Are we in the midst of seeing a COVID fuelled shift from smaller to larger churches?
A COVID accelerated move from smaller to medium and larger churches?
Taking 2021/2 NCLS with a grain (or two) of salt … this time
The Lord has shaped me to be someone who values data. Over the years I have realised that it is so easy to be driven by warm-hearted anecdotes, and generalise our views, and formulate strategy, accordingly. So, for many years, I have been delighted to dig into the depths of the rich NCLS data and... Continue Reading →
Sydney Anglican Synod: Where is the Diocese on the Lifecycle Model?
Last week, I began a diagnostic survey to attempt to give some idea as to where the Sydney Anglican Diocese is up to on the church lifecycle model. Our conclusion is that the Diocese is in the vicinity of Retirement on the above model, Sydney Anglicans were introduced to the so called "Uluru model" by... Continue Reading →
Church Planting Or Growth of Existing churches?
Is this blog anti church planting? By no means! In what is often regarded as the landmark paper on Church Planting, Tim Keller says that “if we want to reach our city, should we try to renew older congregations to make them more evangelistic, or should we plant lots of new churches? That question is... Continue Reading →
Reaching the Nations for Jesus 