A Gospel Community Grows in Forrestdale
by Jack De Vries and Ollie Heggers
Many churches successfully preach the gospel message, but they have very little involvement with the community. Other churches do well ministering to the community, but they water down the truth of the gospel. Is there a way to be both a strong gospel-centered and a strong community centered church? Church planters Ollie and Nadia Heggers would say, “Absolutely, yes!” This is exactly the model they are following in one of the Christian Reformed Churches’ (CRCA) newest church plants, a gospel community in Forrestdale, a small but growing suburb 30 km south of Perth in Western Australia(WA).