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A Place Called ... Navigators
A pictorial update by Grant Dibden Jeanette and I recently had a week in Victoria, part holiday and part work. Most of our time was in Melbourne, but we were coming home via Ballarat when we discovered that there was a place nearby called Navigators. Of course, we had to visit! First of ...
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Special Feature: God Bless You, Karen!
Our Time With Karen ... “Good morning, The Australian Navigators. Karen speaking!” For the last 35 years, Karen Woolley has been the face and the voice of The Australian Navigators. Like the Queen of England who has seen her nation through many Prime Ministers, Karen has worked with ...
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Jerry Bridges' Legacy
Jerry Bridges was a great encouragement and challenge to many, in his personal relationships and through his books. He was such a wise, godly, Gospel-centred and Jesus-centred person. His all-time favourite verse was: “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might ...
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Help Others Grow
In the very intense moment where Jesus is giving His final instructions on earth, He is aware that the disciples could give their lives to many very, very good things – but miss this critical thing. So He sums up his priority for them in the most concise and direct way: “Make disciples”. But ...
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The Dynamic of Reproduction
By Ram Marrero, first published in The Discipler, Issue 21, Winter 2020, used with permission. The strategy is generations of disciples reproducing generations of reproducing disciple-makers. I can remember meeting [with] Jono early in the morning on Coolum Beach. He would bring his surfboard and ...
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An Intimate Relationship
By Frank Tully Workplace Ministry - Sydney An intimate relationship with another person often begins with a conversation, a sharing of heartfelt words in honest dialogue. Developing intimacy with the Lord is no different, as we seek to hear and be heard by our Loving Father. Yet we may often ...
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Personal Discipleship
Dear Friend, We live in a time when it is easier than ever to access good content. You can download podcasts or listen to great preachers from our era and previous eras. You can subscribe to great courses and walk through various subjects. YouTube may be a wasteland of cat videos and movie ...
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Donation and Purchase
Thank you so much for partnering with us to see workers for the kingdom next door everywhere. Your gift makes it possible for other partners in our Nav family to be in vocational ministry. Together we can make a difference. Also your book purchase will be processed and posted ASAP. Shipping ...
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A Curious Journey
By Cynthia Hagen, first published in Compass, Spring 2015 Cynthia Hagen works in The Navigators People Resources Team with Ian and Helen McIntosh, and is based in Colorado Spring, USA. I hoped it was true, but was guarded. People were talking about listening to God's voice. As a first year ...
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Community-based Evangelism
By Fran Johnson, Melbourne Labouring Community, first published in Compass, Summer 2021 What if we prayed for 21 days for our city? What if twenty or so Navigators focused prayer for 21 days on their city? Do you think it would have an impact for theadvance of the Gospel? Wanting to seek the ...
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Latest news ...
Worldwide Partnership Day of Prayer “Each year, we Navigators from every corner of the globe have the privilege of joining together during our Worldwide Day of Prayer to spend time with the Lord. We may be physically separated by thousands of miles, but we could never be closer than we are on ...
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Identifying as a Labourer
By Robin Dennis, from Compass, Spring 2018 The Navigators define a labourer as: “Ordinary people who are growing in their intimacy with Jesus and who are working in the harvest (living and discipling among the lost) with a generational mindset.” To work in the harvest (living and ...
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Dustyn McLaren joins Navs
By Dustyn McLaren It is exciting to have joined the Navigators in response to the Lord’s call and leading to fulltime discipleship ministry, working one-to-one with faithful, available, teachable men who will be able to teach others also. Since meeting Ram [Marrero] and being introduced to ...
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Navigators throughout the world value relationships with other parts of the body of Christ in advancing the gospel. We are interdependent and God uses us all to bring about His purposes. Besides Navigator members being part of a local church, we provide churches with materials like bible studies ...
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How to Study the Bible
As we grow in Christ, it’s important that we learn to dig into the Word of God for ourselves and not depend solely on the instruction of others. Consider the challenge from the writer of Hebrews: Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about ...
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Going Deeper in the Essentials
God must be the focus of all that we do. We want to deepen our relationship with Him by growing our understanding of the Scriptures and through prayer. We want to encounter God; to know Him, not only to know about Him. "Going Deeper in the Essentials" is a series of seven comprehensive Bible ...
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Going Deeper in the Essentials Studies
Study 1 – God: Who Is He? God is the ultimate reality! Building His Kingdom is entirely His idea, for His purpose, using His power and for His glory! Therefore, we MUST be aligned with His heart, His mind and His Spirit. That means having a God-focused culture is essential. In this study we ...
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Leading Like Jesus - article
Leadership is a fascinating topic. Where did you get your ideas on leadership from? Psychology, sociology, pragmatism? Celebrities, experts, marketing strategies, business books and seminars? Perhaps the latest Christian book on the subject or mega-church leaders? What about Jesus? Was He the ...
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Advancing the Kingdom in Indonesia
When our brothers and sisters recognised the enormous impact poverty was having on their younger generation, God gave them an overwhelming desire to help. So, they began some whole-of-life discipleship ministries centred around education with children from local families, high school students and ...
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Disciples in Prison
Matt’s life had been going pretty well. In his late 20s, he was a successful tradie and had a nice girlfriend and loving parents. Suddenly, one night, he found himself in jail charged with a serious violent crime, the result of a drunken fight he’d had. Soon convicted, life was no longer going ...
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Meditation: The Missing Link
By R. B. Ewers, first published in "The Compass", November 1984 A Christian said to me recently, "I read my Bible each day, but it doesn't seem to make much difference to my life." This honest statement could be true for many Christians. When we consider all that the Word of God claims to do ...
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Jerry White Visits
American author, scientist and retired Major General Jerry White visited Australia in June this year. He was the third International President of The Navigators, serving for 18 years, and succeeded in 2005 by Mike Treneer. A respected and well-known Christian author, conference speaker and a ...
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Compass Feature: David Turner
Interview by June Sparks David Turner Reflects on Compass David Turner has been behind the scenes or at the helm of Compass for over 30 years. He’s seen its transition from no colour to two colour to four colour to full colour. Compass has always been about connecting with the Australian ...
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Your Questions Answered! - by Tiew Tuan and Rose
An Australian Navigators Interview, first published in Compass Winter edition 2020 Tiew Tuan and Rose Lau are Perth labourers who consider their office and neighbourhood as their mission fields. We interviewed them to find out how they create community in their local area in order to bring ...
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John Ridgway - The Influence of One Man
A Tribute by Robin Dennis “The least one shall become a thousand and the smallest one a mighty nation” ~ Isaiah 60:22 I was working in Canberra at Parliament House and living in one of the many public servant hostels, Lawley House, which had two sections – the old and the new. Newcomers ...
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An Easter Reflection
By Grant Dibden "To me it makes as much sense as bunny rabbits handing out chocolate eggs ..." Easter in Australian society is thought of as a holiday time. And many – most? – people don’t understand the significance of Easter, and often they don’t want to. A local Eastern Sydney ...
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What encourages you to be resilient?
In our Autumn 2022 edition of Compass, we asked YOU to answer some questions in our short survey. We asked: What sort of things help you be resilient and “bounce back” after challenges? - Community support - Specific Bible passages/verses - Encouraging/challenging books - Close friends ...
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Thank you!
Thank you so much for partnering with us to see workers for the Kingdom next door to everywhere. Thank you for investing with us in leading individual lives into deeper relationship with Jesus and whole generations of disciples into His Kingdom! Your gift makes it possible for this to happen, ...
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Book Purchase
Thank you for your book purchase. We will process and posted it ASAP. Shipping cost is included in the price within Australia only. For the glory of God, The Nav family PS Any queries contact the Navigators office (02) 8814 5006
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Karen's Retirement Gift
Karen Woolley has just transitioned to semi-retirement and will only be working two days a month. She has been working in our Nav Office for 35 years and has moved with the Office from inner Sydney to Blaxland to Melbourne to Canberra and back to Sydney – now that is ...
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Setup
1. How to create your MPDX Account Go to MPDX.org like the video states but you might need to create your account rather than sign in. You will be asked to connect your account to our Navigators system . When asked, use the credentials below : - Organization: The Navigators-Australia - ...
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Navigators’ Solid Rock Retreat 2017
On 5-7 May, 15 ladies from our Women’s Military Ministry got together for the Annual Solid Rock Retreat. It was a beautiful Autumn weekend and God richly blessed us. We spent extended time in God’s word, took a real cruise around Lake Burley Griffin and had lots of time deepening ...
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Summer Mission Trip: 2018
A Trip to Nepal *a great part of this post is an extract and edited version of one of our mission teams' Ministry Update, first printed in Compass, Winter 2015. In late 2014, a small team led a short-term mission trip to ministries in Nepal. This was followed by a trek to Ama Dablam Base Camp ...
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Easter in a Covid-19 Environment
Dear Nav Family, A little over 2000 years ago tonight, the disciples ate the Last Supper, and the next day Jesus was crucified. Jesus had told his disciples that he would be killed, that he could even be crucified, but the disciples didn’t really understand. They didn’t really get it. We know ...
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Belonging Before Believing
By Luke Midena, Canberra Community Leader, first published in Compass Winter 2021 edition You may have heard the phrase, ‘belong before believe’. It was the catchcry of some within the Emerging Church Movement of the last few decades. Driven by a desire to share Christ with the world, ...
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Q & A with Gary Allan
GET TO KNOW GARY ALLAN, Senior Executive Ministry Gary Allan joined the Nav ministry while at RMC Duntroon in 1972. Since completing 27 years military service, he has worked in senior business roles. He has served as Chairman of the Australian Navigators Board and is currently the Board Chair ...
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Our Navigator Family in the UK
By Jeanette Dibden Grant and I lived in England in 1989 and on the way there we travelled to Kenya. We were going to go on a safari camping trip but found ourselves in Nairobi and unable to hire a sleeping bag. Grant’s solution was to ring the Navigators (listed in the phone book – remember ...
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G'day from Melbourne - an update
By Mike Johnson, Melbourne Labouring Community Intercession for the people of our city has been a primary goal for us this year. Beginning with God, we then attempt to pray for the people and great needs of our city based on our meditation on the character and attributes of God. Using ...