In October this year, Anglican churches in part of the Georges River region will join with other Protestant churches to host the biggest evangelistic series of events the region has seen.

The St George Mission will see up to 50 churches from the area come together to share the gospel with the communities of the Georges River region. The Rev Matt Yeo, rector of Hurstville Grove and mission area leader for Hurstville- Kogarah, is part of the organising committee and believes that collaborations like this are vital for gospel growth.“This endeavour is all about gospel partnership,” he said. “Partnering has given us the confidence to try something large that no one church would have done on its own.”

Four events will be held over two weekends at the end of October at the Hurstville Entertainment Centre, which holds 1000 people. The first event, on October 21 will be specifically for youth with a talk from Dave Miers. The following three events will feature addresses from John Dickson.

The theme of the events is ‘Jesus and Life’. The three talks given by John Dickson will encourage people to consider Jesus’ place in ‘the good life’, ‘the painful life’ and ‘the afterlife’.
To promote the events, each church involved will be responsible for advertising in its own community.

Mr Yeo believes that while the events will be a great opportunity for local churches to share the gospel, the weeks and months leading up to the events will also prove advantageous.

“We also hope, by each church having banners out the front of church, by having ads in the local paper, we can make a lot of noise in the community and put local church back on the radar,” he said. “There will be benefits for all churches involved on that level.” Mr Yeo hopes these relationships will continue long after the October events. “This will deepen already existing good relationships and I hope partnership in the future will become more common.”

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