1. Opening position: Why I am writing this Australia has not lost the need for trained Christian leaders. It has lost alignment in how those leaders are being formed. Churches still need pastors. Church planting networks still need planters. Chaplaincy… Continue Reading
Geoff Folland I don’t sit on the board of a Bible college. Nor do I want to. But I’ve been close enough to the system over a long period to notice a shift. And I can read a set of… Continue Reading
Mapping the Operating Systems of Australian Christian Higher EducationSeries: The Future of Formation (Part 1 of 4)By Geoff Folland I took my first Bible college class in 1992, during my first year working as an auditor with aBig 4 firm.… Continue Reading
Geoff Folland In the first article, I argued that Australia’s most effective outreach was never really about the stadium. In the second, I suggested that campaigns still matter — not because they replace relationships, but because they activate them. That… Continue Reading
Geoff Folland In the first article, I argued that Australia’s most effective outreach was never really about the stadium. The stadium functioned as a signal. The real work happened locally. That raises a reasonable leadership question: If evangelism is fundamentally… Continue Reading
Geoff Folland Australia’s most famous evangelistic moments didn’t succeed because of the stadium. We tend to remember the crowds — the SCG, the MCG, packed halls, the sense of momentum. We remember moments when Christianity felt visible, confident, and shared.… Continue Reading
By Geoff Folland Two centuries ago, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein gave the world an unforgettable image of scientific overreach: a man who creates life, only to abandon it. Today, in a world where artificial intelligence is writing sermons and generating theological… Continue Reading