Grow Resources
As CRCA churches we are better together than we are alone. Considering a repotting strategy is not an easy choice to
...Externally focused churches are internally strong, but are orientated
...Openhouse CRC in the Gold Coast area of Queenland is committed to reaching the lost for Christ. An essential step in their strategy to reach their community with
...Below are questions you might like to reflect on together as Classis, church pastors/elders/deacons, and/or churches having watch the video In Times Like
...What's at the core your church? Attached below you will find a tool you can use to measuring your church on the fundamentals. The first document is a simple one page questionnaire. The second document has the
...Maybe you are thinking, Why do we need to start new churches? Aren’t there enough churches already out there? Here I want
It is encouraging to know that 84% of CRCA congregational members would support the development of new initiatives in the ministry and mission of their local
...Before launching into the growth areas brought to light by your NCD Survey, it may be that what you or your leadership most need right now is some
...Moving Your Church Through Growth Barriers (5)
Christianity is not a spectator sport. Australians know what it means to be a spectator. And
...Moving Your Church Through Growth Barriers (4)
Balance in a church, just as it is in life, is a healthy condition! You might know of situations in life when you are
...Moving Your Church Through Growth Barriers (3)
We all like to be in charge, in control of our lives and even our own destiny. Desire for control is buried deep in the DNA
...Moving Your Church Through Growth Barriers (2)
We are creatures of habit and we all tend to gravitate to the comfortable pew in church. At least this has been my
...Moving Your Church Through Growth Barriers (1)
You probably heard it said, “Starting the job is half done.” Some might take issue with this maxim arguing that
...Moving Your Church through Growth Barriers – An Introduction
There are many times in life when we come to a fork in the road and we have to make a choice. Do we turn to left or to
...Jack De Vries speaks to the Launceston church, Riverbank Christian Church, on how churches can move through growth barriers. He discusses five choice points churches will face and six steps to move through growth barriers. Listen to the
...This four week guidebook is for pastors or mentors who are preparing young people or new converts to make public profession of faith. Through
...What does it mean to become a member of a church and get involved in a church's ministry? Here is a booklet prepared by
...Does your church know its neighbours? There are numerous sources of information available about your community – from demographic data to conversations with agency personnel, households, community members, and other church leaders.
...What does it look like when the whole church is focused on making disciples together? In
...Brian Vaatstra shares the Kingston experience of Church Planting, outlining the five stages leading up to the
...I have returned to Mackay after a five week Church Planting Intensive journey throughout four
...With the close of Trowel & Sword at the end of 2009, people have found it harder to stay
...By the time you receive this report it will have been 500 days since the floods that struck South East
...The Christian Reformed Churches in Australia are committed to growing healthy churches. As
...A simple tool is helping churches in Arvada, Colorado, know and love their
...Presenting Christ and His Compassion to our Community
PC3 is a young Church Plant
...Healthy churches are growing churches. For this reason one of the ministry priorities in
...As Christians we are called to be witnesses of Christ. In common usage, what
...What is the power and what are the advantages of a group of Christians as a witnessing
...Do we have a clear and common vision? Does your worship glorify God? Is God’s Word the
...Evaluation promotes ministry change. To get better at what we do as well as grow
...Brian Vaatstra of Kingston CRC, Tasmania, has overseen the planting of four churches in the
...Hans Kristensen interviews three church planters from varying backgrounds and states within
...More churches are pioneering a shift toward community service. Not only are they deploying their own
...Many churches successfully preach the gospel message, but they have very little
...A city of churches is a name given to various cities with many churches, including Adelaide in South
...A good cup of coffee, some good food, and a relaxed atmosphere are all part of the strategy to reach the
...Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their properties as the Brisbane River in SE
...Planning a Christian outreach event is generally geared toward providing educational and recreation
...After interviews with 50 leading missional leaders engaged in global outreach the following nine trends
...The Spiritual State of the World's Children research project was created to provide an
...A comprehensive look at what the Bible has to say about children, their
...The gospel is the Good News, the glorious news that God through Christ came to our
...Throughout the world today, pastors, mission leaders, and laymen are working towards the day when
...In the West for nearly 1,000 years, the relationship of (Anglo-European) Christian churches to the broader
...We need an Apgar score for the church. As Christians we care deeply about the health and
...Our purpose in gathering with God's people, be it on Sunday or some other day of the week, is not only to be
...How did Jesus intend for all lost people, from every tribe, language, people and nation, to
...What is discipleship? How do we make disciples as Jesus commanded us to do in Matthew
...Before migrants are given their boarding pass, and take their seats in the plane, they are looking for a
...by Jack De Vries
Recently there have been requests to begin a Reformed church in the Mackay area....by CRCA Church Planting Taskforce
There are opportunities all around us because most Australians know...by Peter Kossens
It was about 15 years ago that the Reformed Church of Brunswick Junction laid before the
...by Roy Pointer
God has given some Christians special gifts and abilities to share their faith and proclaim the Good...In December 2009 the Indonesian Reformed Church (IRC) began meeting in a new area of Sydney,...
It was not a new idea. Planting a church in the Cherrybrook/Hills District on the...
Source: Trowel and Sword December 2009
It is not the year church planter Geoff...
St Marys CRC in NSW took their ministry to the streets. This...
To immigrate takes guts. You have got to be tough. It...
At Redlands CRC (Queensland) recent 10th Anniversary celebration, three stones were...
by Jack De Vries, with Rod McWilliams.
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Over the past couple of years the Dandenong CRC had the opportunity to support a group of local...
by Lois Swagerty
Leading ones church in a missional direction may be easier said than done.
Every church wants to be known as a church that cares. And most congregations...
The CRCA Synod will be meeting 10 - 16 May in Wonga Park, Victoria. Under God’s grace as a denomination we now have a
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Many churches do not have a vision for church planting...
The Afrikaners in Australia, attending CRCA churches, are undergoing change in almost...
There is an immense need out in the country regions of Australia, where the call of...
When the early Dutch migrant families came to Australia 50 years ago, they brought with...
By Charles Ridley
(How to Select Church Planters, Fuller Evangelistic Association, 1988) Church planting is a unique and challenging ministry. Assessment interviews help church planter candidates clarify
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Ripe For Harvest
There is an immense need out in the country regions of Australia, where the call of the gospel to glorify God and to repent and believe in Jesus the Christ of God appears to be largely absent. Where we did hear it, it was either stunted and deformed, or no one seemed to be listening. The wheat fields in the wheat belt north of Perth, WA, are ripe for harvest, and Geoff and Florence Van Schie are committed to go out and work in the harvest.