Richard's blog

"We're going dropping letter boxes". So said one of the children who joined our church planting team for an afternoon dropping leaflets in letter boxes that offer a free Injil (New Testament) in the heart language of the reader. We did a few thousand and now wait to see the response. It's a really a cool strategy, get God's word out there in the hands of as many people as possible.

I haven't actually met Max yet but I believe he has planted the perfect Church. He is the perfect mix of all cultures and the ultimate missionary strategist. If you meet Max can you direct him my way. In the meantime it could be a fun exercise to think about what makes a good church planter (or Pastor).

This week our new missionaries were sent out to survey Western Sydney. We travelled by train and bus so we could meet local people. It was initial research to discover where they would spend their next 11 weeks honing their church planting skills. It's a strange task church planting where there is no church, amongst the unreached. What do you do?

In 3 days we begin our Cross Cultural Church Planters Orientation. What a mouthful, how about C3PO instead! We are in a controlled panic mode.We are busy setting up accommodation within Western Sydney for our church planters. We all live in houses and apartments near each other. Many of the future missionaries stay in our homes. To train people in context sounds great but does take extra work.