Revive (Melbourne, Australia) celebrated two years as a church plant by hosting a ‘church planting teams training’ event for 20 people representing six potential plants. To maintain church health and vitality a local church must be reproducing and multiplying – and Revive recognizes the need for new clusters, groups and churches. Currently they are supporting… Continue reading
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‘For the glory of my Jesus!’
I first met Olga & Michael in Israel – where they established many new faith and prayer groups. The last time I visited them, Olga was conducting gospel meetings in Nazareth. On leaving Israel they returned to Ukraine – and, although beyond retiring age, both Olga and Michael continue to share their faith. Currently Michael… Continue reading
Articles by Vivienne Stacey
Vivienne Stacey is highly respected for her decades of ministry in Muslim communities – and her writing and teaching. Along with Dudley Woodberry and Chawkat Moucarry, Vivienne was one of our key guest presenters at a major ‘bridging’ conference on Christian Muslim Relations Conference that I coordinated in Paphos, Cyprus in 2003. You will find… Continue reading
Church Planting Teams Training 2009
FORGE and I will be offering training for church planting teams in Melbourne (Australia) this year. As well as training for Church Planting Interns there will be streamlined Church Planting Teams Training. Experienced church planters and movement leaders will share their experiences. The weekend of Church Planting Teams Training will hosted by a church plant… Continue reading
Swinburne Goes Public
Gateway Adventist Centre has the goal of planting new churches. Over the last couple of years a team has been working to establish Care Groups on the Swinburne University of Technology campus in Melbourne, Australia. The groups have grown – and the first public worship services will be held at the Swinburne Conference Centre at… Continue reading
Swinburne Plant Goes Public!
Gateway Adventist Centre has a culture of planting new churches – and the latest plant will go public on May 24 (read more)
Mini Church – eat, talk, pray!
The ‘Hope Chapel’ movement has planted over 700 churches representing over 70 000 people. Some of these churches are large. Some are small. In the last three years, they have planted 19 churches in Japan. Ralph Moore is the leading voice in this movement. Some observe that everything is centred on a simple, relational and… Continue reading
10,000 less Adventists in Australia
In a report in the RECORD (July 28, 2007) the leader of the Adventist church in Australia, Chester Stanley, discussed the 2006 Australian census figures which suggest as many as 10,000 on the official membership lists of the church in Australia do not now identify themselves as members. The census figures provide challenging reading for… Continue reading
Churches Planting New Churches
The vision of the Gateway Adventist Centre is to be “a soul-winning and training centre that multiplies churches every three years.” This is one story of a local church plant that is intentionally planting new groups and churches. Your church plant could also become a planting movement – multiplying! Check out the new pages Churches Planting… Continue reading
Gateway Adventist Centre
Gateway Adventist Centre – in Melbourne, Australia – is a church-planting church plant! The Story: In 1997, a group of young people (19 – 22 years of age) attending church in the Melbourne suburb of Forest Hills got the vision of reaching their friends in the city centre. Most of their friends lived in the… Continue reading