Judith Nathan reviews Agency of Hope by Peter Lineham at Scoop Review of Books:
‘Noted historian Peter Lineham has done a meticulous job chronicling the complex history of the Auckland City Mission, founded by the Anglican church. He has clearly waded conscientiously through the records of countless meetings over the years. What emerges, in varying intensity throughout its history, is a surprising number of tussles with the diocese (with which it now has only tenuous links) and with other agencies, such as the Methodist Mission and the Salvation Army. Alongside these are the many variations in the mission’s diverse activities as it adjusted to meet the changing needs of its clientele – sometimes seen as city-wide but now focussed on the inner city.’
Read the full review here.
