To discover and be a part of OPERATION 200 you can read below or listen to the 10 minute audio file at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByCi9HdTc_XcT1M0NmR1THlNQ3c/view?usp=sharing You joined Village because people who are far from God matter a lot to you, and you want to see them find Jesus and fall in love with God. But how do […]

We want to be part of a church that exists for those who don’t go to church. That means lots of sacrifice and great learning along the way. One of the most obvious we determined early on was our language. We desperately want to use language effectively to connect with those outside the church We […]

We’ve found teaching people how to think like a disciple of Jesus is essential in having a healthy church that makes disciples. In a challenging thought Bill Hull in his book The Complete Book of Discipleship says, Being a Christian isn’t just about believing in Jesus, but believing what Jesus believed. Thinking and feeling what Jesus does […]

We are part of the Uniting Church (UC) in Australia. Our current status is actually a Faith Community of the Uniting Church in Australia. The UC have a liturgy for use in corporate worship, which has many valuable parts to it. One of those is the Prayer of Intersession or the Prayers of the People. […]

How we named our church Village was an interesting journey. About 6 months ago when we were early stages of team development we brought a name to the team. That name was the Junction Church. We had arrived at that name through a simple process of looking at our values, vision and heart and a […]

I have discovered the quickest way to usher fears into your world is to plant a church. The fears have come (and thankfully gone/disipating) thick and fast. Here’s the current list: Fear of the team joining us Yes, you’re right, it is quite an absurd fear until you realise that people are putting on the […]

Starting a church is a strange experience. We were so blessed, to begin with, a team of 32. Some of them I approached, some approached me and all were approached by God. In fact, only a third of those I approached decided to come in the end. So there was a group of us and […]

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind tour where I met with a stack of church planters. Below are the questions I used as a skeleton to mine their wisdom. Every single conversation yielded some amazing and helpful insights. Since this journey began, I have spoken with planters from a massive variety of denominations including Baptist, Anglican, Uniting, Church […]

Great communication is by far our greatest tool in planting a church. My chief role is to ensure our communication is excellent and as faultless as possible. Including keeping everyone in the loop. Of course we face the tension of boring or overwheleming people with too much and frustrating them with too little, but regardless communication is […]

What if every other church grows except you?’ This was the question I felt God asked me the other day as I sat in a local community praying. It was followed with the thought, ‘what if one particular church grows to be very large because of your work with people in the community?’ It was a […]