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A Revolution
A revolution is taking place in both the theology and practice of the church as the twenty-first century begins. Statistics show that people are leaving the church at a rate of 4,500 per year from church attendance in Melbourne, and this probably reflects the case nation-wide [1]. There are numerous Christians who “have come to the conviction that the institutional church as we know it today is ineffective” and the church must change its attitudes and practices to engage with the average Australian [2]. Thus there are a number of different church models that are endeavouring to overcome to address these abysmal statistics.  Read More....

Overview
Every Friday night in Echuca the community gathers at the Echuca Corps for a time of fellowship and worship known as ‘Encounter’. The evening commences with a shared meal, before the kids head off to their Kid’s club, the tweens and teens head to a nearby hall for youth group and the adults gather for a time of prayer and worship. Read More....

Identifying the Harvest
The apostle Paul wrote, “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation” (Romans 15:20 NIV). Over the next 18 years, there will be major growth in some parts of Australia that constitute new fields for the harvest. The following table lists the areas in the Australian Southern Territory that will experience greatest population growth over the next 5 to 10 years, and cumulatively until 2027: Read More....

By Rebecca Walker with particular acknowledgement to Peter Roennfeldt and his Planting Churches that Multiply: new environments to experience God & community training course and materials.

Get a Kingdom Perspective
The way in which we understand the relationship between the church and the Kingdom of God will have a huge impact on the way we plant churches. If we believe that the church is the Kingdom of God, we will be surprised when we see God at work outside the church. If we believe that the church is the Kingdom of God, we will feel safer within its four walls than on mission to the lost. However, if we understand the church as being an agent for the Kingdom, yet only one part of what God is doing we will go out from the church expecting to find people who are open to the gospel. Read More....