02 July 2009 | 4 comments

Wisdom for church planting Tony Payne

Shane Rogerson02/07/2009 03:15 AM

thanks for the post Tony
I think you are right in that there are now many Australian contexts, where if we are going to be effective in mission, we not only need to thinking carefully about how we do evangelism, but also create models of church that help facilitate that.
it is surprising how we keep looking to the US for this, when our context seems more akin to Europe or the UK.
it is interesting to see that Steve Timmis has recently been appointed as the Acts 29 Europe director - maybe an indication that they see the Crowded House model as a way forward?
any thoughts?

Samuel Bostock02/07/2009 02:14 PM

Interesting thoughts - I’ve interacted a bit with how this might relate to the UK on my blog here: http://awakeforchrist.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/many-mustard-seeds-better-than-one-acorn/

How ‘churched’ is Seattle vs Sydney?

Matt Stone02/07/2009 04:46 PM

Interesting comments Tony, particularly point 3. I wonder how diocesan border disputes could play into this also. It seems to me that Aussies churches seem much more reluctant to engage in saturation church planting.

Mikey Lynch05/07/2009 12:56 AM

Great post Tony. Point 1 is very helpful

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