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Lest We Forget - Anzac Day 2026

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 ...

Fruits of Connection and Friendship

By Levi Swartzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community We met Alex at Market Day last year and invited him to join our group. Though he had no interest in Jesus, he was keen to make some friends and soon became part of our community. As an exchange student for one year from the UK, Alex was ...

LifeChange Series: 2 Peter & Jude

A life-changing encounter with God's Word. Stand firm in the faith, secure in the promise that Jesus will someday return. The early church had learned how to deal with persecution from outside the community, but needed help defending themselves against those who would destroy their community ...

LifeChange Series: Philippians

A life-changing encounter with God's Word. Find peace and contentment in perilous times. While in prison for proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul writes a joyful letter of encouragement and challenge to his partners in the gospel, the Christians at Philippi. His inspirational words to ...

LifeChange Series: 1 Peter

A life-changing encounter with God's Word. Written to remind hard-pressed Christians of their rich identity in Christ. For young Christians facing ridicule in a pagan world, it was difficult to focus on their living hope. The Apostle Peter wrote to remind these hard-pressed Christians of ...

2026 - Mid-Year Training

Training is coming up and we are looking forward to seeing you there! Where: Elkanah Lodge and Conference Centre, 975 Buxton-Marysville Rd, Marysville VIC 3779 When: Tuesday, 30 June (arrive by 1:00pm) to Thursday, 2 July (departing at 1:30pm) Transportation and Flights: For everyone who ...

Reaching and Equipping Cadets

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 ...

Death as a Means to Our Joy – An Easter Reflection

By Scott Brown, National Director 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 ...

The Joy of Labouring

By Paul Baily, Melbourne Labouring Community. This article was first published in our newsletter, Compass, Autumn 2026. The Great Commission and the call of sending out labourers into the harvest has been echoed from pulpits for centuries. As each generation pleads these causes, I imagine the ...

Sorrow That Brings Joy

Sorrow That Brings Joy

Sharing the Joy and Hope of the Gospel Together

Thank you! Living in Australia today, many of us have observed what was once a positive presence of Christianity in schools, workplaces and public life move to the sidelines. Conversations about faith can feel risky, and censorship is becoming a reality that makes sharing or expressing one’s ...

The Source of All Joy

From Scott To You Dear Friend, French mathematician and follower of Christ, Blaise Pascal, wrote: “All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end … The will never takes the least step but to this object.” Deep within all ...

2026 Queensland Discipleship Summit:

Witnessing and Follow Up Saturday, 20 June 2026 1:00 - 4:30pm Guest Speaker: Luke Midena Canberra City Leader & Missions Director   Cooloola Christian College SBH Topics we will cover: The Joy of Witnessing and Following Up the Saved With continual opportunities around us ...

ANU Market Day Update

By Levi & Lindsey Swartzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community Over the last ten years we have noticed a steady increase in hostility toward spiritual conversations and a corresponding decline in interest among ANU students in joining a Christian group. You have been praying with us that ...

The Joy of the Lord

By Dustyn McLaren, Queensland Labouring Community  Sam rang the other day to say he was meeting with a new person this week, he asked me to pray, and we tossed around ideas of what to share with this guy who has a limited understanding of Christianity. It is so exciting to see one of the young ...

Your Questions Answered: What Feeds Your Joy?

Christine Norrie is a friend of the Australian Navigators. She is a wife and a mother of two, who delights in coordinating the kids ministry at her church, teaching SRE at a local school, and homeschooling her 11-year-old son. She put her faith in Jesus as a little person and continues to be ...

Discipleship For Kids

Rebecca Ruybalid Stone Discipleship for Kids offers a straightforward, fun, and empowering pathway to help you teach faith fundamentals to children. Helping children discover the Christian life can feel daunting and overwhelming. How do we instill a lifelong love for Jesus, God, and the Bible? ...

How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex

Stanton and Brenna Jones Christian Book Award: ECPA Medallion of Excellence Stan and Brenna Jones help parents establish a biblical view of sexuality in their homes. Building on a biblical foundation, they discuss how to talk with your children about sexual issues and when it's appropriate to ...

DFD Leader's Guide

This Design for Discipleship Bible study leader's guide provides the information needed to conduct a successful Bible study on sharing the essential truths of discipleship with others.

Get to Know Lashan

Lashan Wijesingha has been a part of our Melbourne Labouring Community for a number of years, journeying alongside our student ministry team as well as training in leadership. We asked him about his relationship with Jesus and his source of joy.  How did you come into relationship with ...

God or Genie?

By Lindsey Swatzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community  How do you respond to unanswered prayer? What do you do with disappointment, waiting, uncertainty, the inability to control a situation, with seeing the grief that it causes those you love? How do you respond after asking God daily, ...

Scott Brown's Christmas Message 2025

LifeChange Topical Studies: The Fruit of the Spirit

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Jesus displayed these excellent qualities throughout his life on earth, because they reflect the character of God himself. And from the moment you received Jesus as your Savior and ...

Core Values & Policy Agreement Confirmation Form

Every associate of the Australian Navigators is asked to comply with our Core Values and agree with our Statement of Beliefs. The Board has approved a range of policies, which are reviewed every year, to provide a framework for the appropriate governance and operation of The Australian ...

Membership Request Application

Generational, Relational, Intentional, Personal

By Dustyn McLaren, South-East Queensland Labouring Community It is such a privilege to serve the Lord in the Great Commission and, even more so, to enjoy His friendship. John 15:15 says, “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have ...

Living the Mission

By Owen Dibden, Sydney Labouring Community On an ordinary workday, I was sent to do final touches on a bathroom renovation. My friend Faran*, the glazier who installs our shower screens, rocks up. Fortunately, we were able to do our work in side-by-side rooms so we could chat. I hadn’t seen ...

Labouring for a Lifetime

By Grant Dibden I’ve been to several funerals lately. All were sad. Some were vacuous. Others were great tributes to the Lord. But one really stood out to me. It was Dave Crowe’s. I’d met Dave when I was a young man and Dave was on Navigators staff, and then heard about him and his ...

Your Questions Answered: What Does it Take to Reach the Nations?

What does it take to reach the nations? Ordinary people in relationship with Christ, with a heart for the nations. Many live next door to everywhere, sharing the hope they have; others are willing to go everywhere, live next door and advance the gospel to the lost. What does it take to be ...

Jonah 4: Our Partnership with God

Jonah 3: God's Harvest Field

Jonah 1: God's Heart for the Nations

Jonah 2: God's Messenger for the Nations

2026 - January - For Your Joy

January National Training: 'For Your Joy' Counting it All Joy by Luke Midena https://vimeo.com/1174642124?fl=ip&fe=ec Salvation that Brings Joy by Paul Bailey https://vimeo.com/1174630789?fl=ip&fe=ec Surrender that Brings Joy by Clint ...

From Grant and Scott to You

Dear Friend, Transitions happen continually. Some are distinct and profound, like the transition from living at home with your parents to moving out. Or from being an unmarried couple to being husband and wife. And most dramatically and profoundly, transitioning from unbelief to becoming a ...

Get To Know Haven Barr

Haven is one of our Ministry Apprentices, working alongside our Sydney Labouring Community, at Macquarie Uni. How did you come into relationship with Jesus and how have you grown? What child doesn’t love singing along to Christmas carols about the little baby Jesus and associating that with ...

Sacred-Secular Mistake, The (Free Booklet!)

This resource is free, just pay for shipping. SCOTT MORTON Scott Morton (Navigator International Funding Coach) has published The Sacred-Secular Mistake, a 32-page booklet to help you discern your calling. History reveals that believers have been confused about the role of laity versus ...

On Mission

A three-part piece by June Sparks The God of Mission It is hard to separate God from His mission. God’s mission in the world and history is to reveal Himself. He has entered the world through Christ, bringing reconciliation between humankind and Himself. When we look at it, we see the focus on ...

Water for my Camels

Paul Grimmond Navigating the Space Between Singleness and Marriage When the Bible Doesn't Talk About Dating Paul Grimmond provides biblical wisdom for dating, starting with an overview of what the Bible says about singleness, marriage and sex, before analysing our culture's view to dating and ...

Outdated

Jonathan "JP" Pokluda with Kevin McConaghy Find Love That Lasts When Dating Has Changed Everyone wants to be loved – to find someone who will stick with them through all of life's ups and downs, someone who is in it for the long haul. But in a world where dating is increasingly based on ...

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Bucket Hats - $35   Reinforced brim with stitching detail, side eyelets Light-Mid weight 100% cotton One size fits all: 61cm circumference, 9cm height         New 2025 Tee - $30 Regular fit, Crew neck, Mid weight, 180 GSM 100% combed organic ...

Advancing Into the Nations – on Campus!

By Haven Barr, Ministry Apprentice at Macquarie University, Sydney A quick thank you to you. Your partnership with the Navigators goes a long way! Your financial decision to support us advances the gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the nations. For those of you I personally know, I am ...

National Conference 2027 - DRAFT

We can't wait to see you at our National Conference on x-x October 2027 at XXXXX, NSW!  "...I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through ...

Campus to Career: Labouring Through Transitions

By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community Our God-given vision is to see lifetime labourers raised up for God’s harvest. One of the biggest obstacles is navigating the transitions of life. A key one we regularly face is the move from university into full-time work. Why is it that students ...

Foundations for Life

By Levi Swatzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community University students are at a pivotal time of life, they are forming convictions, making life-direction choices and often forming what they believe for the first time. Yet, one opportunity which God has given me has reminded me that there is ...

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Into the Nations – Workshops

Saturday Morning The Bible Isn’t Flat: Reading God’s Word with Wisdom (Part 1) – Mike Johnson God is the Great Communicator – He speaks to be understood so His people may know His nature, will, and ways, and respond with faithful obedience. Yet His Word comes through diverse human ...

Halfway There

By Paul Bailey, Melbourne Labouring Community Here we are, midway through 2025, reflecting on all the good the Lord has done, but also looking ahead in faith for what is to come. It has been a number of months since I was able to give a comprehensive update on all that's been happening! So ...

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A Glimpse of the Gospel Through Abraham

By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community.  Two recent themes we have explored as Australian Navigators are: sharing the gospel through story and understanding the grand story of history as outlined in Scripture.  Let’s bring these two themes together and incorporate our national ...

Third Culture Kids

By Leah Pieri, first published in Compass Winter 2025 “A ‘Third Culture Kid’ (TCK) is a child who spent a significant portion of their formative years outside their parents’ home culture, often in a different country or environment. This experience leads them to create their own unique ...

From Grant to You – All about Mission

God is a missionary God. He is a sending God. The Father sent the Son to earth to bring His people into a right relationship with Him. And the Son went. As the Father sent Jesus, so Jesus sends His disciples into the world to share the good news of the gospel with every nation (John 17:18). God ...

Your Questions Answered - The Heart for Short-Term Mission

David and Julie McIntosh have been labouring with the Australian Navigators for over a decade, leading our Short Term Missions ministry for some years during that time. We asked them: What are some characteristics of a helpful posture as we consider serving and not hindering the long-term ...

Come - Be an Overcomer

A reflection on the 2025 Monash International Student Ministry Conference by Arnetta Wijaya, Melbourne Labouring Community Over the mid-semester break, the Monash Navigators International Student Ministry (ISM) held our annual conference, a time filled with laughter, reflection, growth and, ...

Get To Know Sarah Vernon

Sarah has been part of our Australian Navigators family for several years and recently joined one of our Short-Term Mission Trips. We interviewed her for the Winter 2025 Issue of Compass, our newsletter, where an abridged version of her interview was first published. How did you come into ...

New Child of God

By June Sparks, Sydney Labouring Community “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:10 There is rejoicing in heaven and in our house! We have spent time over the past several weeks meeting with K and N to read ...

You are Needed for the Journey

By Paul Bailey, Melbourne Labouring Community It’s full speed ahead, and I’m not sure if we’ve filled up the tank with enough fuel! The train tracks: Monash University, and open for service; the Train: Monash Navs, and it has begun its journey. “ALL ABOARD!” was called at our first ...

Into the Nations – Registration Cost

National Conference 2025 Cost   Cost ADULT $ 440 COUPLE $ 880 Student $ 370 FAMILY with children under 5yo $ 880 FAMILY with 1 child 5-12yo $ 1135 FAMILY with 1 child 13yo and over $ 1170 FAMILY with 1 child 13yo and over and 1 child in ...

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Remembering the Sacrifice - Anzac Day 2025

John 15:13 (NLT) ~ "There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."  Grant Dibden reminds us of the sacrifice many have made for the sake of our nation. Men and women laying down their lives for family, friends, country. In this video, he highlights two individuals ...

On Good Friday ...

By Grant Dibden I remember as a kid laughing at Christianity for calling the day that Jesus died Good Friday. I thought that was crazy. 'Good Friday, the day the supposed hero died? Surely it should be Bad Friday! Those Christians are nuts.' I really had no clue about Christianity. I had gone to ...

UniSC and SE QLD Happenings

By Dustyn McLaren The University of the Sunshine Coast O-Week 2025 happened! There’s always too much that happens during Orientation Week to share in a short space. O-Week is the best time to meet people because that’s what people are there for that week. During O-Week at UniSC, even ...

Small Group Fitness Kit, The

THOM CORRIGAN How to Keep Your Group Healthy and Growing Turn problems into opportunities for growth: Strategies for preventing many small-group problems. Tips to facilitate communication and avoid misunderstanding. Solutions for the most common problems. Essential training for anyone who ...

Restore My Soul

LORRAINE PETERSON A GRIEF COMPANION A daily devotional to guide the reader through the difficult experiences and feelings after losing a loved one. To be alone in sorrow is not all bad. We need time alone for life to re-sort itself. But a companion in grief is helpful, especially when speaking ...

Unfinished

JERRY AND MARY WHITE Regret is an all-too-common companion on life's journey. Haunted by personal failures or the hurtful actions of others, you may wonder if the life you dreamed of is always out of reach. Jerry and Mary White know from experience that redemption is never out of the question ...

Starting Over

THOMAS WHITEMAN & RANDY PETERSEN A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You rebuild Your Life After a Break-up You are not over when your relationship ends. If you've recently gone through a divorce or relational breakup, you know how difficult it is to recover your sense of identity, balance, and ...

Parenting With Love and Logic

FOSTER CLINE & JIM FAY Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy ...

2025 - July

Lessons in Leaving a Lasting Legacy Rob and Karen Mahon from the US Navigators joined us again this year, with Rob leading us through several sessions of Lessons in Leaving a Lasting Legacy centred on the book of 2 Timothy. Through his sessions we explored what it means to progress in our second ...

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Curious

TOM HUGHES Did you know that of the 183 questions Jesus was asked, he answered only four of them directly? The other 179 he answered with questions (or sometimes a story). Questions are not the enemy of faith; they are the way Jesus most often helped people not just say the right things, but ...

Disciple Making

JOHN SYPKES A Practical Guide to Establishing New Believers Disciple Making is a step-by-step practical book designed for those who choose to fulfil the Great Commission given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:18-20. It is a down-to-earth, helpful aid based solidly in the Scriptures and personal ...

Guardrails

ALAN BRIGGS Six Principles for a Multiplying Church An estimated 4,000 churches are planted every year. An estimated 3,700 churches close every year. It’s not easy starting or sustaining a vital Christian witness of any kind. It’s even harder when there’s no structure to support the good ...

Five Traits of a Christ-Follower

DOUG NUENKE (Editor) What distinguishes a follower of Jesus? The contributors to Five Traits of a Christ Follower―each with a long history of knowing Jesus and making him known―see five “core competencies” as critical to authentic discipleship; growing in relationship with God, knowing ...

Expecting God to Work!

By Levi and Lindsey Swartzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community Our new team members, JT and Laine, have only been in the country with us for two months now but already their contribution to God’s work at the ANU is showing… For years we have struggled to gain interest from the students in ...

Gideon - Bible Study

BY MATT MORTON, BRIAN FISHER & BLAKE JENNINGS FROM WEAKLING TO WARRIOR Gideon seemed insignificant, not someone others considered to be leadership material. The story of how God used Gideon is a powerful example for today’s students who want to be bold, faithful followers of Christ. This ...

Prayer-Saturated Church, The

By Cheryl Sacks A Comprehensive Handbook for Prayer Leaders The Prayer-Saturated Church provides step-by-step, practical help for mobilizing, organizing, and motivating believers to make their church a house of prayer. Written by a veteran prayer leader with hands-on experience in local church ...

Trusting God With My What-Ifs and Whys

LINDA DILLOW Women worry a lot. They worry about their children, their friends, their careers, their families, their spouses―the list could go on and on. Yes, they want to be content and trust God with their worries, but it’s a struggle to let go and find freedom from the burden of ...

Your Questions Answered - A Heart for Missions

We, as Australian Navigators, have a deep desire to go on mission; our heart is for the nations. We asked one of our Associates why he has a heart for missions, not just locally but overseas as well. Why do you have a heart for missions? Jesus’ parting words were to tell his disciples that ...

For the Sake of the Nations

By Scott Brown If you closed your eyes and imagined what it means to embrace something or someone, I wonder what you might envision. Does the word embrace invoke ideas of a friendly smile and an arm over your shoulder? Or perhaps it stirs notions of a warm and hardy handshake. For me, ...

Go!

By Mary Merrill, friend and faithful supporter of Australian Navigators. We’re a family that loves an adventure – “Go” is an inviting word. So, when we had the opportunity to move to Spain with work, we were thrilled. More than an adventure, we love the Lord and want to be obedient to ...

From Grant To You - Beautiful Feet

Dear Friend, There are all sorts of feet. There are large feet, small feet, long feet, short feet, lean feet, and pudgy feet. Did you know that there are foot models? They get paid to have their feet photographed! Look at your feet. Do you like them? On a scale of one to ten – one being ...

Get To Know Jordie McMahon

Jordie Watson (nee McMahon) is our National Office Associate and one of our Ministry Apprentices at Macquarie University in Sydney. We interviewed her for Compass, our newsletter, where an abridged version of her interview was first published in the Autumn 2025 issue. How did you come into ...

50th Anniversary Video

Our Apprentices Settling In

By Levi Swartzentruber Normally January is a gradual ramp up toward the start of the ANU year in mid-February, but not this year. Four weeks ago, on January 5, we were waiting with eager expectation at the Canberra airport for our two US apprentices, Laine and JT, to arrive. Let me share briefly ...

National Conference 2025

We can't wait to see you at our National Conference on 3-6 October 2025 at Galston, NSW!  "...I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through ...

A Sunny Update

By Dustyn McLaren UniSc O-Week 2025 is coming! Starts Feb 17! It’s exciting to be preparing to get back to Uni ministry for 2025. Who but God knows what lies ahead and whose path he will bring us across! Please be in prayer for us as we prepare those who are joining us for Orientation ...

January Training Feedback

How Can God Love Me So?

By Lindsey Swartzentruber I want to try to tell you some of who God has revealed Himself to be this year. There have been three significant stressors in my life this year which have all led me to various ends of my strength. I have been mentally exhausted with no other ideas, no backup plans and ...

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Biblical Authority and Interpretation Workshop

The Biblical Authority and Interpretation is a one-day Workshop on the 17th of January, 2025. The following is the schedule for the workshop:   8:00 - 10:00 am            Session 1 - Revelation, Canon and Transmission — Grant Dibden 10:00 - 10:30 am          Morning ...

Sydney Labouring Community Update Summer 2024

By Scott Brown "In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full." - John 16:23–24 - If you've kept up ...

Apprentices at the Australian National University

Canberra Labouring Community Update by the Swartzentrubers In response to the crowds of people Jesus saw as he ministered, he told his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.” ...

FY2024 Annual Report

Insights from the Global Church

By Luke Midena The past few months have been unusually full of travel. While it’s been exciting, I’m looking forward to being home with family for the next while. I wanted to share some highlights from one of these recent trips. I had the privilege of attending the Lausanne Gathering in ...

Your Questions Answered - Men's Workers Group

Robert Walterson is a member of the Navigators Men’s Workers Group in Canberra. We asked him to tell us a bit about the group and how it has helped shape his growth. How did you get involved in this group? I got involved with Australian Navigators in 2018 at ANU’s Orientation Week. I ...

The Power of God's Word From Neighbours to Nations

By an Australian Navigators Labourer Our neighbourhoods are a wonderful place to advance the gospel. My friend, on numerous occasions, has met neighbours from differing cultures with different exposure to Jesus and the Scriptures. With great regularity, I hear how she shares the Scriptures with ...

From Grant To You - Sweeter Than Honey

Dear Friend, When I was a kid I got a bad dose of bronchitis. I used to get chest infections a bit, but this was really bad. So my mum took me to the doctor and he prescribed some strong medicine. It was black, quite thick and absolutely horrible to drink! I would swallow it down and immediately ...

2025 - January - For the Sake of the Nations

Our January National Training: ‘For the Sake of the Nations’ is coming up and we are looking forward to seeing you at Leumeah Lodge. Please register ASAP, and no later than December 13th 2024 Download the program 2025 January Training Schedule - For the Sake of the Nations for your reference ...

The Authority of the Word of God: A Pillar of Faith

By Grant Dibden, first published in Compass, Summer 2024. In Australia we live in a time characterised by shifting moral values and diverse worldviews. Popular culture tells us to look within to find out who we really are, to ‘be true to ourselves’, which is the key to living full and happy ...

Experience the Life Series: Live as Jesus Lived

BILL HULL & PAUL MASCARELLA Transformed Character Book 2 of Experience the Life Series How do we put on the character of Christ? By living as Jesus lived, daily putting on the character of God and being filled with His presence. This second book in the Experience the Life Bible study series ...