Local Church

The Greater Sydney Conference ministry team is here to support you and your local church with this vision of growing in discipleship. In particular, the Conference will:

• Pray that Jesus fills you with His Holy Spirit and pours out His Spirit into all of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Greater Sydney
• Cast the bigger vision so that you can understand how you can be part of growing the Seventh-day Adventist movement across Greater Sydney
• Equip you with practical and effective resources to enable you to grow and reach out to people who are far from God
• Train you to become more effective in your ministry and mission
• Coach you to empower you to reach the goals that you sense the Holy Spirit is calling you to accomplish
• Provide opportunities for you to network with other Adventist disciples and leaders who are committed to growing in discipleship

Your Conference has these important, broad strategic initiatives for growing in discipleship:

1. Healthy Churches Strategy
2. Quality Adventist Schools Framework
3. Home Grown Focus
4. Public Evangelism Initiatives
5. Reclaiming Former Members
6. Mission to Sydney Church Planting Strategy

Measuring Our Growth

In order to work out whether our strategy is really effective, we need to be able to measure our progress. We will measure our momentum towards achieving our vision of growing in discipleship using a number of insightful indicators. Refer to our webpage sydney.adventist.org.au/strategy to find out what particular indicators we are using and how effective we are in terms of growing in discipleship in the Greater Sydney Conference.

Natural Church Development

Natural Church Development (NCD) to churches is what pruning shears are to plants. It is a tool to help create healthy Adventist churches that grow. For more on NCD and how your church can get help, click here. For Church Planting, see resources below.

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