There are no doubt many reasons for this development, including (1) it is the way church existed in the early centuries – and there is a strong desire to return to ‘original’ Christianity, (2) it is ‘simple’ – without the complexities of structure and the exhaustion of trying to keep a performance type church on… Continue reading
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Café 7 – doing Church!
“We are entering a new way of doing church with our café community,” says Sharyn Walmsley of Café 7 in suburban Perth, Western Australia. “We are concluding that Café 7 is not a definition but a description of doing mission/church side by side on a daily basis.” Mugs create interest! “We have mugs which have… Continue reading
New Page – Seminars & Conferences
We have added a new page (to the left) – where we will list relevant conferences, seminars & discussions for church planters. If you want an equipping opportunity listed, let us know. Click on Seminars & Conferences
Check out Revive Church
Revive church (Melbourne, Australia) was launched in March this year by a group of young people. The focus has been prayer, reading the Word, an environment of encouragement and support, relevant worship, sharing and socializing with their friends. Saturday 25 August started at 11.00 with 1.5 hours of prayer – and as preparation was made for… Continue reading
Alfa Gospel Praises on tour in Finland
“The 50 young people of Alfa Gospel Praises are creating a big impact here,” says Atte Helminen – leader of the Adventist Church in Finland (and church planter). Alfa Gospel Praises is a new form of church plant for postmoderns in the Czech Republic. Having planted Nova Šance in Záb?eh, Martin Veselý and his team… Continue reading
NEWS 27 Aug 07
Dear Friends, The 2006 Australian census figures provide challenging reading for Christians. Although the population in Australia is growing by over 260,000 per year, the number connecting with Christian churches is in decline. Denominations with stable membership numbers are in fact in rapid decline in relation to population growth. But official church records don’t always… Continue reading
10,000 less Adventists in Australia
In a report in the RECORD (July 28, 2007) the leader of the Adventist church in Australia, Chester Stanley, discussed the 2006 Australian census figures which suggest as many as 10,000 on the official membership lists of the church in Australia do not now identify themselves as members. The census figures provide challenging reading for… Continue reading
Creative Worship Ideas
Last week I met Helen Betz who, with husband Ben, is involved in refocusing/replanting the Foster/Tuncurry Church of Christ. Helen is a very creative person and she and Ben seek to use a variety of expression to share the gospel. I encouraged Helen to start a blog and share some of her ideas. So Helen has… Continue reading
Using Public Evangelism to Plant Churches
Although not commonly used in postmodern environments today, public evangelistic meetings have been used to launch many new church plants. The approaches have been varied – 1. A short series of meetings: Some planters have called in a guest evangelist to conduct a short series of gospel meetings – a weekend, or even a… Continue reading
Public Evangelism & Church Planting
Check out some ideas (with some of the opportunities and challenges) on using public evangelism as a church planting model.