Stephen McDonald has posted his final sets of notes from the Melbourne Presbyterian Theological College’s 2012 Pastor’s Conference. I’ve posted links to his day one notes here and the day two notes here. The first of these, Overcoming The Superman Syndrome is a cracker. And David’s material on Why Plant Churches? is very helpful. Session …

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Stephen McDonald has done a bang-up job of taking these notes. (As I mentioned yesterday) Of particular interest is the session by John Wilson, combining observations about the history and theological life of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria over the last 35 years or so to produce with practical applications for the future. There’s also …

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Being a long way from anywhere means that just slipping off to a ministry conference is a bit of an exercise. Fortunately a generation of blog savvy posters means that reasonable notes are available. And sometimes audio is even posted a bit later for free. New student Stephen McDonald has posted notes on the sessions …

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Constructive article by Archie Poulos about what seems to be a wide-spread contemporary situation. As you read this, focus on the notion that this is not about finding people to do the ‘trellis’ (basic infrastructure management) tasks, it’s common for people to feel so stretched they are having trouble just gathering together for worship; studying …

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