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Why New Hope Baptists offer new hope for church growth

Posted on 02/03/2025 by John Sandeman
New Hope Northwest launch

New Hope church, planted in 2009 which has just planted its third location in the growing fringes of north west Sydney offers a hopeful model for church growth according to church consultant Ian Duncum. New Hope has two characteristics that… Continue Reading →

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Ten per cent of Churches plant other churches in ten years

Posted on 27/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Planting

Pentecostals are the church planting champions in Australia according to a report by NCLS. But the title comes with a caveat. “Pentecostal churches have the highest rate, with an estimated 4.6% of churches planting in 2019, compared to 0.9% of… Continue Reading →

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Small beginnings for the next generation of the Houston family

Posted on 17/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Peter and Laura Toggs

Peter and Laura Toggs (Toganivalu) are starting a new church, and a church planting happens every week in Australia – but because they are the son-in-law and daughter of Brian and Bobbie Houston they are getting media attention. The Other… Continue Reading →

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Cornerstone: the Jesus Revolution went and lived in Bourke, and thrives today

Posted on 15/04/2023 by John Sandeman
Cornerstone class outside the Pera Bore schoolhouse, mid 90s

A long-time member of the Cornerstone community, Paul Roe, unpacks the history of the Jesus people who went and lived in the bush, founding communities that live today Right now, the movie tracking the explosive arrival of the Jesus Movement… Continue Reading →

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An ex-Uniting Church gets a church plant – from another Uniting Church

Posted on 13/04/2023 by John Sandeman
Seeds Kurralta Park

The Uniting Church is closing churches, right? Well, actually, there’s also some church planting by evangelical groups in the Uniting Church, sometimes into old Uniting church buildings that have seen better days. Kurralta Park, an inner suburb of Adelaide, might… Continue Reading →

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A rapidly expanding network of evangelicals and charismatics … in the Uniting Church

Posted on 03/04/2023 by John Sandeman
Propel national conference 2023

Propel, a movement of evangelical and charismatic congregations that have decided to stay in the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), is proliferating. (In UCA-speak, congregation means a local church). “The Propel Network is significantly bigger than the old EL250 network… Continue Reading →

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Planetshakers leads a wave of new Sydney church plants

Posted on 25/01/2023 by John Sandeman

Melbourne’s largest Pentecostal church, Planetshakers, has planted a local campus in the heart of Sydney’s North, on the Macquarie university campus. After six months, it has attracted a core group of several hundred attendees.  Planetshakers and another large Pentecostal church… Continue Reading →

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Iona was a 160 km/h ski racer but now runs church under a pecan tree

Posted on 19/01/2023 by John Sandeman
Iona Rossely

It took two world-level sporting careers, extreme highs and bitter lows, for Iona Rossely to be fully formed in her faith. Although she was one of the\fastest women in the world at her speed skiing, God outpaced her in the… Continue Reading →

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City to City: Starting and strengthening churches across Australia

Posted on 29/11/2022 by John Sandeman
City to City's Andrew Katay

You might have got the wrong impression if like me the main thing you heard about City to City (CTC), a church planting network was that it was founded by Tim Keller, best known for successfully growing churches in the… Continue Reading →

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