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I’m currently attending In The Chute. It’s a conference run by the newly formed church planting network, The Geneva Push. The conference has been very well run. The Geneva Push is an impressive, well-thought out gospel-centred movement.

We’ve heard from Andrew Heard, Al Stewart, Mikey Lynch, Tim Baldwin, Paul Dale, Wayne Pickford, Jim Wallace, Mark Dever, Cathie Heard, Dave Sheath and Scott Parry-Jones. It’s all been great content and I’m praying that God would use this movement to plant 1000s of gospel centred, cross-driven, Christ-exalting churches throughout Australia. (What’s all the fuss about Jesus? Check this)

Mikey Lynch has been dominating the live blogging while we’re here. Seriously there’s like infinity posts. (If you’re reading this after the event – check the first post – and then keep clicking ‘newer post’ in the bottom left corner to work your way through them!)

Interested in Aussie church planting? Regardless of your denomination, check out The Geneva Push for a killer network.

The Geneva Push are really starting to gain some momentum. In the Chute conference is less than a month away and they have just launched their new website. It’s a smart and functional site that should prove to be a valuable resource for church planters.

“The Geneva Push is an Australian church planting network. We aim to raise up a new generation of church planters dedicated to evangelising churches into existence across this great nation.

The Geneva Push is named after the city where the reformer John Calvin did most of his ministry. He raised up hundreds of missionaries and church planters to other cities and countries. Our goal is to have a similar impact on the number of churches being planted in Australia.”

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Church planting is so hot right now! Good. Below is a letter from Andrew Heard and Al Stewart with further information about the new Geneva Church Planting Network.

There is much happening at the moment in the world of church planting. It is exciting stuff! In all of this a number of people have asked for clarification regarding the new church planting network called Geneva. People have wondered what it will be doing and what it might offer.

Geneva will be run by a board of Australian church planters which will include Al Stewart, Andrew Heard and Mikey Lynch. Its purpose will be to help reformed/evangelical networks and denominations recruit, assess, train, coach and mentor church planters for placement back into their various networks and denominations. The passion of Geneva is to establish not just culturally relevant growing church plants but ones that are grounded deeply in reformed theology and so able to be kept from simple pragmatism and fads. This core value is critical for establishing churches that are best able to pass on a vibrant gospel to future generations.

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