To quote Mark; "Take away the local church & you take away the visible manifestation of the Gospel in the world!"
What do you think?
Pastor Steve
T4G 2010 -- Session 1 -- Mark Dever from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Church is the Gospel made visible.
At the recent "Together for the Gospel" conference, Mark Dever spoke about the Churches role in displaying Christ to the world. I highly recommend it to you.
To quote Mark; "Take away the local church & you take away the visible manifestation of the Gospel in the world!"
What do you think?
Pastor Steve
To quote Mark; "Take away the local church & you take away the visible manifestation of the Gospel in the world!"
What do you think?
Pastor Steve
Monday, August 24, 2009
The future of the evangelical Church.
Rev. Kevin Webb & myself had the opportunity to attend the 'Baptist Evangelical Today' conference in Sydney last week, held at Morling College. Both of us came away very encouraged by what we heard there from guest speaker Dr. Mark Dever (Pastor of Capital Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C.)
Approx 50 of us sat under Mark's teaching & were challenged to remain true to our calling, to be faithful to God's Word, & to stand up for true evangelical beliefs.
With some of the current thoughts 'emerging' from within Baptist circles, many of which seem to challenge long held views & beliefs, it was a solid reminder that we must build our ministry on the Gospel. Our leadership must be humble & servant like, not looking to models that the world holds up, but looking to Christ! We must continue to preach the need for repentance & salvation by grace alone.
Each Baptist Church in the Riverina has a clear responsibilty, to know Christ & to make Him known, to faithfully teach God's Word, to be a light in the darkness, thereby bringing glory to God!
You can find out more about Mark Dever's ministry from these links, there are plenty of free resources for Church leaders & teachers. Well worth a look.
www.capitalhillbaptist.org
www.9Marks.org
Monday, February 2, 2009
Church Planting: Moving from Policy to Practice
This post will make public the email discussion kicked off by Peter's suggestion to form a church planting working group.
Feel free to add your comment as a comment or email it in.
Peter started by saying:
Can you put this on the agenda for the RBA AGM?
Notice of motion for 2009 RBA AGM
Regarding the church planting initiative presented at the 2008 Wagga
convention: if something more specific is adopted than the motion accepted at that convention, more is likely to happen.
Therefore I move that a church planting working group be established, to be advised by the Union, who shall also be asked to supply representatives. The group shall:
* Identify suitable towns within our Association for evangelism & church planting.
* Find workers & encourage them to move to these towns.
* Establish a small "cell" of support people, who will move there with the workers if they are not already local.
* Establish a board of reference, either one for them all the cells or else one per cell.
* Source adequate funds before the cell is set up, either directly or by finding local employment for cell members.
The search for workers & their support cells shall be conducted first in the town concerned, then in Riverina churches [for maximum local credibility, & so the RBA is more likely to "own" the venture], then in other rural towns, then wider still if necessary.
I asked for feedback from the executive, particularly on whether we like the idea in it's current form.
Here are some responses
Kevin replied:
I agree that unless something concrete is done, nothing will happen and unless resources are found, nothing will happen. We have to get our head around the things Pete is saying. I don't know who is going to do it but we are in agreement that something should be done. Pete Davies needs to be a part of this when he comes we need to have a side bar meeting with him about this.
Andrew Adds:
The concept is good, it certainly means the rubber hitting the road.
I think there is something misleading in the first line, do we advise the Union or get advice from them?
Certainly anyone can bring a motion to the meeting. It is strong but what happens if there are aspects that cannot be met? Is there flexibility to run with resources that are available rather than be hampered by being able to fully meet one requirement.
Just thoughts
Steven also adds:
* Identify suitable towns within our Association for evangelism & church planting.
Then they could possibly be called to;
Investigate & identify the most appropriate ways for that evangelism, and/or church plant to take place at each of the towns identified.
Peter Quinns points can be looked at & adapted to suit the group.
Depending on it's makeup, the group will bring their own ideas as well.
We need to use any resources the Union has available, but still be self controlling as a regional body.
The working group could then report their findings to the executive who could then decide to implement or not.
Thanks for the work that has already been done, good to see something happening!
Steve
Any further comments are most welcome
Feel free to add your comment as a comment or email it in.
Peter started by saying:
Can you put this on the agenda for the RBA AGM?
Notice of motion for 2009 RBA AGM
Regarding the church planting initiative presented at the 2008 Wagga
convention: if something more specific is adopted than the motion accepted at that convention, more is likely to happen.
Therefore I move that a church planting working group be established, to be advised by the Union, who shall also be asked to supply representatives. The group shall:
* Identify suitable towns within our Association for evangelism & church planting.
* Find workers & encourage them to move to these towns.
* Establish a small "cell" of support people, who will move there with the workers if they are not already local.
* Establish a board of reference, either one for them all the cells or else one per cell.
* Source adequate funds before the cell is set up, either directly or by finding local employment for cell members.
The search for workers & their support cells shall be conducted first in the town concerned, then in Riverina churches [for maximum local credibility, & so the RBA is more likely to "own" the venture], then in other rural towns, then wider still if necessary.
I asked for feedback from the executive, particularly on whether we like the idea in it's current form.
Here are some responses
Kevin replied:
I agree that unless something concrete is done, nothing will happen and unless resources are found, nothing will happen. We have to get our head around the things Pete is saying. I don't know who is going to do it but we are in agreement that something should be done. Pete Davies needs to be a part of this when he comes we need to have a side bar meeting with him about this.
Andrew Adds:
The concept is good, it certainly means the rubber hitting the road.
I think there is something misleading in the first line, do we advise the Union or get advice from them?
Certainly anyone can bring a motion to the meeting. It is strong but what happens if there are aspects that cannot be met? Is there flexibility to run with resources that are available rather than be hampered by being able to fully meet one requirement.
Just thoughts
Steven also adds:
* Identify suitable towns within our Association for evangelism & church planting.
Then they could possibly be called to;
Investigate & identify the most appropriate ways for that evangelism, and/or church plant to take place at each of the towns identified.
Peter Quinns points can be looked at & adapted to suit the group.
Depending on it's makeup, the group will bring their own ideas as well.
We need to use any resources the Union has available, but still be self controlling as a regional body.
The working group could then report their findings to the executive who could then decide to implement or not.
Thanks for the work that has already been done, good to see something happening!
Steve
Any further comments are most welcome
Monday, October 13, 2008
2011 Men's Day
Riverina Men's Day.
Simon Manchester has agreed to be our guest speaker next year, & the date is Saturday 4th June 2011 so lock it in now!
We'll also be having several workshops to choose from;
"Ministry out of the box." and "Reaching generation Y."
Once again we'll be meeting at Wagga Wagga Baptist Church
to be encouraged, challenged and equipped to live as Christian men
Our Men's Days are free to attend, but a donation is gratefully accepted toward our costs.
See you there!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Other Downloads
Other files available for download:
Fliers etc:
Mens Day 3 May 2008
Resources:
Church Planting Policy 2008
Minutes:
AGM Minutes March 2008
AGM Minutes August 2007
Fliers etc:
Mens Day 3 May 2008
Resources:
Church Planting Policy 2008
Minutes:
AGM Minutes March 2008
AGM Minutes August 2007
Monday, March 17, 2008
Steve Maynard
About Steve.
Steve has been the Pastor of Gundagai Baptist Church since 2005.
After searching for the answers to life's big questions, he found those answers in Jesus Christ. Steve firmly believes that God has a plan for each of our lives & that He cares for every one of us so much more than we could ever grasp or understand! Steve is married to Leonie (a truly patient & forgiving wife!)They have 2 outstanding children, Kylie & Tim.
Steve has been the Pastor of Gundagai Baptist Church since 2005.
After searching for the answers to life's big questions, he found those answers in Jesus Christ. Steve firmly believes that God has a plan for each of our lives & that He cares for every one of us so much more than we could ever grasp or understand! Steve is married to Leonie (a truly patient & forgiving wife!)They have 2 outstanding children, Kylie & Tim.
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