To have an effective, growing ministry, we need to continually be connecting with new people in our workplaces, neighbourhoods, community groups, and the different places we do life. Building strong relationships in key, as it is here that we can show God’s love, pray, and care for our friends.
“I found that it is a relevant, flexible, and well supported way for anyone to share the gospel with anyone, responding to the needs and perspective of the person you are talk with.”
“I found that it is a relevant, flexible, and well supported way for anyone to share the gospel with anyone, responding to the needs and perspective of the person you are talk with.”
“The conference theme of Spiritual Growth really resonated with me. I could relate to the idea of continually coming to God in prayer, as well as looking inward and seeing
“I have to be what I want to multiply,” says Dorothy Roberts from Door of Hope Christian Church in Tasmania.
When some of their leaders, including pastors, assistants, other key ministry staff and elders did the MyFriends training, they quickly realised that it was about how they live, looking for opportunities to share their faith.
Church playgroups connect families, build community, and share God’s love. Jules knows this is true.
So when he and his church’s playgroup team were thinking about how they could revitalise their playgroup, use it as an outreach, and grow with the next generation, they found the MyFriends approach very appealing.
Probably the biggest thing
that happened in 2022 for the
Church Movements team was the Expansion Project. The team was incredibly keen about reframing and repackaging the training to be done online. That meant ramping up to reach a lot more people around Australia.
One of the many stories from the Youth team in 2022 involves pancakes! Stu eagerly recounted how one of the chaplains was cooking pancakes one morning, and two kids came up to him and asked, “Can we read the Bible with you?”
You don’t get a question like that every day!
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