Church leaders are storytellers by vocation.
They retell the story of Jesus — not as a static account, but as a living narrative people are invited to inhabit. But they also tell other stories alongside this one: stories about the church itself — where it has come from, where it is going, and why …
From as far back as I can remember in Bible college, we were taught that owning your own church building was a strategic Kingdom investment. We were told that owning land was like driving a stake into the ground for the Kingdom of God and carried great spiritual weight in claiming ground …
Some people have said that community engagement is my thing, but that’s not actually true. My thing has always been Jesus and His church. Specifically, in regards to the church, what it is that we’re supposed to do as pastors and church leaders and how that should shape our …
This is how I started a message to our church a few weekends ago….
“Welcome to the change sheds!
This isn’t what church is all about.
Where you’ve come from and where you’re going after you leave this place today is what church is all about.
What …
T4CG’s Founder and Director Jenny Sinclair met with the Churches Together England (CTE) Enabling Group on 24 March 2023. Jenny was asked to lead a discernment session incorporating a theological reflection on the church’s response to poverty in the context of the theme of this particular gathering, “The Cost of Living Crisis”.
Exploring the causes …
Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can!
When our church bought the old Rokeby Tavern in November of 2015 we used up every cent we had and then promptly decided that we’d somehow turn our pub into a gift to our local community. People …
The anointing of the Holy Spirit was never meant to be an end in itself but rather an empowering for mission, a mission that is seen in, and through, the good works we do in community.
When Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit after his baptism we …
Matthew 9:10-13
Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy …
Over the past 29 years I’ve been on a journey that started during my first stint as a senior pastor when Deb and I moved to Deeragun, north of Townsville back in 1997 to take on the leadership of a newly planted church. Prior to Townsville I’d spent 5 years in Tasmania helping …
If you’re a pastor like me, I’m sure most of us would say that we’re extremely concerned with the words our people will hear from Jesus when they stand in front of him. What you should want them to hear is Jesus saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” For Jesus to say …