By Grant Dibden, Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force and Chair of the Australian Navigators Board of Directors.
You can learn a lot about a country from the people or events they celebrate in their monuments. In the USA, there’s a great bronzed statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in his mighty marble temple in Washington. Down the street is a thirty-foot statue of Thomas Jefferson. In Paris, you see Napoleon. Throughout London and the rest of the country are the monuments of Wellington and Nelson.
We are so thankful for your partnership with Navigators. Every gift you give – whether for an individual labourer, a special project or where needed most – helps our work in advancing the Kingdom. Andrew Oldfield is part of our Canberra Navigator community, working with Trainee Cadets and Midshipmen at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). He shares this message of appreciation for the support he receives from partners like you:
Death is painful and it spares no one. Young, old, weak, powerful, rich, poor, moral, immoral’– there are no exceptions. While some evade its grasp longer than others, global mortality rates remain 100%. Even among the living, the harsh reality of death is felt in the overwhelming sadness and pain of losing those we love. You have experienced it. I have experienced it. It is inescapable – touching everyone, everywhere....
The Navigators is a global discipleship movement of people who want to move forward in their relationship with Jesus and impact the world for Him. We invest deeply in people to see their lives transformed. Our heart is to lead wherever God asks so that, together, we can see the Gospel spread and His kingdom advanced across Australia and in nations throughout the world.Our model of discipleship not only helps people journey through life, it trains them to multiply disciples so their impact continues on, leading individuals – and generations – to Him.