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WE ARE

A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

WHO

BELIEVE IN
CREATIVE WORSHIP 
IN SPIRIT & IN TRUTH

Ocean

OUR FOUNDING SCRIPTURE

COMING EVENTS

' JOY OF THE REDEEMED'

Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.

Water will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.  

The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs.

In the haunts where the jackal once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

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ISAIAH 35:6-7

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OUR COMMUNITY

We desire to honour God who has expressed His nature in this world through beauty, colour, movement, variety and community.  ​

We engage in the creative movement arts, fellowship, teamwork, sharing of resources and training for effectiveness and excellence, encouraging one another in Love, Spirit and Truth.​

12th ICDF International
Dance Conference
River of Life! 
14-20 April  2025
PAPA HOU, Christchurch

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Book 12th ICDF International Dance Conference HERE ​​​

​​Book your accommodation at Hotel GIVE â€‹

and pay on arrival. 

Email your room preference to: Irene Safatu 

irene@thekindfoundation.org.nz​

Support the Conference with your Koha Donation

HAERE MAI & WELCOME

ICDFANZ at the Centre of New Zealand hill, Nelson

ABOUT US

ICDFANZ is where Christians can connect their faith and calling in the performing arts and prayer movement to express creative worship in spirit and in truth.  A place where we can use the creative arts to be salt and light to our nation and to the world.

Shona Dunlop-McTavish leaping

OUR HERITAGE

Our inaurgural meeting was held on 5th November 1988 in Auckland.  Rosalyn Smaill was our first National Coordinator and the fellowship was first known as CDFNZ (Christian Dance Fellowship of New Zealand). We were initially based in the South Island town of Oamaru.

Priase movement in Nelson Cathedral

VISION & MISSION

Our mission is to provide a place of friendship, support and nurturing, to train and empower followers of Jesus to honour and worship God through dance and the creative arts throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.  We aim to achieve this by providing resources through workshops, gatherings and online events and networking. 

IMPARTING OUR LOVE
OF FAITH & MOVEMENT

ICDF Aotearoa New Zealand is a part of the global ICDF (International Christian Dance Fellowship) ministry movement which was established by visionary apostle Mary Jones (OAM) over 30 years ago. 

To find out more about ICDF visit www.icdf.com

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