Peter Ko explains that ‘tiger parenting’ is what happens when parents push their children hard to succeed. He goes on to add that church leadership could fall into ‘tiger pastoring’ and create, either directly or indirectly, thoughts in a congregations minds that they constantly have to strive hard to grow. Usually in a pattern of …

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Communicate Jesus features ten website hacks. One of them is maximising responsiveness on mobile devices. I think websites need to have mobile, tablet and handheld devices in view as the primary methods by which their content will be accessed. Review mobile responsiveness As more and more people access websites from their phones and tablets, the …

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John Wilson, current moderator-general of the Presbyterian Church of Australia remembers the time forty years ago when the Presbyterian Church of Australia continued after the departure of those who formed the Uniting Church. It was a season in which the desire to continue had to be matched by a vision of what was worth the …

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Why as a church would we be expressing an aim for two worship services on a Sunday morning instead of one? It’s a question we’re working through at MGPC. Steve McAlpine writes about the struggle of the church (his and others) to break through a growth barrier that does more than simply keep pace with …

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