Reality Check
It is always good to do a reality check! A reality check is when you recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something you want to achieve. From time to time it is good to personally do a reality check; it is also good to do that as a church (and as churches). In the lead up to th...
There is an urgent need for us to raise up gospel workers in the CRCA. In a previous blog I clearly outlined the need that exists. To put it simply, over the next ten years we need to raise up 40 men to pastor our churches and to plant new churches in Australia. Currently we have 42 ministers serving our churches....
Church is changing! At least, church as you and I know it. Or have known it. As we draw close to the end of 2020 the fallout of the COVID pandemic has impacted churches, here in Australia and throughout the world. The church as we know it at the end of 2020 is much different from the church as we knew it at...
Our world needs prayer! There is a cry for mercy in the midst of the COVID pandemic that God would bring healing and that the virus would end. Our home church (Bray Park , QLD) and many other churches are teaching on the topic of prayer, calling people to a greater prayerfulness. There is a sense of the urgency of pray...
Is God calling you? When was the last time you asked somebody that question? Perhaps you've never asked that question. But as churches and church leaders in the CRCA this is a conversation we need to be having with more and more people. We need to be talking with people about God's call on their lives...
When any company develops their marketing plan an essential step is to identify the target market. A target market refers to a group of potential customers to whom a company wants to sell its products and services. This target market would have similar characteristics such as age, martial status, education, religion, locatio...
There are 90 days from Sunday 27 September 2020 to Christmas Day! Many people are already talking, thinking, and planning for this annual celebration of Christ's birth, his advent into our world. Much of the focus in the months ahead will be on decorating, travel, family get-togethers, and shopping. In the midst of the...
How good is your aim? In my youth I learned the art of archery. It was all about the aim. The goal was to hit bull's eye on the target. Over the years my aim improved. How good is your aim? Not just when it comes to archery. But your aim in life? Your aim in ministry?&nb...
