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Nat. Conf. Workshop Notes 2017

  Forgiveness, Repentence, Reconciliation, Restitution in Disciplemaking This paper by Grant Dibden explores what the Scriptures say on the issues of forgiveness, seeking justice, loving your enemy, dealing with conflict, and more. Workshop with Grant Dibden   Getting Started, ...

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MPDX Training

MPDX is a secure app that helps you grow and maintain your ministry partners in a quick and easy way. This will help us to stay in touch with our partners and know how our support is going. CRU provides this software free of charge.   The following two links might be a good place to help you ...

2020 - June Fund Raising Training

Rob_Mahon PowerPoint presentation  Tweakable Story Telling Tips Updates Mahon & Coffing SMS after an appointment Admin Staff Training June 2020 All Fund Raising Training and Question time videos are below. You can "enter full screen" video mode by clicking on icon to left of ...

Help & Training Resources

This is a US Navigators Intern Training on how to use MPDX and would be a good place to start. Topical Training Videos Quick Reference Guide Using MailChimp with MPDX Search MPDX Help database  if you don't find your answer in MPDX after clicking search Getting started with the ...

National Training

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National Conference 2017

Labouring for a Lifetime “The harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out labourers into his harvest field.” (Matt 9:37-38) With all the resources of heaven at his disposal, Jesus looked over the helpless crowds and encouraged his ...

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 ...

National Conference 2023 Information

Click here to register! with Keynote Speaker: Mutua Mahiaini, Navigators International President    WHERE: Greenhills Conference Centre, Canberra WHEN: Friday 29 September to Monday 2 October First meeting Friday 7:30pm - Depart Monday 1:30pm after ...

National Conference 2019

Neighbours to Nations Embracing God’s Vision for His Kingdom "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have ...

So Grateful For Your Generosity Towards Our Nepal Appeal!

Nepal Appeal Update Thank you for your generous and encouraging giving towards our Appeal for Nepal. Your gift enabled us to reach and exceed our goal of $5,000 for Lalita (you gave $6,300) and to reach our goal of $20,000 for the Endowment Fund of the Nepali ministry.          We ...

Conference Confirmation

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The Words of Eternal Life

By Phil McMaster (Military Community Leader) on behalf of the team, Thomas and Raylee Bielenberg (ADFA and RMC) and Julianne McMaster (Solid Rock) I don’t know about you but I love reading the Bible with children. It is a special moment as the words bring excitement, joy and amazement from ...

Get To Know - Ian and Helen McIntosh

After ten years of providing counselling and training, and being on the Leadership Team among other things, with the US Navigators, Ian and Helen McIntosh have decided to return to Australia. With open arms, we welcomed them back and took the opportunity to catch up on what they are doing now. They ...

What or who is a Disciple?

By Robin Dennis Discipleship is nothing new. We find the concept of a disciple – that is, a person following a master – among Plato, Socrates and Herodotus; in ancient Hebrew culture, Elisha (2 Kings 4:38), Isaiah (8:16), Samuel (1 Sam 10:5), then we know that John the Baptist had ...

Events

We would love to have you join us at our gatherings. If you are unable to make it, we would appreciate your prayers! National National Conference 2023 29 September - 2 October Stromlo, ACT Guest speaker: Navs International President, Mutua Mahiaini Register here Annual Retreat 27 November ...

Discipleship Conference 2023 Workshops

Keynote Speaker: Mutua Mahiaini, Navigators International President  What a tremendous blessing to finally host Mutua in Australia as our keynote speaker for this Conference. While we did have the privilege of hearing him speak at our last conference, we were not able to meet with him in person ...

Student

Navigators have campus communities on several universities around Australia. While each group is slightly different, they all strive to follow Jesus. Indeed, we welcome people of any spiritual background and religious experience who are interested in considering who Jesus is, what the Bible ...

Apprenticeships

The Navigators’ Ministry Apprenticeship Program is a two-year training opportunity*, adaptable for full or part-time participants, which is designed to impart practical ministry skills, active ministry experience and direction to help prepare you for a life of serving God. It is a hands-on ...

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 ...

The Bridge

Step 1 – God’s Love and His plan God created us in His own image to be His friend and to experience a full life assured of his love, abundant and eternal. Jesus said, “…I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10b) “…we have peace with God through ...

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 ...

Keep the Labourers Labouring

Dear Friends God wants to see His kingdom grow and this happens when, through His Spirit, he uses the changed life of an ordinary person, just like you and me, to change another.  We see it in the example of Jesus who chose a few disciples and invested deeply in them, so that the helpless ...

Ministry Apprenticeship Program

What is the Ministry Apprenticeship Program? The Ministry Apprenticeship Program is a  two-year training opportunity, adaptable for full or part-time participants, which is designed to impart practical ministry skills, experience and direction to help prepare people for a life of serving ...

Advancing the Kingdom in Indonesia

Indonesia has 259 million people, 86% of them are Muslim and many are poor. Poverty doesn’t just affect the present for these families and children in Indonesia … it affects their entire futures. Many children drop out of school because their families cannot afford for them to go.  The ...

Can you be a Christian in the Military?

Can you be a Christian in the Military? Yes, absolutely! In Acts 10 we see the example of the Centurion Cornelius who spread the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ to many people. Within Navigators there are many people who are serving, or have served, with distinction in ...

What is ISM (International Student Ministry)?

Among our Communities is a strong International Students Ministry (ISM) within our universities. But what is ISM and how did it start? Compass interviewed Tim Mapperson for an insight. Tim, what is ISM and what is your involvement in this ministry? ISM is a door to the nations. Exciting ...

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 ...

Get To Know - Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey is an Apprentice, serving with the Melbourne Labouring Community. He answered some questions for Compass so that we can get to know him better. What is your role with the Navigators? Currently I am a Ministry Apprentice at Monash University (Clayton Campus). This role is two-fold. ...

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, ...

Connecting People to Christ Through Stories

By Phil McMaster  With most States and Territories locked down in some way due to the pandemic, we have been thinking and praying about meaningful ways to keep connecting people with Christ. Thankfully, God recently provided an opportunity to do this - through stories. “My Story, My God” is ...

God Behind the Scenes

By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community Connecting with people during COVID-19 restrictions can be a challenge, but I wanted to share with you a story about Ethan, who I meet with online. Ethan and I started meeting a few years ago, about the time he finished high school. Although he ...

Conference Talks

This is our page dedicated to the messages of the Main Speakers at our National Conferences.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Worldwide Partnership Day of Prayer

Every year, the Navigators set aside one day for prayer as a worldwide partnership. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to work together and fellowship with colleagues across our international partnership.  This year, our Worldwide Partnership Day of Prayer will be on Saturday, March 18. ...

From Grant to You

Dear Friend, Discipleship means many things to many people, and you can’t go to one verse and get the Bible’s definition of discipleship. Its root meaning is follower or pupil, a learner. Today we think of a learner as someone who wants to know what the teacher knows, but a biblical ...

Church

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 ...

National Leadership

The Navigators have a National Leadership Team and a National Council that leads the work. Each Member brings a perspective from their local ministry and their own gifting and heart to feed into discussions. National Leadership Team Robert Bolton leads the work to pioneer a Brisbane City ...

Mission to the Philippines

Together with you, we’re committed to going wherever God leads … and doing whatever He asks to move people closer to Jesus and impact the world.  Now, God is leading us to break new spiritual ground in the Philippines – through a mission trip to train new leaders how to grow students into ...

Military Alongsiders

In Acts 15 Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”  Acts 15:36  Paul knew that for his ministry to be the most effective and have the most impact he couldn’t just set up these ...

2021 - June

Training Videos by Rob Mahon Power Points from above Videos. Conviction & Keys Generosity of God Joy of the Lord       Luke Midena's talks are not available.

2023 - January

What is the Gospel? (Grand Dibden) Audio (53 mins): What is the Gospel? (mp3) PowerPoint: What is the Gospel? (pptx) Discipleship Framework (Grand Dibden) Audio (27 mins): Disciple Definition and Discipleship Framework (mp3) PowerPoint: Disciple Definition and Discipleship Framework ...

Theresa Leads a New Generation Closer to Jesus

Theresa works full time as a nurse for Red Cross and is also leading groups of disciples in the Navigators’ International Student Ministry. This is her story. I grew up as a Buddhist. My family worshipped many gods, each god representing a different aspect of life. To me, religion was just a ...

Update November 2016

Dear Friend, One of my favourite verses of Scripture is: When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. Ask the Lord of the ...

Thank you for your impact on generations!

God is raising generations of labourers through Navigators, and this work is made possible by partners like you! As Navigators, we focus on multiplying disciples; training those we disciple to do the same with others. Because of this, generations of disciples are formed, and God has been using your ...

Mission to the Philippines

Together with you, we’re committed to going wherever God leads … and doing whatever He asks to move people closer to Jesus and impact the world.  Now, God is leading us to break new spiritual ground in the Philippines – through a mission trip to train new leaders how to grow students into ...

A Life Transformed by the Gospel

By Phil McMaster I first met 'Derek', a trainee Army cadet, in January at a voluntary church service during Year One Familiarisation Training (YOFT) at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). He came from a small regional town in Victoria. It wasn't clear whether he had any sort of faith ...

The Power of Example

By Grant Dibden Ever been challenged by Example? Landing at the airport in Tonga for a conference, I was met by a softly-spoken man—Tevita Palu (CEO and Owner of Palu Aviation, which owns several companies including Real Tonga Airlines). I was later informed that Tevita has invited ...

In Jars of Clay

"... to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us." 2 Corinthians 4:7 Dear Friend, As an Army guy for 39 years, I find the story of Simpson and his donkey particularly moving. Simpson was a stretcher-bearer at Gallipoli. After landing on 25 April, he began using one of ...

One-to-one: Matters of love and encouragement

By James Broad, first printed in Compass January 1986, Vol 9 No 1 The first seminar I ever attended on the subject of one-to-one ministry was in a car, in Derbyshire, on a rainy March day in 1967. There was only two of us in the car and the subjects covered were the importance of the individual ...

"You Teach Him!" — The Beginning of The Navigators

First published in The Compass, Volume 3 No. 4, July, 1980 Some years ago, there was a sailor on the U.S.S. West Virginia who had joined the navy with the idea of saving up enough money in order to enter Bible seminary after his period of service was ended. In the navy he lost track of his ...

Community in Focus

By Grant Dibden, first published in Compass, Winter 2019 I used to play a lot of sport before I got injured and old. As a young man I did athletics training five days a week and competed on weekends with three colleagues and our coach. Later, I practiced squash four days a week and played in ...

Leadership, Partnership and Discipleship!

Next Gen Leadership Forum and Staff Finance Seminar By Levi Swartzentruber  We had the privilege of having Chee Hoe and Bit, Mike, and Glen from the Asia Pacific (AP) leadership team join us for a weekend of learning about “Leading Like Jesus”. We heard examples of other leaders in ...

Cultural Shifts

By Kristin Coulson, first published in Compass Winter 2020 edition. In January, our staff gathered for the annual training in Canberra. One of the key topics discussed was about living and discipling in today’s western culture. The culture we live in influences us in ways we often don’t ...

Conformity and Challenge: Western Culture 2

I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; ...

Q & A with Russ Skelton

Russ Skelton is a member of our Board of Directors. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have been married for 48 years. They have four children and nine grandchildren. He has lived on the Central Coast of NSW since 1964, graduated from the University of New South Wales as an Engineer in 1973, and ...

The Harvest Continues - Paul Bailey's Apprenticeship

By Mike Johnson, Melbourne Labouring Community City Leader Jesus was a developer of kingdom workers. On one occasion (Luke 10:1-16) he appointed and sent out 72 disciples, two by two, to announce that the kingdom of God was near and to bring healing to the people they were sent to. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

Resilience in the Gospel

By Ian McIntosh, first published in Compass Winter issue 2022 What do you think about when you hear the word resilience? TV interviews with disaster victims or soldiers fighting a David and Goliath battle? Relational conflict? People battling their personal demons relating to themselves, others ...

Get to Know Dustyn and Hannah McLaren

Dustyn and Hannah are from our South East Queensland Labouring Community. Dustyn joined our Staff last year. We interviewed him for our Compass Newsletter Autumn 2023 issue. How did you come into relationship with Jesus? At the ripe age of five in October of 1987 I remember contemplating a ...

The God Who Saves

By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community  I wonder, have you shared about Jesus with someone who seemed to recognise the good news for what it is, but never embraced the message? I’ve often wondered where the process has broken down. Was it me – did I overlook a vital element of the ...