This is a brief overview of the annual meeting of the Australian Presbyterian World Mission Committee. Each year representatives of the state churches meet and consider policy issues arising from the operations of working groups which are based in New South Wales (Sydney). So our functional brief is review, advise and endorse our ongoing work …

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We’ve got a huge new shopping complex being built just across the road from our church center. It will represent a huge change to the demographic layout of Mount Gambier, now and for the future. How can we adapt to this change for the Gospel? Hopefully more effectively than these folk did when they built …

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Trevin Wax nails me to the wall with 11 pertinent questions that every pastor, church leader (and Christian) should engage with. For me question 8 hit home particularly. About Preaching 1. How can I show the congregation how this passage / topic fits into the grand narrative of Scripture? This question reminds me to connect …

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Trevin Wax hosts an online conversation with Collin Hansen and J.D. Greear about ministry to Muslims and the boundaries of contextualization. A sample: Trevin Wax: Collin, your recent cover story in Christianity Today records the debate surrounding the translation of “Son of God” and why some missionaries advocate other renderings. Can you start us off …

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