Most pastors report feeling ill-equipped to lead their church, which means 70-80% of churches have plateaued or are in decline.
The consistent message we get from church leaders is that they love their churches but feel stressed and insufficiently trained for the task.
Our network longs to see our nation won for Jesus through healthy, evangelistic, multiplying churches.
Over the last 12 years our network has helped plant over 150 churches and developed hundreds of pastors to help churches around Australia thrive.
We’re convinced that together we can make real progress to reach Australia with the gospel.
Healthy churches need healthy leaders because change in a church flows primarily from those guiding it. We gather together leaders from biblically-driven churches to support and equip each other.
Pastors have been equipped with practical, theological and emotional skills to lead healthier churches. Ultimately, the biggest fruit has been lives won to Jesus.
New churches are more effective at reaching new people.
They're five times more effective at drawing in people who either have no history with church or who haven’t been to church in a very long time.
New churches are a biblical and effective strategy that is reaching many people who would otherwise remain unreached by existing churches. If we’re going to reach Australia with the gospel, it's not optional.
We pray that transformative leadership development will lead to doubling the number of Reformed evangelical Christians in Australia by 2035. That would look like churches growing by 5% a year. This is an urgent and important shared task given Australian churches are currently declining by 1.2% p.a.
The Leadership Development Program has been the most significant intervention in our church. It has been a huge help for us. You come out of Bible college, and then 80% of your job consists of things you weren’t trained for. It’s been huge for us, we’re seeing fruit that we’re very thankful for.
Rory Shiner
Providence Church, Perth
The planting support you get through Reach Australia has been amazing. It’s a network of planters who have done it, who understand the difficulties. The coaching we’ve had access to has been fantastic. They've been really strategic and we talk a lot about what to prepare for.
Paul & Bronwen Cooper
Trinity Church Campbelltown, Adelaide
As our church has grown, I have probably inhibited our growth. I've often been the blockage because sometimes I've been too slow to see that I can't be everyone's personal pastor. I think sometimes that's been pride - too slow to see we need better systems and that we need better structures to help us. The network has been a help and a joy.
Phil Colgan
St George North Anglican Church, Sydney
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