News on the decision of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill church to move from a ‘one church – many campuses’ model to a ‘one network church – many churches’ model. Apparently the decision was made by executive leadership and eldership, not by the congregations themselves. Last month we decided to put an end to the word …
An encouraging newsy report about what’s happening among young evangelicals in Sydney posted on Redeemer’s City To City blog. From the post: Why am I excited about this group of young leaders? First because they have been led by God to begin with prayer.vThrough prayer they will enter into closer communion with the Lord and …
Nice shout-out on the Desiring God blog to a Briefing article on urban ministry by Sydney’s Justin Moffat. 25,000 people does not really make Mount Gambier a city, but a number of his points cross urban/rural contexts. The bullet points below are expanded upon in Moffat’s article which is online at The Briefing webpage. Justin …
A month or so ago a small group tried to work out what was structurally wrong with the Presbyterian Church of Australia. I think I tried to point out that the PCA is structurally functioning just as it was designed to, as a ‘weak’ national body that is subject to the parochial concerns of the …
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