GIVE THANKS

2013 GIVE THANKS REPORT GENEVAPUSH.COM inspire. equip. unleash.

 

 

 

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Geneva Push is working towards unleashing a total of 84 assessed planters from various denominations by 2015. We want to ensure every church planter is sent out with a wise, experienced and committed coach to support them in the hard work of planting and growing healthy reproducing churches.

Give thanks to God for our volunteer coaches who generously sow into the lives of the next generation of church planters. Give thanks to God for John Warner (pictured below with his wife Geetha). We are thankful for his work within the Geneva Push network, energising and coordinating the expanding coaches’ network.

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thirty-six Geneva Push supported churches have started across Australia in the last 3 years.

twenty planters are expected to be assessed and unleashed in the next 12 months.

churches were evangelised into existence this year.  

 

 

INSPIRE. RECRUITMENT OF CHURCH PLANTERS

Give thanks to God for the opportunity to gather and inspire 200+ people, for church planting in Australia, at our national conference Multiply13, December 2-4. Give thanks to God for the research into developing an Australian Church Planter Candidate Assessment tool, with Lifeway Research.

This research will enable better assessment of potential church planters by identifying the presence of effective characteristics for planting churches in Australia. This research will be presented later in the year at Multiply13.

EQUIP. TRAINING AND NURTURING

Give thanks to God for the variety of events that equip planters Australia wide.

We hosted 10 network events, across 6 states, covering a variety of relevant church planting topics.

In 2013 Geneva Push was able to expand the Refresh Marriage Retreat to serve planters on the West Coast of Australia. Refresh is our gift to church planting couples and designed to reenergise their passion for marriage and mission. 34 couples attended Refresh (East & West) in 2013.

In 2013, we launched The Planter Sessions. These monthly webinars facilitate online training for the busy or isolated church planter.

UNLEASH. CHURCHES ESTABLISHED

Give thanks to God for the growth in the network and in our church plants.

In 2013 the number of new Christians who have come to faith in the Lord Jesus makes up approximately 5.5% of the current attendance in the Geneva Push church plants.* An additional 13.5% of people in these churches are Australians who have returned to faith and now belong to a local church.*

That’s a total of 19% in these churches who weren’t part of a church this time 2 years ago. Praise God! *This data is based on a survey we conducted in October 2013 – involving 28 of our 36 church planters.

 

 

 

GIVE THANKS and give…

Studies show that dollars devoted to assessing, coaching and developing church planters in the early years dramatically increases the vitality and survival of the planter and their church.

Geneva is an independent, non-denominational network funded entirely by generous Christians committed to equipping planters and reaching You can also make a tax-deductible contribution to

Australia through the planting resource the Geneva Push Online Public Library. of churches. For more information about giving please contact Hayley Gibbins

Will you partner with us? Hayley Gibbins E donations@genevapush.com P 02 9251 1199

 

$84 per month

$120 per month

$200 per month

Your regular contribution enables us to recruit and facilitate One new Potential Planter Assessment.

One new Potential Planter Assesment

plus sends one church-planting couple to Refresh Marriage Retreat

One new Potential Planter Assesment

plus sends one church-planting couple at Refresh Marriage Retreat

plus develops the Coaching network.

 

 

 

“We’re thankful for the peer network to nut out the hurdles we are facing in planting a church together. We are amazed by what God is doing in and through ours and other Geneva churches.”

ç Elliot & Sarah Keane Richmond Baptist Church, SA

“The group that started the ‘Jesus for the Curious’ course at Easter is still meeting because they love finding out about Jesus together.”

é Stuart & Carolyn Starr New Life Anglican, Oran Park NSW

“John who is 84 was converted last year and joined us. Brian, who is 77 was converted last year as well. Neither have been churchgoers before. They are both keen and regular to church now.”

é Al & Kathy Stewart (Independent) City East Fellowship, NSW

“We have had the privilege of seeing four people become Christians in 2013, which has been a massive blessing! Two international students, one female university student plus one young man with a catholic background.” ç Aaron & Gaby Boyd Darebin Presbyterian Church, VIC

“We celebrated Grace Christian Community’s 1st birthday in July. It was a great time to look back on the way God has blessed us and been so faithful to us.” è Tim & Belinda Grant (FIEC) Grace Christian Community, VIC

“We’re thankful we’ve almost secured a new venue to hold our Sunday morning service. Pray for bikie tattoo artist John and 90-year-old Doris - both searching for meaning and hope.” è Josh & Deb Swarts (CRCA) Bay Christian Church, Tasmania

 

 

 Why plant churches?

One of the Geneva Push's founders, Al Stewart, regularly says "The question we really should ask is 'Why did we ever stop?' Every church in Australia began as a church plant."

As we ask ‘why did we stop’ we need to keep wrestling with the hard questions about why people aren't becoming disciples of Jesus in our existing churches and also see the great opportunity and potential that new churches have for intentionally reaching people with the gospel.

We believe new churches create new opportunities to effectively reach new people with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We invite you to join us to unleash the next generation of church planters.

In Christ

Scott Sanders General Manager

Geneva Push is an Australian church-planting network that under God seeks to inspire, equip and unleash church planters for the hard work of evangelising new churches into existence across Australia.

Geneva Push offers a comprehensive, best practice assessment to help identify the readiness of potential planters. We also provide effective one-to-one coaching, regional network events, ‘incubator’ workshops, practical master-classes, an online resource library, national conferences and more.

GO TO GENEVAPUSH.COM TO DISCOVER MORE

Picture (left to right): Founding Directors Al Stewart, Andrew Heard and Mikey Lynch.

 

 

TOGETHER LET’S REACH THE HUGE NUMBER OF AUSTRALIANS

WHO ARE YET TO ENCOUNTER THE GRACE OF JESUS.

 

 

   

VICTORIA Aaron and Gaby Boyd, Darebin Presbyterian Church (Melbourne) John and Elizabeth Diacos, City UniChurch (FIEC, Melbourne) Tim and Belinda Grant, Grace Christian Community (Box Hill) Dan and Simone Godde, Flooding Creek Community Church (FIEC, Sale) Todd and Laurel Hall, The Exchange Church (Independent, Shepparton) Richard and Bron Wilson, Valley Presbyterian Church (Merinda) Russ and Aimee Grinter, Reforming Presbyterian Church (Bendigo) Phil and Jude Popping, The Hub (CRCA, Geelong)

TASMANIA Josh and Deb Swarts, Bay Christian Church (CRCA, Blackmans Bay)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Elliot and Sarah Keane, Richmond Baptist Church (Baptist, Adelaide) Matt and Grace Lehmann, Trinity Inner South (Anglican, Adelaide)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Ben and Kate Murphy, Wilson Christian Church (CRCA, Wilson) Matt and Corrine Malcolm, UniChurch (FIEC, Joondalup) David and Lorraine Rowbottom, Southern Church (FIEC, Cockburn) Peter and Susan Smit, Hope Community Church (CRCA, Baldivis)

QUEENSLAND Luke and Sally Yelland, Christ Community West (FECA, Corinda) Jai and Jay-Ellen Wright, Mackay Evangelical Church (FIEC, Mackay) Renier and Marguerite Van der Klashorst, Pioneer Community Church

ACT Tim and Lisa Berriman, New Life Presbyterian Church (Harrison)

NEW SOUTH WALES Chris and Sharon Ekins, Coast EC (FIEC, Forster) Dan and Renae Godden, Salt Church (FIEC, Wollongong) Peter and Audrey Hughes, SOMA Church (Anglican, Macquarie Park) Hans and Kate Kristensen, Resolved Church (Independent, Glebe) Matt and Kylie Letcher, Saltbush Evangelical Church (FIEC, Broken Hill) Toby and Liz Neal, Vine Church (Anglican, Surry Hills) Stuart and Carolyn Starr, New Life Anglican Church (Oran Park) Pete and Liz Wood, Ropes Crossing Anglican Church (Ropes Crossing) Robin and Cathy Vonk, Castle Cove Anglican Church (Castle Cove) Al and Kathy Stewart, City East Fellowship (Independent, Bondi) Danny and Helena Ford, The Joshua Tree (Presbyterian, Haberfield) Kurt and Kelly Peters, New Church in Botany (Anglican, Botany) Daniel and Sarah Ryan, Northern Beaches Church (Brookvale) Liam and Lucy Doyle, Morriset Evangelical Church (FIEC, Morriset)

SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES Rowan and Sarah Hilsden, Auckland Evangelical Church (NZ) Dave and Kylie Morgan, Church by the Tracks (Christchurch, NZ) Pato and Dagma Oyarzun, Vina del Mar (Santiago, Chile)

PRAY & GIVE THANKS

for the churches supported by the

Geneva Push network.

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