When I was training for ministry twenty years ago the phrase ‘a pastor’s heart’ kept coming up again and again. I don’t hear it so much these days. It seems the emphasis now rests on the pastor’s management or entrepreneurial (or coffee-making) skills. Craig Barnes, pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, professor of leadership and ministry …

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The September edition of Fellow Workers, newsletter of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria is available for download at their webpage. Or you can click this link instead. Articles about the need for Bibles in Africa, new ministries, ministry to deaf people, camps, the upcoming centenary of the Australian Inland Mission, news from regions within Victoria, …

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News from the Presbyterian Church of Queensland, better late than never. (June/July seems to have gone missing all together.) Available for reading and download in four parts: Pages 1-4 | Pages 5-9 | Page 10-12 | Page 13-16 A very detailed summary of decisions from the State Church Assembly (annual meeting) from back in June; …

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