Marion Andrews writes about the life she has shared with husband Stuart over thirty years in ministries in Miles (Qld) and Tamworth (NSW). Marion demonstrates her skill as writer, relating memories that traverse all the emotional terrain of a rich and varied season of service. You’re mad if you don’t read it.
Having written about my satisfaction seeing that the practice of getting everyone to stand up and greet each other during church was listed as the number one thing which puts of newcomers in a list published by Thom Rainer, I can only quietly fist-pump to find out the post went viral and Rainer has published …
Another post from David Cook, current Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church Of Australia. This timely message encourages us not to fall into the trap of mistaking statistical increases for growth. I fall into the tendency to look not only at what blessings we have, but also how they measure against last year. There is a …
Thom Rainer provides a list of ten ways churches can make a bad first impression on first-time guests. The list isn’t exhaustive and some churches creatively strive to go well beyond just this ten. The first one of these is a bit of a surprise, both the fact that it’s there and that it’s first. …
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