Tim Chester offers three observations in response to a question about what it means when a church is not growing numerically. 1. It could be that you are seeing little fruit because you’re doing something wrong. One possibility is that you’re doing something wrong or that you’re not cut out as a lead church planter. …

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This is an informal meeting of a group of people who believe the Presbyterian Church of Australia as a whole should have a common vision to plant and grow healthy churches. An encouraging time of sharing news about God’s blessings and exchanging ideas about how to respond to God’s challenges most wisely.

The Presbyterian church of Australia is a federation of six state bodies. Functionally, this means the national body oversees areas of responsibility ceded to it by the regions, the sort of activities that make sense to have national cooperation and/or standards. While the national church meets every three years, it charges a number of committees …

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