Sharon’s Testimony
Sharon Bayani grew up in a Christian family, attending a conservative church in the Philippines where her father was a pastor. She had committed her life to serving the Lord. As a family, they would attend church every Friday evening for worship and Saturday afternoon...
Commune with God
Don’t let our dependency on the internet and all things online substitute for real prayer and time in God’s Word
Korey’s Testimony
I grew up in a Christian family, but it was only recently that I became a Christian. What I mean by that is that as far back as I can remember…
Choose Joy
Lorraine Roberts, along with her husband Bryan, co presented at Gap Summer Camp 2021. The theme was Choose Joy, and Lorraine has prepared a devotional for us, based on what they presented. After the difficulties experienced by many throughout 2020, it can almost seem...
Wandering the Pandemic Wilderness
Liminal spaces are places and times of insecurity and fear. They are also where God meets us, taking us to the other side and further… if we let Him. BY JUSTIN BONE, MINISTERIAL SECRETARY I remember the first time my family drove to Adelaide from our small hometown of...
2020 – The Year God Lost His Glasses?
In the years preceding 2020, so many companies and groups spoke about 2020 as a year of vision and clarity–playing off the whole ‘2020 vision’ thing... Funny how all that ‘bombastic motivation’ has gone kind of quiet this year, hey! For those of us with any...
It’s Not Enough to Broadcast a Service
It’s Not Enough to Broadcast a Service. Churches Need to Foster Community. What pastors can learn from plummeting online attendance. ADAM GRABER AUGUST 17, 2020, Christianity Today Since the coronavirus forced worship services to move online, nearly a third of...
Living in Harmony
It would be easier if God just called us to be nice… In Romans 12 Pauls calls the Christians to live in harmony with others, love sincerely and prefer others over ourselves; even those who are different from us. It sounds pretty straightforward on the surface. Be nice...
Crazy IS Power
This inspiring story is one of the readings provided by the Stewardship department of the General Conference. You can read other weekly readings in the Offering Resource brochure. Download the document to keep this handy resource at your fingertips. You wont need...
Each Life Matters
Racism and Discrimination... here, in Australia? In this series we look at what we can learn from what has been happening lately, so that we can move forward... as one, in Christ Jesus. We also refer you to the statement on racism, recently released by the Australian...
Blessed Hope or Blessed Calculation – what of claims of Christ’s imminent return…
Below is a YouTube video presentation by Dr Laurence Turner entitled ‘Blessed Hope or Blessed Calculation.’ Now if you’re like me, you’re probably thinking, “Just what I need – another video to watch (Not)!” So with that introduction… let me recommend it to you...
Make Every Day Count
Many of us are still finding we have more spare time than before Covid rampaged across the world. And with the very gradual easing of restrictions set out in our country’s time line for recover, this may well continue for some time. But there are some of us who have...
It is About Time
It's about time we step up and be the people God put us here to be... [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHN8_gcaC-M[/embedyt]
Don’t Panic
We are in an unprecedented situation. COVID-19 is not the first pandemic (or plague as they used to call them), it's not the worst virus, but it is a bad one, and the response has been unlike anything we've ever experienced. All over the world things are shutting...
God Cares – a message from our Victorian Church Leader
It was sad to hear Scott Morrison say that places of worship are now closed. Only days before, indoor gatherings of less than 100 were permitted, and our congregations were searching for ways to hold small group worships in place of church. And a week before that we...
Buildings are closed, our churches are not!
Pastors from around Victoria met together on ZOOM to discuss the implications of the recommendation from the Victorian Conference and the AUC that all churches shut their doors until the end of April. This decision will have far reaching and, in some instances,...
Against the Grain
by Natasha Sua Presenter at Junior camp 2020 Jesus went against the grain, proving this time and time again in His ministry on earth and ultimately when He died for us. It was a supernatural sacrifice for someone so far above us in every way, to do what He did… It was...
A New Decade
Our mission is clear... It's all about making disciples.Our Vision: A thriving disciple-making movement across Victoria. Vision. Mission. Strategy. We’re told that, by definition, a movement has 10% growth per year – now what would it take to achieve that? From the...
The Final Lap
On July 5, 2019, an Ethiopian distance runner was competing in the Diamond League 5000 metres in Lausanne, Switzerland, home of the International Olympic Committee. Competitors run around the 400-metre oval track 12.5 times, pacing themselves and making carefully...
Your Choice
“It’s not about numbers!” I heard the frustration. We don’t want to play a numbers game – where we’re driven to baptise, baptise, baptise like it’s some sort of production line! I’ve heard variations on the theme pop up fairly regularly since last millennium. I get...
In our DNA
To Run this Race
Hospitality to Angels…
At the end of April, when Michael Mohany was writing this, he was looking forward, past Revelation Today in May, to where more people were joining us as we worship God, and at what healthy relationships could look like in our churches...