Editing Destiny Church (New Zealand) (section)

===Origins===
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The Destiny Church movement was founded in 1998 from 20 members of Lake City Church in [[Rotorua]],<ref>[http://www.destinychurch.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:our-history&catid=44:aboutus&Itemid=79 Destiny Church: Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513053957/http://destinychurch.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:our-history&catid=44:aboutus&Itemid=79|date=13 May 2010}}, destinychurch.org.nz, retrieved 31 October 2009</ref> initially calling itself City Church Auckland. Destiny Church was founded by Brian Tamaki and his wife Hannah Tamaki, who continue to serve as Visionary and Senior Ministers of Destiny Church.<ref name="About Us" /> Destiny Church had a close relationship with [[New Birth Missionary Baptist Church]] in Atlanta, USA, the church of Bishop [[Eddie Long]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.destinychurch.org.nz/our-church-about-us-103/our-church-about-us-103 |title=Our church |year=2010 |publisher=Destiny Church |location=Auckland |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100820141503/http://www.destinychurch.org.nz/our-church-about-us-103/our-church-about-us-103 |archivedate=20 August 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2012 |quote=The church corporate relates closely with New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta USA, which is the home of Bishop Eddie L. Long, spiritual father to Bishop Tamaki.}}</ref> In his autobiography Tamaki described meeting Long, "my spiritual father", in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamaki link to US sex-case bishop |first=Vaimoana |last=Tapaleao |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10675732 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=24 September 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2012 |archive-date=15 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215030334/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10675732 |url-status=live }}</ref> Historian Peter Lineham has compared Destiny Church's liturgy progression away from orthodox Christianity to the late 1920s [[Ratana]] movement's divergence and eventual excommunication. Lineham also notes the usages of the historic and strong belief within [[Religion of Māori people|Christianity in Māoridom]] to promote his reach and teachings.<ref name=lineham_among>Lineham, Peter (5 April 2006). "[http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=among-the-believers-05-04-2006 Among the believers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607123114/http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=among-the-believers-05-04-2006 |date=7 June 2011 }}". Massey University.</ref>

{{Blockquote|Destiny is in some ways very different from other Pentecostal churches. The latest Destiny stories have focused on its growing links with Ratana, its presence at Waitangi, its Legacy march down Queen Street and the title of bishop which its founder and leader, Brian Tamaki has taken ...<br />We must recall that it is Māori at heart, although not tribal Māori. It trains people in Kapa haka (and performed them all too vehemently at Waitangi); it captures the hearts of many Māori women, perhaps appealing particularly to detribalised Māori. And it has a political agenda which places treaty issues high on the agenda ...<br />Let there be no doubt, there are some deep tensions running through New Zealand society, troubles underneath the optimism, and fundamentally they are cultural differences. Culture and religion walk hand in hand. The issues facing us today involve a deep debate over values. We should never be confident that we know which side will win.|Peter Lineham|Among the believers<ref name=lineham_among/>}}