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29/09/08 | Stuart P. Robinson
About a year ago I wrote a short piece outlining Rich and Julie Lanham's pioneering ministry in Gilgandra in Western NSW. Given the high level of interest which that story generated, I decided to contact Rich and get a sense of how the Lord has been prospering this ministry.
The hardest lesson many ministers learn is that, ultimately, there is nothing you can do to get another person to commit. Commitment requires freedom of…
In 2005 Stuart Robinson will uncover new ideas for outreach. This month we head to the village community of Lane Cove and investigate how St Andrew’s…
The gap between the church and the classroom seems bigger each day. Thousands of teenagers go through life with little or no contact with church-based…
Church growth today is big business. Many people, from bureaucrats in declining denominations, to sociologists of religion, to earnest young evangelical…
Two lessons I have learnt from clergy in the South Sydney Region. 1. You don’t have to be in the Mission to be in the Mission 2. Culture is more important…
Why do so many Sydney Anglican ministers find it difficult to encourage their members to share their faith, let alone attend church every week? The answer…
If students are just out of college, they’re boring. If you’re not boring just out of college, you didn’t learn enough in college. It’s when you’re…
Many people think the ideal youth leader is someone who wears the latest clothes, listens to the latest music, sports the latest haircut and body piercing……
How do you go about translating deep theological thinking into powerful, relevant communication for people trained by an attention deficit media? Expository…
A Sydney missionary is provoking women to pray about full-time ministry in post-Christian France.
According to the Japanese Consulate, Sydney is home to approximately 18,000 Japanese people. An additional 3,000 Japanese study here in Sydney, with a…
It’s hard to win over an entire community but this is what some Sydney Anglican churches are doing, one house at a time.
When a recent meeting took place between Indian Hindus in Fiji and eight Christians from Richmond, it was the start of an unlikely friendship built on…
TCR - History
History - is it all behind us, or can our past teach us something valuable for today? Phillip Jensen and Kel Richards find out in The Chat Room.Visit the forum »LATEST THREAD:Basic Song List (53) Craig Schwarze 13/10/2008 12:46pm
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