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Events and Resources
We would love to have you join us at our gatherings. Please visit our events page to know what is coming up in your city. If you are interested in exploring our resources, including books or bible study materials please visit our bookshop or free materials under downloads, articles and posts, ...
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Events
We would love to see you at our gatherings, and appreciate your prayers if you are unable to join us! National Mid-Year Staff Training 1-3 July - Elkanah Lodge, Victoria SAVE THE DATE NOW! National Conference 2025 3-6 October - Galston Gorge, NSW Brisbane 31 May, 2pm - ...
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An Appealing Message?
By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community Is this an appealing message? This was a question asked by a young man in our discipleship training group over dinner recently. In an era where people crave authenticity and evidence of God’s power, Simon*— who has been battling significant ...
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How Do You... ?
With Dan Pass, first published in Compass, Autumn 2020 Q&A with Dan & Beth Pass From Gingerbread House-making to Ping-Pong-athon ... we get the insight on howDan and Beth Pass "do" their engaging and interacting with both Christians and pre-believers, living out their Christian identity ...
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National Conference 2025
We are excited to announce our upcoming Navigators National Conference to be held 3-6 October 2025 at Galston Gorge, 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 ...
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Your Questions Answered about Mutua
Mutua Mahiaini is our current International President and was scheduled to be our keynote speaker at the upcoming National Conference in October. (While the conference itself has been cancelled, Mutua is still preparing to send us his messages.) But ... Who is Mutua Mahiaini? Prior to joining ...
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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 ...
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Mark's Gospel
By Luke Midena and Frank Mapperson, for the National Council The National Council takes seriously the need to keep God’s Word central. Together, we studied the first eight chapters of Mark’s gospel. Mark draws on the first-hand experience of Peter, and his Gospel is a fast-paced account of ...
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Life's Unpredictability
By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community There have been many ups and downs to start the year, but God is clearly working in the midst of it all. Let me share about two events impacting the student ministry at the ANU. In February, Levi, who runs the ANU ministry, was involved in a ...
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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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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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Conference Confirmation
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Sharing Hope in Community
By Julie McIntosh, first printed in Compass, Summer 2021 Cancelled. Postponed. Online. In contrast to the event-oriented lifestyle many of us were previously accustomed to, these words seem to characterise our current schedules. Today, perhaps more than ever, we are faced with the truth that we ...
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Lead Others
Jesus is the most effective and compelling leader in history. He took a handful of ordinary people, fishermen and tax collectors… and changed the world. His primary method was to work deeply with a few disciples, training them in the everyday events of life and instilling in them the heart to ...
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Conferences
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Constitution
THE AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATORS LIMITED ACN 001 294 677 ABN 26 001 294 677 A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL CONSTITUTION Adopted 30 November 2016 with effect from 30 November 2016 PART 1 – Preliminary 1. The name of the ...
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Why Celebrate ANZAC Day?
By Grant Dibden A little over 100,000 Australians have died in wars. Several hundred thousand more were wounded and countless others suffered psychological damage. Of these casualties the vast majority were between 18 and 25 years old. Just think that if you had been born 100 years earlier it ...
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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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Mind for Missions, A
By Paul Borthwick 10 Ways to Build Your Vision Discover 10 building blocks for sensitising yourself or your small group to needs of missions. From prayer and giving to current events and lifestyle choices, learn practical ways of sharpening your world vision, growing your concern for missions, ...
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101 Ways to Reach Your Community
By Steve Sjogren Is there a way we can share the gospel without being able to preach like Paul? You may not be a gifted evangelist, but you do have the gift of servanthood. Sjogren offers simple ways you can use that gift to reach your community with God's love. Discover 101 simple, effective ...
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Update June 2016
Last year, as the National Leadership Team and the Board prayed and planned, God reaffirmed for us the calling He has given to us. Indeed, current events make clear that now more than ever this world needs Jesus. God wants to see the gospel advance; to see His kingdom spread into all ...
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Thank you for partnering with us to advance the gospel!
As Navigators we are passionate about making disciples, and we know that as our partners you are too. We want to be and make disciples who will labour for a lifetime, not just for a season. But we can’t do this by ourselves. So we thank you. Thank you for partnering with us both prayerfully ...
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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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From Grant To You
from Compass, Spring 2018 Dear Friend, As Navigators we are passionate about seeing lives, generations and — ultimately — nations transformed for the glory of God. We are committed and relentless in our drive to see the world won to Jesus! We want to play our part in seeing that "great ...
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Small Initiatives
By June Sparks, first published in Compass Winter edition 2020 At the Neighbours to Nations Conference, I was reminded once again and encouraged to continue taking small step-by-step initiatives in the lives of those around me in the process of pointing them to Jesus. Jesus said the greatest ...
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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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A Link in the Chain
There are many gospel tracts and websites you may stumble upon today that ask that age-old question: "If you died today, where would you go: heaven or hell?" Perhaps you've asked yourself that question, too. Have you ever asked someone else? And if you did, what was their response? There ...
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The Rising Threat of War - and the Christian Response
“You will hear of wars and rumours of wars” (Matthew 24:6) How, as Christians, should we respond to war and threats of war? Grant Dibden has recently written for Eternity News regarding this very question. Deeply relevant for our times as we see and hear of conflict and devastation in ...
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An Alien View of God: Western Culture 1
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now ...
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Viewing Human Achievement: Western Culture 4
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Is 6:3 Each day we are surrounded by people’s incredible achievements. We can purchase almost any food at any time of the year, we have social welfare systems that assist in times of ...
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The Good Life: Western Culture 8
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s ...
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Lest We Forget - Anzac Day 2022
By Grant Dibden 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 ...
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Q & A with Katherine Halliday
Let's get to know Katherine Halliday, Ministry Apprentice at Macquarie University, Sydney. What is your role with the Navigators? I’m serving as a Ministry Apprentice with the Navigators at Macquarie University. I have committed at least 2022 and 2023 as an apprentice, and I am excited ...
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People of Passion
The early followers of Jesus were called ‘people of the way’. This was long before the term ‘Christian’ was coined. Perhaps it came from Jesus’ words ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life' (John 14:6). People of Passion* is here to help you on your way, following Jesus, The Way. It ...
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Called to Follow the Fruit
By Tim Mapperson, Melbourne Labouring Community It was mid-June. Stepping out into the cold winter night, we closed the door for the last time. We had been meeting at this Community Centre in Carlton for many years as a campus ministry. Tonight was to be our final night. This season was coming ...
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Get To Know Jordie McMahon
Jordie 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 relationship with ...
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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 ...
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Vulnerable People Policy
Purpose The Australian Navigators is committed to providing a safe and supportive environment to all vulnerable people by ensuring Australian Navigators’ staff, associates and volunteers are screened and suitable to be engaged in the provision of services in work involving children and other ...
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Rewriting Your Emotional Script
BECKY HARLING Women with troubled pasts are often poor in spirit and mourning. They carry years of emotional baggage—baggage that keeps them in bondage to a time, event, or person in their lives. Becky Harling understands, and she says that you can be free from the bondage. Using the ...
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Labourers Evenings and Prayer Breakfasts
Labourers Evenings: Join us for fellowship with like-minded labourers, training in making disciples, and delicious food! These dinners will take place every second month on a Saturday afternoon, starting at 4:30 pm. Food provided, kids welcome: there will be an activity for them during the training ...
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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 ...
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Why is Good Friday good?
By Grant Dibden I remember as a kid laughing at Christianity for calling the day that Jesus died Good Friday. Good – the day that Jesus died! I thought that was crazy. Good Friday, the day the supposed hero died? Surely, it should be Bad Friday! I really had no clue about Christianity. I had ...
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A Trip to Marysville
By Paul Bailey, Monash Uni Student Ministry On Thursday June 23, the Monash Navigators organised our first ever road trip to Marysville with students: ten pre-believers and nine believers. We never thought we would get a place where we would be able to take students out for a trip. As we ...
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Serving Faithfully No Matter the Response
By Dave and June Sparks This term our church has been studying the book of Jeremiah. He was given a message from God that he was told the people wouldn’t want to hear. He was told he would suffer while bearing that message, but the Lord also promised to strengthen and embolden him for the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...