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...

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...

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. 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

Across Christendom, there seems to be a trend in the inability of the local church to attract and keep youth and young adults. Without addressing the inclusion of younger generations, the local church’s own existence comes into question…