NewChurchLife

The Revive (Melbourne) team have planned for 48 straight hours of prayer this weekend – from 6pm Fri to 6pm Sun. “We would love you to be a part of this experience with us – either by being with us for a couple of hours of focused prayer or by praying wherever you are,” writes Claire [...]

Are we living for God? Does his will consume our lives? Are our lives defined by his sacrificial attitude? How is your church plant or emerging initiative helping people grow in faith, love and hope? With the growth of people their focus, healthy small groups are fostered – for this is where relationships are built [...]

“I hope you are encouraged and excited by this,” says Judy Douglas – the Church Army officer who has been working with the group in Canberra (Australia's capital). “I am very proud of them.” Check out the Basement.

50 young people from across Western Australia spent this last weekend reflecting on the Book of Acts, praying, listening to God, experiencing the presence of the Holy Spirit, reading their Bibles – and discussing how God may want them to relate the gospel to their unchurched friends. It was not a weekend of presentations. Many [...]

There are no doubt many reasons for this development, including (1) it is the way church existed in the early centuries – and there is a strong desire to return to ‘original’ Christianity, (2) it is ‘simple’ – without the complexities of structure and the exhaustion of trying to keep a performance type church on [...]

“We are entering a new way of doing church with our café community,” says Sharyn Walmsley of Café 7 in suburban Perth, Western Australia. “We are concluding that Café 7 is not a definition but a description of doing mission/church side by side on a daily basis.” 
Mugs create interest! “We have mugs which have a [...]