ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 2012 EFAC AUSTRALIA NATIONAL SPEAKING TOUR

BEN Global Perspectives of the Church’sKWASHI Mission in the 21st Century Meet and hear the energetic, passionate and gifted Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria MELBOURNE Sunday  July Morning service. St Hilary’s Kew (combined with St James’ Ivanhoe and St Mark’s Camberwell) . pm. Genazzano Service,  Cotham Road, Kew. Evangelistic address Monday  July St Alfred’s Blackburn North, Corner Koonung and Springfi elds Roads, Blackburn North . pm. Meeting with pastors and mission-minded persons . pm. EFAC Dinner Victoria Branch Chair: Phillip Meulman [email protected] SYDNEY Tuesday  July . pm. Ryde Anglican Church, – Church Street, Ryde Wednesday  July . pm. Hoxton Park Anglican Church, Corner of Cowpasture and La Trobe Roads, West Hoxton NSW Branch Chair: David Mansfi eld david.mansfi [email protected] BRISBANE Thursday  July . pm. Meeting with diocesan clergy. Venue to be announced . pm. Venue to be announced Queensland Branch Chair: Lynda Johnson [email protected] ADELAIDE Friday  July Concordia College,  Cheltenham Street, Highgate . pm. Meeting with ministry workers . pm. Public meeting South Australia Branch Chair: Paul Hunt [email protected] PERTH Sunday  July . am. St Lawrence’s Dalkeith . pm. Unichurch, Subiaco Western Australia Branch Chair: Peter Smith [email protected] ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 listic ministry. providing you with good fodder for encouraging your evange- your encouraging for with good fodder you providing Fletcher up with Charlie He caught mission and evangelism. Another parish ministry. successful behind Harry Goodhew’s in the Lausanne Movement. Lindsay was in Australia recently recently in Australia was Lindsay in the Lausanne Movement. the catch cry 1910. of the catch Missionary of the Edinburgh Conference fervour while of that some mirror to want this edition, we at Philip Island, Victoria. We reproduce Stuart’s Piggin reproduce We Victoria. Island, Philip at speaking at several CMS Summer conferences on the theme of on the theme of conferences CMS Summer speaking several at Wildly optimistic, but admirable for its clarity for and passion. In but admirable optimistic, Wildly Wollongong Cathedral address in which he unlocks the secrets in which he unlocks the secrets address Cathedral Wollongong was was this generation’ in of the world ‘The evangelization and leader , evangelist Brown Lindsay will hear from We EDITORIAL INTERVIEW MINISTRY EVANGELISM REVIVAL REVIEWS PROVOCATEUR ’s speaking tour. speaking tour. ’s Ben Kwashi page the schedule for will see on the facing You Out of order Lindsay Brown Lindsay Can you bowl? you Can IFES Evangelist at Large and the International Director of the Lausanne Movement of the Lausanne Movement and the International Director Large at IFES Evangelist invites us to reconsider our priorities. reconsider us to invites Bob Collie looks at the young Calvinists and the legacy Calvinists Edwards. the young of Jonathan Bezzant looks at Rhys and marriage. books about prayer reviews Williams David blessing and encouragement to EFAC Australia and, through us, to our nation. to us, through and, Australia EFAC to blessing and encouragement refl ection on the call of Christ. refl Bezzant Rhys ects on his campus ministry. , refl Prideaux Andrew evangelist, helps us understand the appeal of Jonathan Edwards among young Calvinists. Calvinists. among young Edwards helps us understand the appeal of Jonathan refl ects on the parish ministry of Harry Goodhew. Stuart refl Piggin to evangelism and mission together. Let your branch chair know if you would like would chair know branch if you your Let and mission together. evangelism to will be a great the tour that together pray Let’s way. in any involved be more to . Fletcher Charlie talks to serves Bob up another stimulating Collie devices. or electronic reading shelves Set aside those dates now, and plan to bring as many as you can to hear Ben’s call hear Ben’s can to as you bring as many and plan to now, Set aside those dates Wei-Han Kuan Wei-Han is Senior Associate Alfred’s, St at Minister North Blackburn, and of Essentials. the editor 01 word the Spread 03 13 15 06 09 stories true Two 11 What Did You Expect? Did and What You Life A Praying . Prideaux about Jesus in a post-Christian with Andrew culture Talking commend really helpful volumes to our to helpful volumes really commend Williams David from book reviews Two Young, Reformed and Edwardian Reformed Young, Lindsay Brown, Brown, Lindsay in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa. Town, in Cape International Director of Director International delivers the keynote address address the keynote delivers Evangelization on World 24 Octoberon Sunday 2010 the Lausanne Movement, Movement, the Lausanne Congress Lausanne Third the Cover at the closing ceremony of the closing ceremony at Lausanne Movement. Lausanne Photo courtesyPhoto of the Essentials Autumn 2012 Christ-centred Promoting Biblical ministry. Essentials is the journal of in Fellowship the Evangelical the Anglican Communion. ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 The Third Lausanne Congress session ofCape Town 2010: Photo courtesy ofthe Photo courtesy Lausanne Movement. LindsayOpposite Brown, the Lausanne Movement, on WorldEvangelization. International Director of is prayed for duringtheclosing

They’re more opento ideas. Many, especiallybelievers, are teachable. gives And if God You’ve allover to seestudent ministry theworld. hadtheopportunity serves asIFESEvangelist atserves Large andtheInternationalDirector ofthe you years, alonglife, orforty and ofthegospelinlives you over canseetheimpact thirty Lindsay Brown Lindsay 02 wonder andthetransforming power ofthegospel, becausethat gives of usasoftness Lindsay Brown visited Australia inJanuary. Formerly GeneralSecretary Lausanne Movement. Charlie Fletcher himfor interviewed Essentials. standing of the character ofGod.standing ofthecharacter Typically, iftheydon’t issover understandthat God spirit. stood was that incontrol. God Iunderstood that hewas notdistant, butthegracious Christians inAustraliaChristians andinEurope. thestrongest Sometimes movements have small alongside us and helps us, particularly intimesof trial. And he’salongside usandhelpsus, particularly good;hehasthebest Let me start by sayingLet that I’m mestart impressed by many students Imeetwhoare committed that’s agreat privilege. that heisaloving heavenly Father whohasthebestofintentions towards usandhasthe the gospel, we canbecome alittlebithard. It’sto have important thissenseofthe very He’s sovereign; he’s incontrol andofmy personallife. ofhistory He’s gracious; hecomes the bestyears ofmy thecauseofgospel. life to serving First, it’s thewonder ofthegospel. Very inmy early experience Christian Icameto the eign, gracious andgood, theygetinto great difficultieswhentheyface adversity. hope ofheaven stored upfor us. intentions for us. Ibelieved before thosethingsobjectively themosttraumatic event in goodness inthecontext oflosingachild. The Scripturetells isgoodand methat God giver help. that hewas ofevery good, And Iknew even thoughIcouldn’t understood his gospel. We needto keepthemtogether. For example, ifwe onlyemphasisethetruthof coal miningtown andseeingpeople’s lives upsidedown turned by thetransforming completely transformed. ofgrowing Ihadtheprivilege upinmy teens early ina Welsh andnegativism. out cynicism Third, it’s andthrough powerful, thegospellives canbe oftheworld. inthehistory story conclusion that thegospelwas themostwonderful numbers butare stronger. spiritually From that vantage point, doyou thinkthere are lessonsinstudent ministry me existentially then.Ididn’t why hadallowed know God thisto happen,butIunder my life, whichwas thedeath of my daughter twenty-five years ago. They camehome to power ofthegospel. Very inmy early life Christian Isaw thesethree thingsaboutthe mind. First, thegospelistrueanddefensible. Second, it’s andthat drives wonderful, of theInternationalFellowship ofEvangelical Students, Lindsay currently Lindsay, you’ve involved been five withIFESfor thirty instudentyears ministry that the West needsto learnfrom therest oftheworld? I can’t thinkofanything better. Ifeel that adeepsenseofprivilege I’ve been ableto give forgive you easily. relative In terms they’re thanthoseofuswhoare older. lesscynical in a new evangelism role. What keeps you goinginstudent ministry? in Wales, inEurope, for theworldwide asGeneral Secretary movement, andnow The third thingthat keepsmegoing ismy ofGod. understandingofthecharacter When Iaskstudents from thenon-Western world what theyhave to offer that I thinkthesecond thingthat keepsmegoingisthat Ilove student ministry. Students I thinkmostChristians’ attitudes are shaped by theirunderstandingormisunder I thinkthere are three thingsaboutthegospelthat it’s for usto keepin important INTERVIEW - - - ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 John Stott shortly beforeJohn Stott hediedwhat shortly hethought were African students particularly, crying outto God.African students particularly, crying 04 Western world today. Hereplied that theywere engagedin Well, it’s Evangelist at Large. NotLarge Evangelist or we tend to behighlyindividualisticandplay down the world, especiallyAfrica, canteach usistremendous commit significance andasearch for community. second, andthird, apologeticlectures; publicdialoguesor university evangelists, country at leastonefromsixty every a search for somethingtranscendent, asearch for personal Could you that describe new role? with IFESasthefellowship’s Evangelist at Large. and theyoutargued them.Ithinkwe needto demonstrate a tremendous dynamismthat I’ve amongmany observed are andthenrunthemintheirown coun well-established - the three greatest issuesthat peoplegrapple withinthe this inAsia andinLatin particularly. America We needto the superiority ofthegospel’sthe superiority truthclaimsinthepublic teaching biblical truth and applying it evangelistically; teaching biblicaltruthandapplyingitevangelistically; three means:first, straightforward teaching evangelism, the world, many ofourmovements much hadfocused very thatthat was thegift leastinevidence was that ofthe Enlarging Evangelist! tries. Then we form in teams inkey citiesto makeanimpact university missions intheUKwherethem to these observe highlights for us the importance ofthecommunity.highlights for ustheimportance You see ofthecommunity.importance The non-Western world also in publicevangelism intheuniversity. We dothisby inviting in Europe, whowere committed to theconsecutive public common commitment to theproclamation ofthegospel. is missingin Western theology, oneofthethingsthey early churchearly grew by two means:theyoutlived thepagans of university evangelists intheEuropean context. Iaskedif extent there hadbeenalossofconfidence inthepublic on personalevangelism andsmallgroup butto some work, of evangelist engagedinpublicproclamation. most parts In and equate Secularism warfare. understandingofspiritual constantly mention isthat in the West we have aninad- domain. I’m notsure that aculture around canbeturned debates withpagans. unless we dothat. reflect onhowreflect we can form attractive communities. I asked proclamation ofthegospel. andtrainproclamation ateam ofthegospelandto unearth proclamation ofthegospel. ment to intercessory prayer. Prayer ishard andthere’s work, materialism canblindusto realities. spiritual Lindsay, you’ve taken upadifferentposition I ’d liketo leave agroup ofpeoplebehindmewhoshare a I could focus onEurope primarily andwork towards finding The great historian Adolf German saidthat Harnack the The visionisto engageinpublicevangelism through The second thingthat many folk inthenon-Western As Itravelled around theworld withIFES,Irecognised About five years agoI realised that, before Igo to heaven, So I think God gave IthinkGod So meadesire to bothreengage inthe So we’reSo inviting young menandsomewomen to engage One ofthedangers Western culture ingeneral isthat INTERVIEW - There’s away somethingofashift been from A big initial focus ofthat role was Cape Town 2010, was thelackofpeoplewithappropriate gifts. what we are doingelsewhere. Iwould liketo seestudent what we are doing, up andwe canimagine people picking want everything andwe want want everything itquick. We need to persevere. world would likeusto keepsilent andjustfocus ondevel- see what hashappened. What doyou thisshift? thinkhascaused Christ, aswellChrist, ofconversion. asthenecessity sometimes So Only fifteen months after theevent, months after Only fifteen it’s notalways soeasy to a visionto dothesameinotheruniversities. and publicevangelism. are that oftheworld folk want fromto observe otherparts an eight-year willgivewho God period usateam ofsixty and staff to dothesameinothercities.Our hopeisthat over the hopethat students andstaffinthose countries willcatch to box usinandrefuse to give hasnot God uspermission. wetion. So have to resist theattempts ofthesecularworld by allmeanspossible, includingpublicproclamathe earth - Firstly, alackofgoodmodels. The university evangelist is have any rightto speakoutinpublic. The non-Christian ofthegospel, whichisthethreefoldheart emphasisonthe issues that students have. Onlythencanyou goonto the carry thisforward allacross Europe.carry indications And theearly grants fruit, itusuallymobilises andmotivates thestudents energy andlarge teams into onecity. isgracious God and If cowed usfeeling andleft that lotsofChristians we don’t general evangelists, that itdidn’t whereas work, theproblem cross. You havewithsomeofthebasicquestionsand to start only new thing the twentieth century gaveonly new thing the twentieth century us was speed. We only given to uspermission beengaged;he’s given usa oping aprivate faith,butthebiblicalmandate isto go deity of Christ, thedeath andtheresurrection ofChrist, of ofChrist deity different from thegeneral evangelist. The university evange university centres intwenty-fivetwenty-five countries in university missionsofoneweek’s duration intwenty-five months across Europe. The hopeisthat we can pouralotof belief in public in secularised and humanisticculturesbelief inpublicsecularised has people concluded, runninguniversity missionswith after acrossministries theworld engageinpersonal, smallgroup mandate. thegospeltobeyond theendsof that andengageintaking outcomes ofthe congress to date? Evangelization. Cape Town described 2010has been Lindsay, IFEShasseconded to as serve you part-time leaders, inevitably lots of friendships and partnerships begin leaders, andpartnerships inevitably lotsoffriendships list hasto gobackfurther. Idon’t withthe thinkyou canstart as themost­ the Third Lausanne World Congress on World the International Movement. oftheLausanne Director public ­ leaders in history. What have themost significant been And we needto persevere. Escobar Samuel saidthat the Secondly, Ithinktheweight to expressing ofhostility Whenever theglobalchurch meetstogether, especially Our visionoverOur two years thenext isto runtwenty-five evangelism inthe West inrecent years. representative gathering ofevangelical - ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 - movement. until 2011, where Charlie worked in university and high in university worked Charlie 2011, where until of St Andrew’s Hall, the CMS-Australia training college. college. training the CMS-Australia Hall, Andrew’s of St Ridley Melbourne and Senior Missiologist on the staff Charlie is married to Kathryn and they have two sons, sons, two Kathryn is married to Charlie and they have 2001 City and Kathryn from Charlie in Mexico lived school student ministry IFES school student the Mexican with Compa, Charlie Fletcher is Dean of Global Mission at Fletcher Charlie Jonathan and Harry. Born and bred in Melbourne, in Melbourne, Born and bred and Harry. Jonathan I think it is wise for the church in the West to ask what ask what to West in the the church I think it is wise for mean for the participation of Western churches in global churches Western participation the mean for of mission? highlighted the massive demographic shift has demographic that the massive highlighted leaving space for people with particular gifts to exercise people with particular for space exercise giftsleaving to the congress: new partnerships; the Cape Town Town partnerships; new the Cape the congress: shift does that What Christianity. in global place taken parts of the world. I think there is great need for Australians Australians need for is great parts there I think of the world. some parts from and folk of but Americans also, particularly, missionary perhaps amongst the best in the institutions, not in a spirit of colonialism as the task-masters, not in any not in any as the task-masters, not in a spirit of colonialism of many be that it may in the church, world non-Western rescinded. We cannot say there’s no room for us any more. more. us any for no room there’s say cannot We rescinded. businessmen and academics, and they began grappling grappling and they began and academics, businessmen certainly where the Australian evangelical church has much church evangelical certainly the Australian where did in the past. church. That should not mean there’s no room for those who for no room should not mean there’s That church. common characteristic of fast-growing churches in many in many churches characteristic common of fast-growing our missionaries will be working alongside or answerable to to our missionaries will be working alongside or answerable ends of the earth, so there will always be need for those be need for ends of the earth, will always so there gospel. have gifts in evangelism, in pioneering, or other ministries. or other ministries. gifts in pioneering, in evangelism, have its peculiar strengths are. It seems to me that Australia It Australia me that seems to are. its peculiar strengths has a particularly and in theological training of high level humble, and have a desire to see the gospel go forward. see the gospel go forward. to a desire and have humble, in the as leaders emerge the same time, kinds At of people. them. So I think the area of equipping and training is equipping and training of them. So I think the area globally. contribute to So those are obvious, discernible outcomes of outcomes discernible obvious, So those are Europe, to help in the contribution of training in the global of training help in the contribution to Europe, theologically, biblically, missiologically. Superficiality is a missiologically. biblically, theologically, these leaders rather than taking the initiative as much as we than taking as much as we these leaders rather the initiative tics available to fulfil the mandate to take the gospel to the to take the gospel fulfil the mandate to tics available the public domain. So a group called the Global Evangelical Global Evangelical called the domain. Sothe public a group encourage to formed was (GELF) Fellowship Leadership of the truth of the the implications in communicating tive Commitment; new evangelistic initiatives; and the initiatives; evangelistic new Commitment; congress The Forum. Leadership Global Executive Christians in these three areas to be bolder and more proac be bolder and more to areas Christians in these three sense superior. But there is unlimited opportunity is unlimited But there people for sense superior. where the church has evident strengths at this time, while this time, at strengths has evident the church where world. Many missionaries from Australia are very trained are well Australia missionaries from Many world. who love the gospel, have a servant spirit, love people, are are a servant people, spirit, have love the gospel, who love with how to bring the truth of the gospel to the forefront of the forefront bring gospel to the truth of the to with how When we go, we need to work in a spirit of partnership, work need to we go, we When characteris- people with those five enough have We don’t We still have a part to play. The Great Commission is not Commission Great The a part play. still have to We

All I’m saying is that it would be good to concentrate on concentrate be good to it would that is saying I’m All - only be turned of the gospel’s public domain. around when the superiority truth claims in the A culture can we demonstrate we INTERVIEW I think there are three other obvious immediate conse immediate obvious other three are I think there First is the production of the Cape Town Commitment, Commitment, Town the production is of the Cape First A third dimension was that one of our stated goals was goals was one of our stated that dimension was A third As the document seeks to wed together a statement of a statement together wed seeks to the document As The second fruit is evangelistic initiative. Before the Before initiative. fruit is evangelistic second The quences of the Cape Town congress. Town Cape of the quences question of what it means question of what It has two dimensions to it. The first is summarising what first is summarising what The It has it. to dimensions two be used to shape and frame the thinking cross- shape and frame be used to of many ments. I don’t think any think any don’t I ments. believed, since the first since believed, a summary So it’s biblical. document, and this will be made available to theological theological to and this will be made available document, document coming out of coming document documents in the historydocuments of mission and of the church. do the same. Leaders in the Caribbean have made a similar have in the Caribbean Leaders do the same. Christ and all his bear witness to of Jesus Christ to church colleges and missionary training colleges, and will probably and missionary and will probably colleges colleges, training missionaries. cultural in partnership and other Enterprise with African congress, of Paul’s letters, we believe it will have a galvanising effect a galvanising it will have believe we letters, of Paul’s the individuals and mission agencies around on churches, created a statement which is framed in the language of love. in the language of love. which is framed a statement created of love, flowing out of flowing of love, of the document is also of the document early part of the twenty- evangelicals have always always have evangelicals we’re say we When century. mean all we evangelical, convictions of evangelical ideas. Now quite a few of the people there were politicians, politicians, were of the people there a few quite Now ideas. ­commitment. commitment to run missions in all the other capital cities run missions in all to commitment every capital city in Africa before he dies. He is seventy- he dies. every capital city before in Africa has been put together using the Cape Town Commitment Commitment Town using the Cape has been put together is that we aspire to be to aspire we is that in Africa over the next five years. Leaders in Russia and years. the next five over in Africa to develop from there. Already there are new global initia- new global are there Already there. from develop to example. for of media ministry, in the area tives Eurasia heard about the African plan and asked for help to help to plan and asked for about the African heard Eurasia try the global would challenge to bring we a fresh that to geographically both in every of the world teaching area - command great the two to engage in mission in the to to action, on the to focusing as well as in every of of societyas well and in the realm sphere agencies, we hosted missions in ten major cities in Africa. major cities in Africa. missions in ten hosted we agencies, in South Enterprise the leader of African Michael Cassidy, any historic gathering of leaders since the first century the first gathering of leaders since historic has any as a gift to the church. The The the church. as a gift to first century. The first half century. first five years of age. When we met in Cape Town, we made a Town, Cape we met in When years of age. five second dimension is a call second world in the years to come. A one-year mission studies in MA come. to in the years world what we believe and a call to action, following the model action, and a call to following believe we what written in the language in the written which I think will come to be seen as one of the great be seen as one of the great to which I think will come 05 Africa, said he had this vision to see a city-wide mission in said he had this vision to Africa, This makes the statement much softer and more attractive. much softer and more the statement This makes ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 W The seven effective habitsofahighlysuccessful rector. Goodhew asrector.Goodhew the increase? Here are theseven effective habitsofHarry his sixappointments thatwas theHolySpirit happy to give growing intheirrespective period histories. parishes, usuallypresiding over thehappiestandfastest- andPam hadbeenstunninglysuccessfulHarry inallsix ness inthesesixappointments. The clearfinding was that researchedArchbishop in1993,hissupporters hiseffective and in Brisbane; Wollongong. Prior as to hiselection Ceduna Beverley Hills; inSA;Carlingford;Bondi; Coorparoo ormissions: insixparishes Camden in1979,hehadserved marital marital felt andhisparishioners. like It so agonisingbothfor Harry fromhim somuch.Nowonder Coorparoo hisdeparture was because thepeoplelovedtified withtheseasonofmarriage; another endured itsadolescence. was iden- Strikingly, Harry to maturity.from birth theinfant parish, The firstnurtured tifying eachrector withastagein thegrowth of a man P C Vickery, oftheparish by iden- reflected onthehistory inhisday’.parish people asindividuals. Carlingford strong, was avery caring conviction andlove for gave Christ himadeepconcern for Harry’s day, Goswell, recalled Arthur that Harry’s ‘profound one another. The Rector’s Warden at St Paul’s Carlingford in in word taught thefollowers and action of Jesus to love ismostliketheApostle Johnwho of alltheApostles Harry considered to besuccessors oftheApostles. Butiftheywere, theEvangelicalIn tradition, Bishopsare notgenerally 1. Ensure that love isintheair Can you bowl? 06 Prayer voting Laborandfollowing Book, Sydney!” South low church, steeped intheAuthorised Version and1662 will beextremelyhard for meto callyou ‘Your Grace’, being the office ofBishopthe AnglicanChurch in It Australia. [Goodhew] may,that RichardHenry oneday, beelevated to office of Warden this year. That may besomedivinedirection to him: reported his parishioners “I was elevated to theholy theParish left ofBeverley Hills, oneof Harry some timeafter reflects on the parish ministry of Harry Goodhew. ofHarry Piggin ministry ontheparish reflects Stuart So howSo dowe explain thissuccess? doin What didHarry becameArchdeaconBefore of Harry Wollongong and Harry was theseventh rector ofCoorparoo.Harry Alayman, MINISTRY ­separation. bishop oranarchbishop. For example, wouldthat bea oneday young Harry ofprophecy.gift They allprophesied to foster the inallhisparishioners seemed hen hewas, Harry arector 1

- and concern for eachother.’ and care whichhelpedusallto grow infellowship andlove your example ofgentleness andlove. You took timeto listen and loving congregation andsoahappierone. itwas Iknow family to love oneanother: becameamore friendly,‘It caring thank himfor teaching themembersofSt Michael’s there to whenshewroterectors whohadserved to Harry years andwas gratefulforty for thesuccession ofcommitted of Brisbane. the Archbishop ortheclergy, northepress, northepeople to seehim go:neitherthemembersofhiscongregation, nor read: ‘Father says Goodhew hislastMass.’ Nobody was happy the Courier Mail, Brisbane’s premier newspaper. headline Its able and warm personality and hewas alwaysable andwarm personality welcome at doubt aboutwhere hestood. approach Buthehadalikable, - a personofstrong convictions andthere was never any Harry’s pastoraland observed at closerange. gifts ‘He was social conscience, alsoworked at Ceduna inHarry’s time, and it’s beenastrong Evangelical ever parish since.’ to get theParishworking to standonitsown two feet.did, It to peopleandhegives themresponsibility. Hewas always holic. whenheneeds Heisfirm to be. Buthe really listens better. indealingwithanalco Iwitnessedhisfirmness his dependence onGod. thepastoral‘In area, there isnone thatCeduna, Harry’s observed strength and was hishumility combination.remarked onthispowerful andfirmness.Manyhe combined thiswithclarity have and lessinterested in himselfthanHarry, but, remarkably in ourcommunity. was more interested No-one inothers the keyto relationships harmonious andeven socialorder to others, oneselfsubject andunderstandingthisas making in oursystem ofvalues. practice, In thishas come to mean then, istheway oftheCross, andthishasbeenenshrined he hadsuffered thehumiliation ofthe Cross. Humility, believed that even Jesuswas thedivineMessiah though who changedthat. The firstChristians, especially Paul, The rather Romans was valued Christ self-promotion. It contributions to therange ofmoral values intheworld. Apparently ofChristian isthemostdistinctive humility and firmnessofpurpose 2. Combine ofvision withclarity humility Dorothy Lee hadattended St Michael’s, Wollongong, for fromHarry’s madefront Brisbane departure pagenews in Tom Mayne, anaccomplished stirrer oftheEvangelical at Stan Hummerston, thedirector ofthemedicalservice 2 - ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012

3 In particular Harry learned of one-to-one the value 4 Harry brought Evangelism Explosion (EE) to Coorparoo Coorparoo Harry Explosion (EE) to Evangelism brought Harry later reflected that his experience at Ceduna was Ceduna Harryat experience his that reflected later The hospitality of the Goodhews was undoubtedly hospitality undoubtedly The was of the Goodhews evangelism. the importance to leads us to Which given conversation in his work as a pastor and an evangelist. It and an evangelist. as a pastor in his work conversation 11 runs in a 9 wickets for he took Ceduna at helped that team the Smoky The next (Sunday) Bay day cricket final. church to him. So they should honour thought they all went this? Is this a ‘What’s Harry said, in the back row. and sat suppose it is in a way.’ ‘We replied, They parade?’ church sit to will have you parade a church it’s ‘if said Harry, ‘Well,’ legacy them all up the front. A and he moved up the front,’ always ministry were of Harry’s clergy subsequent that was bowl?’ you ‘Can asked: every people converted saw ‘we Smith, Vic to and according out of his eating week. He had almost the whole diocese hand and asking about evangelism.’ . Make evangelism a priority evangelism 5. Make HarryWhen Curate-in-Charge was of the new provisional quickly grew and the work Hills, Beverley district Bede’s, of St this time was at its growth for of the reason Part strongly. being in many resulted Crusade the 1959 Billy Graham that Harry the Crusade At the church. advisor to added to was the counsellors. learned a great We us. time for immensely valuable ‘an deal.’ . Practise hospitality4. Practise and after Rectory the road The right across was Coorparoo at Helen coffee. for go over everyone Seven would at Sunday ‘Hospitality in spelt hospitality: famous Irvine Pam’s recalls lyrical Mansfieldwaxed David high.’ a foot capital letters with their home Harry were generous about how and Pam in the been breathtaking ‘Harry have and Pam and time: outstanding and gracious are They of hospitality. exercising struck been forcefully again I have and time Time hosts. have and open their home and lives generous just how by and relaxed made me feel always they have been and how in their home.’ welcome one of the keys to their effectiveness. Recent research on research Recent their effectiveness. to one of the keys and earlythe surprisingly of the expansion Church rapid has growth Church modern of rapid examples also into not so much the rightness of the it was that concluded doctrine Christians. become people to which persuaded the most part, for with that, themselves concerned They Ratherafter the building up they became Christians. it was the church. of networks of trust and friendship which grew observedHarry have friendship as many genius for has a Harry and hospitality, and relaxed frequent through and, Christians and those who were trust between created Pam not. those who were Pointing to a vase of flowers, Harry of flowers, of the cut-flower spoke a vase to Pointing It all die. so but they will was look beautiful, they generation: the sermon Harry by comforted and awed were Many vivid. miners the memorial service at the seventeen preached for The Mine of 29 July 1979. Coal disaster who died in the Appin It Coram in mourning. preaching whole community was was of God). Deo (in the presence

clergy were clergy were cricket final.cricket always asked: always 9 wickets for9 wickets Harry took Subsequent At Ceduna At 11 runs in a ‘Can you bowl?’ bowl?’ ‘Can you - MINISTRY On the basis of his experience of Ray Stedman’s church church of Ray Stedman’s On the basis of his experience an was “there parishioner reports One Coorparoo that so exciting were ‘Sundays that parishionerAnother recalls always was preaching It Harry’s that helped of course At Coorparoo, Vic Smith’s wife, Nola, testified, ‘Harry is testified, Nola, wife, Smith’s Vic Coorparoo, At Coorparoo, at the farewell At Those of you interested in interested of you Those Vic Smith said: ‘Harry took Coorparoo from a low church to a to church a low ‘Harry from Coorparoo took Smith said: Vic It wonderful.’ absolutely was Christian family. worshipping ‘body life’ in America, Harry something of the introduced the and initiated Coorparoo to and programs insights worship liturgy-free largely youth-friendly, Seven, at Sunday change in made such a dramatic services since which have churches. in Sydney worship evening drive would People Coorparoo. electricity Stephen’s about St around Rod Story rove attend. would to huge distances Harry Rod overheard mike. all this. with his green pioneered her said to and the woman behind him chatting a couple ‘What happens next?’” husband, get to not wait could when Harry we that Coorparoo at was do next’. he would see what to Church to Helen and sometimes magnificent. thought-provoking Irvine Harry heard the first sermon she ever recalls preach. . Make Sundays work Sundays 3. Make the outstations and hospitals on the Trans-Australian lines. lines. Trans-Australian hospitals on the and the outstations mediating qualities of leadership: displayed then he Even grace. in crises with Christian or difficult times decisively he became on his knees get down before always He would in a fight.’ involved He spoke met. ever man I’ve gracious the most humble and and laity clergy on parish for deanery rural at conferences served and of the Home Missionoutreach on the Council Department. rapport in with senior clergy He built a great at lecture on evangelism him to invited They the diocese. firm remained He House. Church but in a convictions, in his own very way.’ nice very, Smith spoke of Harry’s Vic more shown were qualities that words. than by example by were qualities obvious The the to commitment mentioned: people. for and concern work distinctive genius lay But Harry’s namely confidence. ‘C’, in a third in of us saw many what ‘Perhaps this unbounded most was you to a deep matched confidence It a striking was charac humility.’ teristic of an apparently gentle gentle of an apparently teristic and self-effacing man. ‘Does leadership theory will ask: Harry as a Jim Collins qualify In Good Great: to leader?’ level-5 , Collins and Others Don’t the Leap Why Some Make Companies The around? turns is it that good companies asks what of strength but has an incredible leader is humble, level-5 do it. to and wants he or she is going knows where will, 07 ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 worshipped at North Bondi and Garry andhisbrother went andGarry Bondi worshipped at North their association parents withactor, McDonald.His Garry was Bondi One claimto famefrom theirtimeat North 7. Prioritise youth it whenourrectors empathise withus. too easyto ignore orjustbeunaware of. We lay peoplelove they faced concerns andworries andchallenges whichwere on themeachSunday from thepulpithecameto realise that the churchRather was there to buildthemup. As helooked the pews. They were notthere justto buildupthechurch. purely oreven instrumental view ofpeoplein primarily ness withlay people. Hewas authentic. Hedidnottakea attracted attendances of900to 1000people. FridayGood rallies in Wollongong for theregion, andthey church. ofStWhile Michael’s hewas Rector heorganised all madesense. finance, anda range of It becauseit youth ministries.worked evangelism, church music, services, literature, and property committees includingeducation, agedcare, prayer, visitation smooth runningofthechurch heestablishedarange ofsub- Evangelism Explosion.And that ishow thebodycameto life! course. To increase confidence inevangelism heintroduced increase heintroduced Bibleknowledge Bible theBethel theynever dreamed that theycouldministry attempt. To bludgeoned traditional pew-warmers into newareas of said another. HeandPam andcoaxed nurtured rather than ‘We have woken upto thegospelandto ourresponsibility’, Christ’s sake. ‘He taught ushow to love eachother’, saidone. offerwhich Christians to oneanotherand to the world for The service definitionofministry: ioners asimpleworkable brought thewholebodyto life. How? He gave- allparish which hehadeffected inhispreviousHis ministry parishes. these few years hewrought thesameradical transformation into goodusefor him.’ few.very eachoneofyou Iexpect to ofGod So putthegifts The church contains peopleofallgifts. Idon’t have thelot— ately to quashthe ‘success’ image: ‘I’m notamiracle worker. and muchwasofhim.He expected at painsimmedi- St Michael’s, Wollongong, hearrived withquite areputation was of appointed Rector When on10December 1976Harry oflay6. Recognise people theministry 143 nations. of Directors whileitdeveloped itspenetration into over as amemberoftheEEBoard Archbishop, served Harry to experiment withevangelistic methods. After hebecame of Australian Church life andhelpedfoster thewillingness views, buthenever to foundbe rude. itnecessary gelicals andothers. Hewas ready to defend andadvance his gracious exchanges differences ondoctrinal between evan - not onlyto train clergy inevangelism, butalsofor but firm attracted 250people. Hetook advantage oftheopportunity, 08 But there isamore profound reason for Harry’s effective ofthe He was alsoconscious ofthecivicopportunities He addedstaff, and to increase lay involvement andthe was onlyat St Michael’sHarry from 1976to 1979. Yet in Evangelism Explosionwas to become asignificant part Harry’s diocesan seminarsonevangelism inBrisbane MINISTRY 5 - regard for theyouth ofthe parish. Harry’s to communicate, ability andhis hiswarmfriendliness calledonher.Harry dictionary. Shewas somewhereorChronicles inKings when that shedidnotunderstandandneededto lookupina andpatiently ofpaperthewords God listing onstrips know was reading to laboriously through anEnglishBibleseeking discoveredof thesongschildren sang. Harry that she andsheaskedhimfor thewordsshopping shemetHarry door heard thechildren singing choruses. Oneday while conversion.in aremarkable AJewishwoman wholived next The children atSunday theBondi schoolwere instrumental least becausechildren themselves canbegreat evangelists. to theSunday school. notthe Sunday schoolisimportant, Harry achieved blast-off inallhisparishes. achieved blast-off Harry theseareSo theseven habitsofahighlysuccessful rector: young people. was aware ofthat andhehasalways hadgreat with rapport a decadeortwo itwould suffer cataclysmic losses. Harry young peoplecoming to church andstaying there within ofyouth work. andwithadearth eveningWithout services Archbishop thenpresided over aDiocese withhardly any invited FelixHarry outto Arnott give ithisblessing. The 6. 15April 1993 page 64 of St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong, St Michael’s Cathedral, Wollongong, 1984, 5. Margaret Lamb, Piggin, Radkovic, andSusan Stuart Treasure Vessels: inEarthen A History Goodhew’s4. Harry Presidential Address to the2000Synod, 2001Year, page 386. Book Cross3. Southern , March 2001. 1988. 2. 2July Goodhew,1. Eric Josephto Harry 22April 1982. A Carlingford couple, Fay and JohnGibson,remembered It might notberocket science,It butwiththesestrategies Prioritise the young of Affirm people lay theministry Make evangelism apriority Practise hospitality Make Sundays work firmina Be very, nice very way Lots oflove At Coorparoo, once Sunday at Seven was underway, Cathedral, Wollongong. for Harry’s ministry, onhis80thbirthday, at St Michael’s This talk was originallygiven ofthanksgiving at aservice MenziesCollege atof Robert Macquarie University. ofChristian History Thought andExperience andMaster Piggin isDirector oftheCentreStuart for the 6 ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 previous generations slowly slowly generations previous from away moved but surely universities. concern and has all but concern Australian from disappeared the gospel as its primary . Pluralism Christianity confronts which as a movement in which as a movement 3. Most notably D A Carson, Student Christian Movement Movement Christian Student 2. Thank you, C S Lewis. you, Thank 2. 1. Not real name. real 1. Not The Gagging of God: The Gagging 4. One tragic example is the 4. One example tragic a third-year arts Melbourne at student science ,1 a third-year eet James public meetings where he heard a talk I gave on John 11. a talk I gave he heard public meetings where claiming and showing Himself and the be the resurrection claiming and showing to University. One of his class mates invited him to one of our him to invited One of his class mates University. This is the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead and Lazarus from of Jesus raising the account This is EVANGELISM Meet Imogen, a second year student and one of our student leaders (Treasurer leaders (Treasurer and one of our student Meet student Imogen, year a second The loss of the gospel and of Christian faith in this way has been charted loss of the gospel and of Christian in this way faith The hat happened? hat found and what they’re about.’ Again, on the whole, these are Australian students, students, Australian these are on the whole, Again, about.’ they’re and what found for himself. Born and bred in Australia, a cultured and intelligent young man, but young and intelligent a cultured in Australia, Born and bred himself. for life. After the meeting, James introduced himself to me by saying: ‘I’m an Atheist, an Atheist, ‘I’m saying: me by to himself James introduced the meeting, After life. In Western culture and certainly in Europe and increasingly in Australia we are are we in Australia and certainly and increasingly culture in Europe In Western - first genera The 3 lose the gospel. to generations It it takes four has been said that because our wider culture (media, stand up comics, lecturers, etc) asserts etc) lecturers, that, (media, stand up comics, because our wider culture really sure why they have an issue with abortion they have outside of marriage).sex or why sure really . That is, . That is, heard never a gospel that they have rejected who have students university biblically illiterate. mean to take Him at His word?’ He said he would give it a shot. I then said, ‘I hope I then said, it a shot. give He said he would take Himmean to His at word?’ dren, the children in our church, and the students in our schools and universities?’ in our schools and universities?’ and the students in our church, the children dren, entering the fourth generation. It is not an uncommon experience for me to meet me to the fourth Itentering for generation. experience is not an uncommon generation. It’s not enough to say ‘I believe, this is my faith and I really hope my hope my I really faith and this is my ‘I believe, say not enough to It’s generation. generation believes it and lives it but doesn’t pass the gospel on to the next pass the gospel on to it but doesn’t it and lives believes generation Christian or a general assumes the gospel, generation third The generation. kids marry a Christian.’ We need to ask: ‘What are we passing on, teaching our chil- passing on, teaching ‘What we are ask: need to We kids marry a Christian.’ him was to read one of the primary one of read to him was of the Christian this case documents faith (in but could not simply be dismissed 2 but could or Lord or a lunatic either a liar, Jesus was how 4 and cultures. para-church organisations denominations, families, through that flows from it. You can see from this description that the onus is on the second this description the onus is on the second that You can see from it. from flows that tion believes the gospel of Jesus, lives it and passes it on to the next. The second second The the next. it and passes it on to lives the gospel of Jesus, tion believes talented and gifted but biblically illiterate. and gifted talented the centuries, and the stories our lecturer assumes are common knowledge common our lecturer and the stories assumes are the centuries, He said, ‘No, I don’t.’ It turned out that James had never opened a Bible and read it It opened a Bible and read turned James had never out that I don’t.’ ‘No, He said, to our individual and corporate ethics, etc. At the end of our chat, my challenge to challenge to my the end of our chat, At etc. ethics, our individual and corporate to ‘Who it would is Jesus and what the gospel of John) while asking the question: know the Bible referencing but do you how sound patronising, this doesn’t at CU). She came to me and asked if CU could supply some Bibles for people in her supply some Bibles for me and asked if CU could CU). She came to at as just another important religious figure, the difference being a Christian makes difference the as just another important figure, religious and these are my questions.’ For the next forty-five minutes we talked philosophy, the nextwe talked philosophy, forty-five minutes For questions.’ my and these are system works?’ (The big number in bold is a chapter, the little number is a verse.) verse.) the little number is a (The in bold is a chapter, big number works?’ system

world-view and keeps many of the moral principles (although if pushed is not of the moral and keeps many world-view Two true stories true Two 09 (Samson and Delilah, David, the Last Supper) people have never heard of before. of before. heard never the Last Supper) people have (Samson and Delilah, David, W Are we proclaiming the Lord Jesus Christ in all His all the Scriptures? fullness from the Lord proclaiming we Are Art history class. I asked why. She said, ‘Well we’re looking at religious art looking religious at through we’re ‘Well She said, Art history I asked why. class. The fourth generation denies the gospel, and rejects and the morality and lifestyle denies the gospel, The fourth generation They know I am a Christian and asked if I could show them where these stories are are these stories know them where They show I am a Christian and asked if I could

. Prideaux about Jesus in a post-Christian with Andrew culture Talking M ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 ‘we have allgrown outofGod,Christianity,’ especiallytheGod theybelieve they Rabbit-hole Evangelism. inourholyhuddlesbuildings,1. Rabbit-hole 5 Gathering Actually, thetalkourminister gave was really interesting.’ 10 2. 1 Corinthians 9Christianity. outandengaging Going withtheworld, getting with us, andwonder why theyrarely come back. who are generally intrigued that there read are theBible, peoplewhoactually went back.’ somecareful Butafter you listening meetindividuals onyour part, One ofthegreat thingsyou discover whenyou engagewith genera- fourth ‘the and praying that God will do His work, throughand praying work, His willdoHis that God Word ofdrawing Spirit, by His that ofacommunity expressesand aregenuine, part committed andcostly love O tion,’ isthat there isfarlessdemolitionwork that needsto bedone. Iwillrarely they will often readthey willoften accounts theGospel withfresh eyes, andtheymay even that theyhave read never for theGospels actually themselves. That is, theyhave to our post-Christian culture:to ourpost-Christian Here are two responses andchurches (onandoffcampus)IseeChristians making hearts, in what God willdothroughBibleword inwhat God His hearts, aswe aboutJesusChrist, offer have aswell. Butdigaround gently, andyou discover, likemy James, newfriend or, offended‘Someone me inthe way soInever they handed mea hymn book, over our ‘Christian complex’, inferiority 6 andunashamedlybeingourselves. our conversations, andsoourlives, buttrustingaswe pray for to God change until guilt drives us out of the darkness ofourrabbit holesandweuntil guiltdrivesblinkinthe usoutofthedarkness up our lives in service to Him andtheworld to around Him up ourlives us. inservice meet a uni student who will say: meet aunistudent whowillsay: ‘Oh Iwent to church once butitwas too boring,’ men andwomen to Christ. pray towards thegoal of gettingpeopleto heartheBiblefor themselves, trusting must lovingly engagewithpeoplearound andclearly us, andalways work and be intriguedenoughto come andcheckouta ‘regular church service’, withyou. because theytrustinJesusasSaviour andliveasLord. withHim This means reject: reject: The Lord, JesusChrist. dealtwiththeclaimsorencounterednever actually theOnetheyclaimto now In other wordsIn other we neednotbescared ofourincreasingly secularculture, butwe light and try to find a non-Christian willing to tocomedown findanon-Christian into our lightrabbit hole andtry ur response ‘Oh right, soyou goto church …what’s that like?’ hungoutwithmy‘I listened to family, Dylan, someBob andwent to church ‘Hey Andy, what didyou doontheweekend?’ Your first conversation tomorrow morning could gosomethinglikethis: Once again, this starts by simplybeingourselves.Once again,thisstarts Notcensoring Jesusoutof EVANGELISM Andrew Prideaux isCampus Director for theMelbourneUniversity Christian Union. 1 Corinthians 9:1–27. 6. Thank you JohnDickson, A practical guideto thebiblical 5. Aterm borrowed from April 2011. Vaughan heard Roberts, at Promoting theGospel: For further reflection, reflection, Forread further a seminaronevangelism conducted atMelbourne,conducted Ridley art ofsharing your faith art ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012

- - counter-cultural is particularly assumptions. Reformed faith Reformed to express to well suited well Reformed faith is particularly well suited to express faith is particularlyReformed express to suited well faith took root in the seventeenth century without any in the seventeenth root faith took been mobile have the Reformed line, Bottom validation. for quickly, to stop the rot. This This the rot. stop to quickly, from ruling authorities to make a difference. The Lutherans Lutherans The make a difference. ruling authorities to from a toe-hold found under friendly in Scandinavia monarchs, in the Netherlands under Spanish Catholic or prosper friend, frame of mind, which has all of mind, frame . The push for church-planting is a church-planting push for The be leaders. to failed have not surprising that for the Reformed who appealed to the who appealed to the Reformed not surprising for that practice, sometimes damaging the church in the process. in the process. the church sometimes damaging practice, attention grab as it has often been, to movement, protest not least because meagre, was this their reach but beyond that something needs to be done, and done be done, something needs to that cri de coeur movers young These rebuke. proactively new evangelistic opportunities. heart, new evangelistic proactively At these depended on princes and supportive governments to to and supportivedepended on princes governments government to lean on. The Puritans created their own their own created Puritans The lean on. to government the disdain and persecution to in opposition government it is of Kings Perhaps James and Charles in Old England. of their theological the very of God, eignty foundations disappointment that leaders of churches are so preoccupied preoccupied so are of churches leaders that disappointment counter-cultural assumptions. In fact,assumptions. counter-cultural it apart this has set control, or organise in Scotland where Queen Mary in Scotland where or organise was control, cally. They can’t believe that no one ever told them about told no one ever that believe can’t They cally. critique leaders that searching reflect the more concerns go without to ought elders’ hundreds of churches in France where the King no where was in France of churches hundreds the Reformed in New England, Even implacably opposed. hundred years down-played down-played years hundred is of course not to say that that say not to is of course However, for good or for ill, at heart at ill, is a the new Calvinism good or for for However, the majesty and sover which stressed of Calvin, teaching tance of decisive preaching and experimentation in ministry and experimentation preaching of decisive tance encouragement any necessarily wasn’t there where thrived the heirs of Luther. to internal disputes so many were there the importance of nurture impor and has amplified the too often in the last couple of of often in the last couple too the rich resources of Christian history. This reaction is fed by by reaction is fed This of Christian history. the rich resources and agile, not dependent on state approval or friendly spon- approval on state not dependent and agile, and to organise resistance. organise and to an angry attitude of ‘kill the an angry of attitude a revivalist and shakers have On the other hand, the Reformed movement could plant plant could movement the Reformed On the other hand, flourish, the movement coming out of Zürich and coming out of Geneva flourish, the movement system stood above and apart from appeals to governments and apart governments appeals to above stood from system and therefore convictions, with soaring theological sors, since the sixteenth century. While the Lutheran Reformation Reformation the Lutheran While the sixteenth century. since with confidence to stand out in a crowd. They do particularly to stand out in a crowd. with confidence with pastoral crises that they have failed to cast a bigger cast a failed to crises they have that with pastoral vision for engagement with the world, or to generate more more generate or to with the world, engagement vision for - think theologi to taught they weren’t that They complain - and drew and drew year, last iper Sydney came to massive crowds. Driscoll isn’t coming to to coming isn’t Driscoll crowds. massive in million of his sermonsdownloaded will be Melbourne this year, but it is estimated that a that but it is estimated Melbourne this year, Australia anyway. Many of us would like Keller like of us would Many anyway. Australia REVIVAL In short, reaction underway the is massive to there - enthu a great Edwards, for I am an unabashed apologist foundations of Christianity in Australia, but I am never of Christianity in Australia, foundations pastor-theologian. Indeed, Australia is in the top ten of ten is in the top Australia Indeed, pastor-theologian. (www.edwards. this extraordinary accessing nations resource ministry and ultimately his sanctification. The Jonathan The Jonathan ministry his sanctification. and ultimately understand? What does this resurgence of interest in of interest does this resurgence What understand? name of Edwards often appears. The Resolved Conference Conference Resolved The often appears. name of Edwards preaching and to sing contemporarywith seriously music and to preaching heard the Bible preached systematically or with intelligence. or with intelligence. systematically the Bible preached heard giving leverage to worldwide interest in the last Puritan the last Puritan in interest worldwide to leverage giving seem to offer. offer. et al seem to their faith, which Piper ground deeper to redrawing the map of contemporary not just evangelicalism, redrawing in Australia? What can we learn? can we What in Australia? hits annually, representing some hundreds of nations, and of nations, some hundreds representing hits annually, of the digital age are so respected, that naturally others naturally that so respected, age are of the digital drink at the same well: Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan drink the same well: at - bases its name on the resolu deliberately in California conferences which go under the titles of ‘Together for the for ‘Together which go under the titles of conferences ential in Reformed circles in the USA, and represent what what and represent in the USA, circles in Reformed ential Boomers. I often hear in MelbourneBoomers. of young the lament Edwards Center website at Yale has a quarter of a million Yale at website Center Edwards church-planting energy, are getting our attention, and getting our attention, are energy, church-planting Reformed theology say about contemporary evangelicalism say theology Reformed tions which Edwards as a teenager drafted to guide his life, guide his life, drafted to as a teenager tions which Edwards in Australia but all around the world. Of course, they are just they are Of the world. course, but all around in Australia to Edwards through a desperate desire for something for desire a desperate through Edwards to theless amazed by the resurgence of interest in Edwards in Edwards of interest resurgence the by theless amazed theological lyrics. What is perhaps more significant, they all significant, is perhaps more What lyrics. theological the young, restless and Reformed generation. Their mega- Their generation. and Reformed restless the young, the tip of the iceberg. We don’t hear as much in Australia hear as much in Australia don’t We the tip of the iceberg. to visit, but he is not especially the travelling sort. These men, men, These sort. the travelling but he is not especially visit, to been called) of neo-Calvinist (as they have Trinity the Holy adults who grew up in evangelical churches but never but never churches up in evangelical adults who grew looks at the young Calvinists and the legacy Calvinists Edwards. the young of Jonathan Bezzant looks at Rhys and especially the impact those revivals have had on the have and especially the impact those revivals amongst Gen Y believers. I came to Edwards by reading reading by Edwards I came to Y believers. amongst Gen come students of my Many about Methodism and Pietism. about C J Mahaney, or Ligon Duncan, or Mark Dever, or Ed or Ed or Ligon Duncan, or Mark Dever, about C J Mahaney, Gospel’, or ‘Resolved’, ‘Passion’ or ‘Next’, bring together thou- bring together ‘Next’, or ‘Passion’ ‘Resolved’, or Gospel’, , has dubbed Christianity Hansen, journalist Today for Collin seeker-sensitive, dumbed-down pragmatism of the Baby of the Baby dumbed-down pragmatism seeker-sensitive, scratch to find who they count as their heroes, and the and as their heroes, count find who they to scratch siast for understanding the eighteenth century revivals, century understanding the eighteenth revivals, siast for sands of pastors and lots of wannabes to hear expository to and lots of wannabes sands of pastors ). Why are Edwards and his fans so important Edwards to are Why ). yale.edu Word gets out, and hyperlinks do the rest. 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Thought atMelbourne. Ridley Rhys BezzantisDean lecturer in Christianand a lecturer of Missional Leadershipof Missional - ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 is Director of Training and Equipping, and Equipping, Training of is Director , Paul Miller opens up God’s Word Word Miller God’s opens up Life, Paul A Praying I’ve given copies away to friends who are equally equally friends who are to away copies given I’ve A Praying Life is a wonderful A Praying me. discouraged order to pray but on the person I must be. In order but on the person I must be. pray to order of our struggling attempts to pray. The focus of focus The pray. to of our struggling attempts enthusiastic—a book about prayer that helps you you helps that enthusiastic—a book about prayer exception. Deeply rooted in God’s Word, the book Word, in God’s Deeply rooted exception. has helped and encouraged me in my prayer life. life. prayer me in my has helped and encouraged have helped me to pray and some have positively positively some have and pray helped me to have to pray, I need to see myself as a little child, I need I need as a little child, myself see I need to pray, to understand to helpless and I need knowto I’m that Kim’s struggles to learn new skills are illustrative learn new skills struggles to illustrative are Kim’s pray! to and opens up his own family life. His daughter, Kim, His daughter, life. family and opens up his own struggles with autism and developmental delay. delay. struggles with autism and developmental In Not many Not many lots of books on prayer. read I’ve is not on the things that I must do in Life is not on the things that A Praying Federal Training College, St Andrew’s Hall, Melbourne. Hall, Andrew’s St Federal Training College, CMS Australia, and leads the team at the CMS Australia the CMS Australia at and leads the team CMS Australia, David Williams Williams David

REVIEWS From this foundation of learning to pray like little children, Miller children, like little pray of learning to this foundation From left me rejoicing afresh in the gospel and encouraged in the gospel and encouraged Life left afresh me rejoicing A Praying The chapters are short, are chapters makingThe dip in to—an it easy to ideal book to ISBN 9781600063008 God in a distracting Connecting with Paul Miller Paul 2009 NavPress life story in the light of God’s story and the story of the gospel as the storylife of God’s in the light little children do. They come as they are, runny noses and all. Like the noses and all. runny they are, as come They do. little children world I was encouraged simply to see Miller naming what are some of my of my some see Miller simply to are naming what encouraged I was me in my prayer life. prayer me in my read on the train for those who commute, and there’s a Kindle edition and there’s those who commute, for on the train read book ends where many books on prayer begin, with some suggestions with begin, books on prayer many book ends where right; just tell God where you are and what’s on your mind. That’s what what That’s mind. on your and what’s are you God where right; just tell disciples, they just say what is on their minds.’ is on their minds.’ what they just say disciples, own biggest struggles in prayer. He moves on to explain why in our why explain on to He moves biggest struggles in prayer. own find it we why and therefore for help, to ask find it so hard we culture see our Miller us to encourages prayer. unanswered of apparently ence key to interpreting these experiences. We’re encouraged to ‘stay in the ‘stay to encouraged We’re these experiences. interpreting key to hard to ask our Heavenly Father for help. The fourth me The section for was help. for Father ask our Heavenly to hard too. A study guide is also available for groups who might want to work work to want who might groups for is also available A study guide too. the book together. through the most encouraging, addressing issues like suffering and the experi and the - issues like suffering addressing the most encouraging, that God is my Father. This is where Miller starts: ‘Don’t try to get prayer try get prayer to ‘Don’t Miller is where starts:This Father. Godthat is my A Praying Life: Life: A Praying about using prayer tools to bring order to our prayer lives. lives. our prayer to bring order to tools about using prayer addresses the problem of cynicism, ‘the dominant spirit of our age’. ‘the spirit of our age’. dominant of cynicism, the problem addresses story’—to keep yelling out to God in the hard and desolate times. The The story’—to times. and desolate God in the hard out to keep yelling

Come as you are Come as you 13 to pray. to Williams actually David that encouraged A book about prayer ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 Jesus; growing intrustfor understanding that truelove oneanother; Marriage for sinners 14 Christian marriage,Christian Istrongly recommend it. David Williams discovers thegospelshapeofmarriage. tionships, especiallyinmarriage. is powerful and Christians mustputthegospelto andChristians work inhumanrelais powerful - indwells whoare Christians andwilling—God is faithful, powerful in any isnotpoorcommunication marriage oranunfulfillinglove life is cruciform; using ourdifferences to growGod’s in grace; investing in hope-filled, gospel-centred book. gospel-centred book. hope-filled, For Christian couples who want a commitments. These are aboutrooting forgive outsinandpractising gospel to work intheirmarriage, around structured sixfundamental married andiscommittedmarried we to giving need. useverything The gospel at timesmessyandpainful. be imperfect, The goodnews isthat God ofasinnerto anothersinnerinafallenworldmarriage isboundto behaviour andsowing theseedofgodliness. growingbut sin.So isallaboutrooting marriage outsinful aChristian asalifelongmarriage commitment to holiness. The biggestproblem ness; learning to serve one another and together to serve theLord oneanotherandtogether to to serve ness; learning serve points he makes. I particularly enjoyedpoints humour. hemakes. hisself-deprecating Iparticularly to andfrom illustratemarriage hisextensive counselling the ministry makes thebookaneasyread. Healsousesstories both from hisown letmereassurebook, you, Tripp writes withalightness oftouch that live inafallenandbroken world. So, what didyou expect? The Paul DavidPaul Tripp What Did YouDid What Expect? Redeeming Expect? the realities of ISBN 9781844744749 IVP 2010 marriage. The heart ofthebookexplains how couple aChristian canputthe The heart What Did You Did What may soundapessimistictitle, Expect? butthisisa If Ihave YouIf Did madeWhat soundlikeatheological text Expect? REVIEWS

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with goodandhelpfulthingsto say aboutmarriage. summed upinthetitle:you are asinner, you got Christian marriage.Christian The basicideaofthebookis isabookabout bookaboutmarriage.Christian It also its weakness—it is very accessible for isvery also itsweakness—it the anyone will abouttheirmarriage whoisserious those whoare notyet into Christians thecommu - Holy Trinity Brompton’s Course. Marriage Iamafan of the Marriage Course.of theMarriage It’s fullofwiseadvice that unchurched, butinevitablyhaslittleto say about married to yourmarried spousewhoisalsoasinnerandyou prayer andGod’s Word. life greatnity ofthelocalchurch. Its strength is It isalsoa toolbenefit from.terrific for attracting What Did You Did What different.It isnota isvery Expect? is Director of Training andEquipping, - - ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 - Acts 1.8 Acts 2.38 Matthew 9.36–38 It is also urgent. because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep and helpless, harassed because they were of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his into send out workers to of the harvest, therefore, harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord the Lord Ask few. harvest are but the workers is plentiful harvest field.’ Loving friendships need to be nurtured constantly. So we So we be nurtured friendships need to constantly. Loving Repent and be baptized, every the name of in one of you Repent and be baptized, God gives us his Spirit to live with us and in us now. It is us now. with us and in live us his Spirit to God gives without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The his disciples, he said to Then without a shepherd. will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. will receive We sin against God, so repenting means to stop our stop means to so repenting sin against God, We When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, he had compassion the crowds, Jesus saw When When we repent and believe, we are completely forgiven forgiven completely are we and believe, repent we When When Jesus Christ returns we will be given our resurrec will be given we Jesus Christ returns When you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all witnesses will be my you and you, You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on when the Holy Spirit comes power will receive You This is God’s purpose for the followers of Jesus Christ. We We of Jesus Christ. the followers purpose for is God’s This ready people who are many are There is a calamity. This This must be the most revolutionary and life changing changing must be the most revolutionary and life This Judea and Samaria, the ends of the earth. and to Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven. And you you And be forgiven. sins may Jesus Christ your so that It is to submit to God in love : to give back to him complete him complete back to give : to It God in love to submit is to 4 repenting. need to repent continually, to the very to end of our lives. continually, repent need to disobedience and rebellion against God our Father. It means against God our Father. and rebellion disobedience creation. challenge ever offered to us. offered challenge ever control of the whole of our life with all of our heart. our life of the whole of control his Spirit. We are to help grow the kingdom So God. of our help grow to are We his Spirit. is of first importance. involvement of Acts we have Jesus’ command to go and bear witness to go and bear witness to to command Jesus’ have of Acts we him. God raised Jesus Christ from the dead to be our living the dead to Christhim. God Jesus from raised hope. of our future his guarantee Jesus said, Spirit. of the 5 Jesus said, him in the power to go and make disciples of all nations. go and make to Lord. to startto him. to friendship with him, in full surrender a loving tion bodies to live in love with the Lord forever in his new forever with the Lord in love live tion bodies to are to share God’s blessings with all people, in the power of in the power blessings with all people, God’s share to are . The Lord Jesus Christ commands us commands Jesus Christ Lord The 2. and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. and receive Saviour and trust him to control the whole of our life, as our of our life, the whole control and trust him to Saviour Saviour and Lord. Saviour Scripture reveals a very understanding of radical Scripture reveals repent. To To believe is to acknowledge is to the truths about believe To believe. To At the end of each of the four gospels and in the beginning gospels and in the beginning the end of each of the four At Jesus. Then we must put our whole trust in him as our only must put our whole we Then Jesus. Romans 12.1 PROVOCATEUR make disciples of all nations. make to repent and believe the good news. believe and repent to other to be true to the Lord as his witnesses. the Lord be to true other to ples of Jesus, and we can never be an authentic missional be an authentic can never and we ples of Jesus, determines our ecclesiology. If we get this the wrong way way If get this the wrong we ecclesiology. our determines on God, and to open our mouths and speak God’s word in word open our mouths and speak God’s and to on God, 3 trellis. not the the vine, grow our goal is to over from the vine work. Perhaps it’s because the trellis because the trellis it’s the vine work. Perhaps from over 2 church. offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to holy and pleasing your bodies as living sacrifices, offer is personal and requires prayer. It requires us to depend us to It requires prayer. is personal and requires 2. He commands us to go and us to commands 2. He 3. We are to go together, to encourage each encourage to go together, to are We 3. around and allow our notions of the church to qualify our to our notions of the church and allow around Colin Marshall and Tony Payne have created a great a great created have Payne Tony Marshall and Colin Our worship of God is our daily living for the Lord Jesus the Lord of God is our daily living for Our worship which in turn our missiology, Our informs Christology spiritual worship. God—which is your God loves us and gave his Son to die for us and our his Son die for to us and gave God loves some way to another person. Or to return to our parable, our parable, to return another person. Or to to some way sense of purpose and mission, we can never be the disci- can never sense of purpose and mission, we work is easier and less personally threatening. Vine work work Vine is easier and less personally threatening. work When we repent and believe the good news, our sins are our sins are the good news, and believe repent we When 1. The Lord Jesus Christ commands us commands Jesus Christ Lord The 1. And that’s the thing about the trellis work: it tends to take to work: it tends the thing about the trellis that’s And Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to to mercy, in view of God’s brothers, you, I urge Therefore, This order is the work of the Holy Spirit and our spiritual is the work order This - and beau is a simple, logical, there Testament In the New forgiven and we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. When When the gift of the Holy Spirit. receive and we forgiven and believe the good news. and believe parable: The Trellis and Trellis The parable: the Vine. our life, in the power of the Spirit. Michael Frost and Alan and Alan of the Spirit. Michael Frost in the power our life, extremely challenging. over all. The kingdom on Jesus Christ, the King. The is focused all. over Hirsch it this way. put 1 church. the Holy Spirit which is Christ’s the Holy Spirit comes on us we receive power to be Christ’s be Christ’s to power receive on us we the Holy Spirit comes tiful order in God’s loving plan to grow his Kingdom. It grow is also plan to loving God’s in tiful order Repent and believe the good news.’ (Mark 1.15) the good news.’ Repent and believe invites us to reconsider our priorities. reconsider us to invites Bob Collie Christ and being loving witnesses for him in every of witnesses for area Christbeing loving and sins so that we are completely forgiven and accepted by by and accepted forgiven completely are we sins so that witnesses to the ends of the earth. We go in the fellowship of go in the fellowship We the ends of the earth.witnesses to

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Jesus says, ‘The time has come, the Kingdom of God is near. ‘The the Kingdom of God is near. time has come, Jesus says, Out of order of Out ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 Testament order hasbeenradically changed. Whereas inthe 16 Spirit. In theNew In Spirit. Testament were themeetingsof Christians very simple, freevery andflexible.6 sight andChrist’s commands become optionalextras. Jesus God’s planisthat we form alocal ‘team’ to dothisurgent and and willifwe are willingto bechanged. theurgent needfor all opportunity and promoting at every hasbeenputinsecondChrist place. What adisaster! When Christ’s church, andGod’s means ofgrowing hisKingdom. are notenoughpeoplesufficiently concerned aboutthe and waiting to respond butwillnothearthemessage. There appear very difficult tochangeback totheBiblical appear very pattern. and hindrance to theoriginal end, growing theKingdom and pray for eachotherto beloving andfaithfulwitnesses 3. We are to gotogether, to encourage eachother to bealumpofclay inthePotter’s hands. the visiblechurch replaces theinvisible ofGod, we Kingdom to theLord JesusChrist. This isthefellowship oftheSpirit, to meetsto theLord equip, It withallourhearts. challenge to pray to theLord to JesusChrist sendoutmore workers. the endorgoal. New Testament, was theend ofGod buildingtheKingdom to be true to theLord ashiswitnesses. harvest to beinvolved.harvest There are notenoughpeoplewilling of usto repent andbelieve. of God. Moredrops than this, ofGod outof theKingdom or goal, now inthe West, buildingthechurch hasbecome difficult work together, inthe power oftheSpirit. repentance. theywould preaching beactively Otherwise, become soentrenched over somany centuries that itwould aformpractice ofidolatry. become anendinitself. hasbecome thegreatest It barrier needs oftheteam onmission,ledandinspired by theHoly This is a very telling ofrepentance: picture This isavery beingwilling The team meetsto encourage eachotherto remain true The church, rather thanbeingameansto anend, has The shapeofthechurch inany place isdetermined by the You are thepotter, Iamtheclay; We can’t changeanything can HolySpirit butthemighty What canbedone aboutit? Change my heart, OGod, makeiteverChange my true; heart, Many leadersseemto have lostsight ofthecentrality of Making the church here on earth anendinitselfhas thechurch here onearth Making But, speaking generally,But, speaking over thecenturies theNew change my heart, OGod, maychange my Ibelikeyou. heart, mould meandmakeme, thisiswhat Ipray.7 PROVOCATEUR Tony simply. Campolo putsitvery 4. We sinagainstGod. 12.7–14;Psalm 2Samuel 51.1–4;Luke 15.17–24; 1. Acts 1.8,2.38;2Corinthians13.14.1. Acts 6. 1Corinthians 14.26;Ephesians 5.19–21;Colossians 3.15–17;Hebrews 10.25; 7. Words by Eddie Records Espinosa,Mercy andPublishing, USA,1982.

2. Michael Frost2. Michael The andAlan Hirschintheirbook, ofThings Shaping to Come: Innovation and 3. Colin Marshalland Tony Payne The intheirbook, Trellis andtheVine, Matthias Media,2009. 5. Matthew 28.18–20;Mark16.15–16;Luke 24.45–49;John20.21–23. All Scripture quotations are from theHoly Bible, NIV. 8. Tony Campolo inCarpe, Diem Word Publishing, 1994,page24. God. From thisflows adeeplove and concern for the welfare Mission forMission the21stCentury Church, 2003,Strand Publishing, Erina, NSW, page209.Itisthis of allpeople. this inspired overview. Ephesians 4.11–13; Acts 14.23. book whichchallengedmeto clarifymy thinking andwrite thispaper. Ithankthemfor So We experienceby God totally abandoningourselves to whatever he, through wants hisSpirit, to doin usand strength. Love your neighbourasyourself. all your soulandwithallyour mindandwithallyour through us. There isapassionate love for that he God ofall, thebestgift Repenting brings apassionate love for Love the Lord andwith your withallyour God heart creates inuswhenwe surrender to him.8 Bob CollieBob lives andministers in retirement inSomers, Victoria. Mark 12.30–31 Mark ESSENTIALS AUTUMN 2012 Michael O’Sullivan President Deputy Chairman Secretary Chair Northern Territory NSW Chair South Australia Chair Queensland Chair Chairman Canberra–Goulburn Chair Australia Chair Western Lynda Johnson Lynda Peter Jensen Peter Brain Peter Mulready David Trist Richard Mansfield David Nick Speyer Phillip Meulman Hunt Paul Smith Peter Glenn Davies Chris Appleby Chris Vice-presidents Chair Tasmania Victoria & Treasurer Stephen Hale Stephen Edwards Trevor John Harrower Renew your subscription. Renew your Become a member of EFAC. membership. Renew your EFAC. to Donate www.efac.org.au Do at: it all now Give a gift subscription. Give [email protected] retired persons). Renew your Renew your persons). retired ISSN 1328-5858 www.efac.org.au membership at: Mobile 0407 113 158. Mobile 0407 correspondence EFAC membership EFAC Australia EFAC Essentials subscription only Essentials subscription Trist Richard Victoria 3052 Parkville www.efac.org.au ) $40 per year (includes Essentials) $40 per year missionaries and ($25 students, $25 per year. Australia EFAC Secretary, (03) 9207 4800 Telephone 170 The Avenue for articulatingb) for distinc- gospel leadership, church renewal, and renewal, church leadership, in Australia. part of the world-wide Evangelical part Evangelical the world-wide of make a positive, constructive constructive a positive, make is (Australia) EFAC levels. national biblical witness in and through the biblical witness in and through both faith and conduct. publications. mission in the world. matters of common concern of common matters gelical of the Anglican heritage and diocesan local, at contribution to together counsel taking a) for of God’s written word in matters of in matters word written of God’s particularlyence of in the areas faithful leadership in all spheres or dioceses of the Anglican Church of the Anglican Church or dioceses of life. in policies and strategies develop is EFAC? What congregations. EFAC is a group of Anglican clergy clergy of Anglican group is a EFAC - the evan who value people and lay the cause of the gospel in Australia. Fellowship in the Anglican in the Anglican Fellowship Anglicans tion among evangelical Australia. throughout biblically and encourage develop to the local church and planting new and planting the local church authority, the teaching and the use the teaching authority, life of faith, order, in the area tives appropriate: EFAC branches/groups in provinces in provinces branches/groups EFAC and mission by consultations and and consultations and mission by Church, and who endeavour to to and who endeavour Church, Communion. Christian discipleship, servant discipleship, Christian To promote evangelism through through evangelism promote 6. To To foster support foster - and collabora 3. To To provide a forum, where where a forum, provide 5. To To promote this biblical obedi- promote 2. To Anglican Church so as to advance advance so as to Anglican Church purpose of EFAC The The aims of EFAC The group function as a resource 4. To To co-ordinate and encourage and encourage co-ordinate 7. To To maintain and promote a strong a strong promote and maintain To To promote the ultimate the ultimate promote 1. To

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