For three years Surfers Church – a ministry to the local surfing community at Maroubra (south of Sydney) – has been meeting on Monday evenings in a home. Click to read more about Surfers Church and the Grom Church
Date Archives → March 2007
God’s Tribe – their church!
“Exactly 100 people turned up for our third outreach worship service at the Koondoola Community Centre in the Mirrabooka area (Perth, Western Australia),” reports church planter John Horvath. “There was singing, prayer, fellowship, a ‘sermon’ and then small group discussion to apply the principles in the ‘sermon’.” The 44 children joined craft groups – and… Continue reading
NEWS 26 Mar 07
Hello Planters, Here is the latest news. There is a new church plant in Melbourne call re:vive. Check out re:vive in Melbourne. And, here is some radical – almost a ‘perverted’ form of encouragement! The ‘birth’ of something of significance usually arises from the ‘death’ of the visionary! On Sunday 18 March, Sydney (and Australia)… Continue reading
Welcome, Holy Spirit
In his daily devotional, Welcome, Holy Spirit, Garrie Williams surveys the life and activity of the Holy Spirit by looking at reference to Him in the Bible. I love the title of this book – Welcome, Holy Spirit. Why not stop right now and speak to Him? Just stop for a moment – and… Continue reading
How it Started!
It started when a few churches in central California decided to hold a 10-day prayer event – after the experience of the believers in Acts 2. Each evening between 7 and 8 pm the people met to read the scripture stories of the Holy Spirit’s anointing and then prayed. Sometimes they prayed silently, other times in groups… Continue reading
Re:vive in Australia
For some years small groups of young people have been discussing the possibility of planting a church to reach their unchurched & de-churched friends in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The last months have been spent in prayer and planning. Last Saturday they went public for the first time – and yesterday, it was… Continue reading
Re:vive in Melbourne!
It will surprise re:vive in Grantham (England) that as of yesterday (Saturday 24 March) there is also a re:vive in Melbourne (Australia). It came as a surprise to me too! Click read more to check out & share your comments (and if you are involved – tell us what it means to you).
He is God!
Every close and personal work that God wishes to do in our lives – He does through the activity and influence of this special person, the Holy Spirit. The writers of the Bible knew the Holy Spirit as God. The Holy Spirit has four distinctly God qualities – attributes that are also seen in the… Continue reading
A Person!
Jesus is the greatest gift God has given to us – the gift of Himself. (John 3:16) And the Holy Spirit is the second greatest gift – also the gift of Himself. The Holy Spirit is a very special person. Unfortunately, too many Christians are unsure of the Spirit or their relationship with Him. Some… Continue reading
Who is He?
The Holy Spirit is introduced in the first stories of both Old and New Testaments. In the first story of the Old Testament “the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Gen 1:2) – bring order from chaos. This was creation. In the first story of the New Testament the Holy Spirit brought chaos… Continue reading