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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 ...

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 ...

Going Deeper in the Essentials (Full Study)

Experience the Life Series: Lead As Jesus Led

BILL HULL & PAUL MASCARELLA Transformed Influence Book 5 of Experience the Life Series To lead as Jesus led, we must live in obedience to God. By becoming transformed leaders, we can be used by the Holy Spirit as instruments for influencing others for the kingdom. In this last book of the ...

Lead Me

God has the world in His heart and yet He cares for, and takes interest in, each and every person individually. He calls you to be a blessing in whatever you do, wherever you are – to walk humbly with Him and to follow His lead … He calls us to become his disciples. There are some essential ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giving To Grow

Our God is a generous God who loves giving good gifts.  We have the joy as His disciples to share in this attribute and give generously. Giving to God, and those He has called, is a beautiful concrete expression of our relationship with God through our faith in Jesus. As we see in James 2:22, ...

Going to the Lost - Bible Studies

Our Navigator calling is to see the Gospel advancing through filling the nations with generations of lifetime labourers who together multiply among the lost. Our calling is also in harmony with God’s desire that His people live in the world for the sake of those who don’t know Him among all ...

Essentials

AW Tozer says, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Tozer is right… it’s all about God. For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. (Romans 11:36) Would you like some personal help in these ...

Essentials for Disciple-Makers

Max Barnett

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Growing in Christ Series: Going On With Christ (older)

Going on With Christ (Growing in Christ Follow Up Series) This booklet provides the format for telling others about salvation and the Christian life. Topics include putting Christ first in your life, relying on the Lord's strength, the importance of the Bible, and love. (Sold as single copy ...

Going to the Lost (Full Study)

Growing in Christ Series: Going On With Christ

This booklet provides the format for telling others about salvation and the Christian life. Topics include putting Christ first in your life, relying on the Lord’s strength, the importance of the Bible, and love. (Originally sold as a 10-pack, this is now sold as single copy only).  

Who is God and what is He like?

Is God the centre of your life? Would you like to know Him better? Love Him deeper? Grow to be more like His son, Jesus? We have many resources available to you here one our website. But if you're looking specifically for studies to help you not only to know about Him but to dive deeper in your ...

Resilience to Labour for a Lifetime

By Robert Bolton, Brisbane Labouring Community Resilience is the ability or capacity to recover quickly – to bounce back from difficulties and setbacks. Sometimes, everything in us wants to quit or at least slow down, it’s in these times that our need for a resilience outside ourselves is ...

Get To Know Doug and Geneve Utley

Doug and Geneve Utley are lifelong labourers from our Melbourne community. Doug has served previously as National Director, and he and Geneve have worked with many students and graduates, couples and emerging leaders over the years. He has produced resources such as the Enriching Your Marriage ...

Get To Know Lynn Pak

Lynn Pak is our National Administrator and has been with Australian Navigators for 15 years. For our Winter 2024 issue of Compass, we asked her a few questions to help us get to know her better. While the printed newsletter gave us a snippet, we get a deeper insight into her heart for the ministry ...

What Do You Do In Daily Devotions?

Our daily devotions should always begin with the Gospel. We must remember that the Gospel speaks to the entire Christian life. It is not solely for the non-believer, but has much to say to the mature believer. We should remind ourselves of the Gospel as we confess that although we have been ...

Your Questions Answered - The Word Hand

Robin Dennis, one of our lifelong labourers and disciple-makers, is doing a series this year on how to use some of the 'discipleship tools' we have available. This article first appeared in the Compass newsletter, Autumn 2023 issue. The Word Hand Illustration I don’t think one can go past ...

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 ...

LifeChange Series: Ezekiel

Uncertain about the Future? Ezekiel faced immense uncertainty about the future—not so different from what we’re experiencing in our own time. The Old Testament book named after him portrays how Ezekiel sought to trust God and consistently obey Him despite difficult circumstances. Ezekiel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christlikeness, Day by Day

By Mike Johnson, Melbourne Labouring Community, first published in Compass Winter issue 2023 If the Spirit of God lives in a person, change is inevitable. How could it not be so? He is the Spirit of truth,1 God’s agent of transformation.2 God loves and wants the best for His children, so He ...

LifeChange Series: 1 Corinthians

Practical Instructions for Becoming Healthy Christians The Corinthian church was proud and prosperous. For them, the Apostle Paul had a stern reminder: Genuine spiritual maturity is found not through status and recognition but through faith, hope, and love. His practical instructions concerning ...

LifeChange Series: 1 Timothy

The First Handbook for Church Leaders For Timothy, pastoring the church in Ephesus was an overwhelming responsibility. So Paul wrote to encourage him in his faith and affirm his leadership and abilities. He also gave Timothy some guidelines for choosing leaders from within the congregation ...

LifeChange Series: 1 & 2 Samuel

God Begins Something New Israel wants a king. They want to be a kingdom. For decades God’s people had been stuck in cycles of sin and repentance—oppressed by rulers from outside and by sins from within. In 1 & 2 Samuel, God begins to do something new. Starting with Samuel’s miraculous ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LifeChange Series: Genesis

Start from the Beginning The book of Genesis is all about beginnings. God creates the heavens, the earth, plants and animals, men and women. When rebellion breaks out, God begins the task of mending His relationship with humanity and all creation. The stories that unfold in this extraordinary ...

LifeChange Series: Exodus

The Story of Humanity’s Redemption Continues The book of Exodus recounts how God brought Israel out of slavery and allowed them to become His treasured possession. Through miraculous deliverance and covenant law, the Redeemer is revealed. Exodus contains one of the earliest sets of laws ever ...

LifeChange Series: Leviticus & Numbers

Training toward Holiness Leviticus was a chisel, fashioning and forming the slaves of Egypt into the people of God. Leviticus was an exercise regimen, a plan for how God’s people could embrace God’s blessings. Leviticus was a time-out, a pause in the action for training toward ...

LifeChange Series: Joshua

God Fulfills His Promise It had been centuries since God promised to give Abraham and his family the land of Canaan. Now the time had finally come. The Lord—accompanied by Joshua, His veteran commander—leads His people to take possession of their promised inheritance. We find in the book of ...

LifeChange Series: 1 & 2 Kings

Even the Worst of Sinners How could God ever use a sinner like me? Most Christians wonder this at one point or another. Entangled by sin, we question whether anything we do is valuable to God. First and Second Kings show us how, despite the persistent sins of Israel’s leaders, Israel’s God ...

LifeChange Series: Ezra & Nehemiah

Rediscover God’s Presence When life is a shambles, we wonder what went wrong and long to see things put right. And often we long for the sense of God’s presence to return to our lives. The city of Jerusalem was a shambles—both its walls and its worship were crumbling. Ezra and Nehemiah ...

LifeChange Series: Job

Why? Relationships. Health. Work. Where have you encountered suffering? Wherever it is, Job knows how you feel. He experienced grief at every level. When we stumble into hardship, the first question we often ask is Why? And while spotting sorrow is easy, escaping it is hard. Suffering is a ...

LifeChange Series: Proverbs

A God-Shaped Life See what a God-shaped life looks like when it gets lived out. Using memorable images and poetic turns of phrase, Proverbs describes what our everyday lives look like when we’ve put our spiritual lives in order. Find help for every decision, and apply life-giving insights to ...

LifeChange Series: Ecclesiastes

What Desires Drive You? Every day bombards us with so many desires, and we wish we could pursue them all. Ecclesiastes recounts the story of one person who decided to try. He denied himself nothing that he wanted: Money. Sex. Power. Prestige. Knowledge. Experiences. He pursued them all. But what ...

LifeChange Series: Song of Solomon

Layers of Love Like a good love song, the Song of Solomon veils itself with layers of meaning. Human attraction and desire are clothed in images and metaphors that, when unfastened, make many people blush. Those human passions and impulses make up a second layer that, when pulled back, reveals a ...

LifeChange Series: Isaiah

Fiery Holiness, Burning Hope With word pictures to spark your imagination, the preeminent prophet Isaiah paints pictures of the holy and composes symphonies of hope. Witness the double-edged dynamic of God’s holiness, both burning away sin in the furnaces of His judgment and refining the ...

LifeChange Series: Jeremiah & Lamentations

Wrestling with Deep Human Emotions As much as we hope to avoid loneliness, sorrow, and suffering, we must learn how to accept them when they find us. Jeremiah was nicknamed “the weeping prophet” for his profound wrestling with these deep human emotions. The title of his second book, ...

LifeChange Series: Daniel

See God’s Hand in Your Life How can we live faithfully amid the fires of opposition? How can we stay close to God when doubt seeks to devour us? Daniel the prayer warrior shows us how to keep God’s perspective always before us. Zoom in on Daniel’s story and the pressures he faced to let ...

LifeChange Series: Matthew

In Jesus, God Fulfills His Promises Throughout his Gospel, Matthew takes us back to the Old Testament over and over again to remind us of all that God promised. Since the Fall, humanity had been waiting, hoping for a way back to the Garden, back to life with God and God with us. In Jesus, God ...

LifeChange Series: Mark

The Earliest Account of Jesus’ Life When Jesus came claiming to be the promised Messiah, the Jewish people were expecting a powerful warrior-king who would throw off their oppressors. Instead, He served the needs of the weak and suffered injury from the strong. Because He did not fit their ...

LifeChange Series: Galatians

Embrace Freedom Are you living in freedom, or do you feel imprisoned? Even Christians sometimes find themselves bound by religious obligations. Writing to the church he had founded in Galatia, the apostle Paul passionately rails against rules and regulations threatening to restrict the ...

LifeChange Series: 2 Timothy

Unwavering Focus Shortly before his execution, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter from a Roman prison to encourage his beloved disciple Timothy. Timothy pastored the church at Ephesus that Paul had planted, and now the church faced persecution from pagans, internal strife among believers, and ...

LifeChange Series: Titus

Put Doctrine into Practice The Apostle Paul wrote to Titus, a faithful leader helping to establish structure in a young church, encouraging him to help Christians put their doctrine into practice—to behave in ways that would “make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.” Paul offers ...

LifeChange Series: 1, 2 & 3 John

See Who God Is and What Love Is Who is God? What is love? People have asked these questions for thousands of years, and they were asking them in John’s day too. Christians like John believed the answers were found in Jesus, but some so-called believers were leading people astray, questioning ...

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 ...

Get To Know Clint and Leigh Ann Trebesh

Clint and Leigh Ann have served on staff with The Navigators since 2004. They have worked in camp and conference ministry, led disciple-making work among university students, and laboured with multiple city teams, before moving to Melbourne earlier this year. This is the unabridged version of their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your Questions Answered! - by Theresa

The abridged version of this interview was first published in Compass, Spring 2019. Being on mission looks different for each of us. Some are compelled to go to far-flung nations while others are called to stay right where they are. What does being a local missionary look like? Theresa Suan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Living with Christ as Lord

By Scott Brown, Sydney City Leader (first published in Compass Autumn 2023) From the earliest days of the Navigators, Dawson Trotman’s Wheel Illustration highlighted the importance of living with Christ as Lord, or as he termed it, with Christ the Centre. Galatians 2:20 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 ...

Go And Make Disciples

By Grant Dibden Looking at the spiritual condition of our nation it’s easy to see a picture similar to that described in Matthew 9: 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 ...

Another "New" Life in 2020 - Addy

Another Story of New Life in 2020 A Personal Testimony by Adelaide Donohue Most people know me as Addy or Adelaide. Here's a little background: I was born and raised in Canberra. I have been in a Christian environment my whole life. I grew up going to church most Sundays like a lot of other ...

Julie Leads Generations

Dave and Julie McIntosh lead our Navigator work at Macquarie University. This is one story of what God has been doing through Navigators to grow generations of disciples. Julie shares: During my first two years serving at Macquarie University, it felt as though almost all of our female students ...

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 ...

Practice of Godliness (Study Guide), The

JERRY BRIDGES Godliness is more than a character trait, writes Jerry Bridges. It is a foundational spiritual quality that makes the entire Christian life dynamic, effective, and pleasing to God. Growing in godliness is a twofold process. It involves an ever-deepening devotion to God and ...

Jesus

Jesus the Man Jesus is the central figure in Christianity. He was and is the most effective and compelling leader in all of recorded history. He was born into a lower class family to a teenage mum and worked as a carpenter until aged 30. But then He took 12 ordinary blokes – fishermen and tax ...

Remembering Dr John Ridgway

By Mike Swan I met John for the first time on 19 June 1972. In a few months, that will be fifty years ago. I know the date as well as I know my birthday, because it became my ‘new birth’ day. In the space of 48 momentous hours, I travelled ‘the road less travelled’ from unbelief to faith ...

How to Read the Bible Better

By Mike Johnson, Melbourne Labouring Community (First published in Compass Autumn 2024) Have you ever thought you understood what someone was saying but, without the full picture, made a complete muddle of their meaning? I have, and it’s embarrassing. God speaks through His Scriptures and, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our Staff Job Studies

From Grant Dibden We had a wonderful time considering several of our staff Job studies during the year. It is such a packed book and we were challenged as we reflected back over the whole book, its themes and big lessons as part of our final study time. The book of Job explores why God ...

Soul Guide

BRUCE DEMAREST Identity. Purpose. Hearing God. Direction. Relationships. Life is a journey and the path is rarely straight and smooth. On the way, we must make a myriad of decisions on career, marriage, ministry, lifestyle and more. How do we know which path to take? We need a wise guide with a ...

Life Verse

DAVID EDWARDS The Life Verse experience helps readers see the broad themes of Scripture and overlay them on the themes of their own lives. From there, author David Edwards invites readers deeper into Scripture to find their personal life verse and to understand the richness of its context and ...

Coming to Know Christ Through Conversation

By Cynthia Mitchell Rod and Rita Jolly are labourers from our Melbourne Navigator Community. They have been ministering faithfully for many years with International Students. The festive cheer was alive and active as Rod and Rita opened their home for 18 English Conversation Class ...

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, ...

LifeChange Series: James

Growing in God takes work We don’t wake up wise, and faith is not a reflex. James, a pastor in biblical times, recognized this as he wrote the book of James. His letter confronts the confidence we place in our own capacity for wisdom and faith. He challenges us to instead receive God’s ...

Th1ink LifeChange: James - A Double-Edged Bible Study

THE NAVIGATORS Growing in God takes work. We don’t wake up wise, and faith is not a reflex. James, a pastor in biblical times, recognised this as he wrote the book of James. His letter confronts the confidence we place in our own capacity for wisdom and faith. He challenges us to instead ...

Friendship Counseling

KEVIN D HUGGINS What Can I Say? When a friend's in pain, what do you say? Do you stall and sputter, like a foot just landed in your mouth? Most of us grope for the right words, feeling unequipped for the task. But we don't need to respond that way. The words of a friend - your words - can ...

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. ...

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 ...

The Foundation of Many Generations

By Doug Utley, Melbourne Labouring Community We escaped to Hamilton Island in August for a week. Glorious sun and warm water, beaches and coral reef. One night, I got up for a drink and was stopped in my tracks by the night sky entering through the balcony doors. It was a moonless night and with ...

The Lord Establishes

By Leah Brown, Sydney Labouring Community (first published in Compass Autumn 2023) Over the last three years, the Lord has been bringing my attention to the truth of Proverbs 16:9, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.” He’s done this in two ...

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 ...

SCL1: Knowing Jesus Christ

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 1 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

SCL2: Beginning a New Life

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 2 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

SCL3: Talking With Christ

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 3 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

SCL5: Developing Your Faith

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 5 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

SCL6: Serving Others

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 6 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

Interrupted

JEN HATMAKER An Adventure in Rediscovering the Essentials of Faith What happens when Jesus interrupts the average life? Interrupted encourages believers to ask if their lives bring integrity to the gospel. Follow the faith journey of author and fellow disciple-maker Jen Hatmaker and rediscover ...

SCL4: Growing as a Christian

STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING SERIES BOOK 4 In Studies in Christian Living, you'll find help for establishing a program of personal study in God's Word, learning and practising the essentials of a well-rounded Christian life, and growing into a plan of Bible study you can continue on your ...

Q & A with Jane Sheppard

Let's get to know another one of our new Ministry Apprentices. This time from our Melbourne Labouring Community. How did you come to be with Navigators? As a young adult I had asked God to provide me with a godly woman who could be a spiritual mentor to me. After persevering 20 years in ...

Your Questions Answered - Navigator Discipleship

Fran Johnson from our Melbourne Labouring Community answers some of your questions about Navigator discipleship. Why have you enjoyed Navigator discipleship, in group and individual settings? Navigator one-to-one discipleship began my spiritual transformation. I was quite broken spiritually ...

Thanks for growing with us!

Thank you to all our partners that have contributed over the past 2 years to our Growing Capacity appeal! We started this project with a goal of reaching $500,000 in order for our fund to reach perpetuity.  At the beginning of our 2017 appeal we needed $230,000 to reach this goal. Last year we ...

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 ...

The Gospel at Work

By Adrian Cassar, first published in Compass, Summer 2020 Gospel in Me I didn’t grow up going to church but after uni, pondered the big question – why am I here? Over the next year, God put several people in my path that led me to the Bible and to giving my life to Christ in February of ...

Spurred on to Love Others

By Daryl Goh, International Student Ministry, first published in Compass, Winter 2019. I’ve been a part of the Navigators International Student Ministry (ISM) with “Aunty” Sharon and “Uncle” Andrew for the past year, along with other first-year international medical students at Monash ...

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 ...