in the design of Neighbourhood-led Strategies, the art of neigbourhooding and the spreading of the Kingdom’s ‘Good News’. It draws on the idea that Māori should play an active role when plans for Māori wellbeing are devised.
Protection
Its is UNOH’s duty to actively protect Māori interests and to ensure that Māori are able to enjoy (at the very least) the same level of well-being as non-Māori.
Participation
It is the obligation of UNOH to ensure that Māori are able to participate in the delivery of the ‘well-being’ of the whole neighbourhood.
Privilege
The principle of Privilege identifies that Māori have a unique worldview and perspective, through which God has revealed Himself. This understanding contributes towards the well-being of our communities and it requires, from UNOH workers, an attitude of respect, honour and humbleness to work alongside Māori towards the establishment of ‘Heaven on Earth’.
Presence
Presence, from a Biblical perspective, recognises that God was and is, already present in Aotearoa, (including the neigbourhoods/communities that UNOH has a presence in). This was evident before the arrival of Pākehā Missionaries. It recognises that Māori had an understanding of God and spirituality before missionaries arrived. Presence recognises the Māori narrative in Aotearoa & in neighbourhoods/communities – its past, presence and future.
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