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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mission, The

Mike Treneer

Our Mission Heritage

The Great Commission: The Mission of The Navigators

by Lorne Sanny (former President of The Navigators), reprinted from "The Compass", September 1981 Just before Jesus left earth and ascended into heaven He gave some last instructions. These were in the form of a commission, which we call the Great Commission . . . words to be obeyed by all ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Update Autumn 2017

Dear Friend, Every nation, tribe, people and language bowing before God in worship... That’s our future as promised by God. This promise’s fulfilment began to take shape through twelve ordinary men and continues today as we carry on the command of making disciples. Investing life on life, ...

Update Winter 2017

Dear Friend, North India is a tough place … hot, humid, polluted, dirty, diseased, poor, and crowded. There are huge needs and so Navigators have sent a small team there to reach Muslims. I have a leadership role for this team, so I recently visited. North India is one of the most unreached ...

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 ...

They Gave Their Lives

By Scott Brown “They gave their lives”... That simple inscription sits above the door to the Australian War Memorial. These four words etched in stone reflect the legacy of countless soldiers whose names line the poppy-covered walls leading toward the entrance. Their sacrifices are ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Shaping Our Faith Directions

By Grant Dibden "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept.  I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth." Isaiah 49:6 Jeanette and I, along with 85 ...

The Sacrifice

This is the transcript of the ANZAC talk given by Grant Dibden on 24 April, 2019, at Anglicare Residential Care, Lemon Grove Gardens, Penrith. ANZAC Day commemorates a great defeat which seems very strange to other nations.  Australia’s most hallowed day of military remembering doesn’t ...

Feeling "small"

By Scott Brown, Sydney Labouring Community When was the last time you felt small? Was it among the foothills of the Rockies or standing on the coastline with nothing but water in view? Perhaps it was staring up at the brilliance of the night sky overflowing with stars. For me, it was in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Monash International Students Ministry Conference 2026

Mt Evelyn Discovery Camp 70 Tramway Rd, Mount Evelyn VIC 3796 10-12 April 2025 With Guest Speakers: Bernard & Lilian Lee, who are trained English teachers from Singapore. Over a period of 45 years they have discipled young people who today walk with and serve the Lord in several ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Events

We would love to see you at our community gatherings and appreciate your prayers if you are unable to join us! Keep this page bookmarked.   National July - Mission Trip 28-30 August - National Council Meeting 16-20 November - Annual Staff Retreat Late 2026 (TBA) - Mission ...

Community

It is interesting that the word “community” does not appear in the Scriptures. However, the concept of community permeates the Scriptures. Community describes how the people of God are towards each other. It is how we relate to each other, how we live as brothers and sisters in Christ who are ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Word of God at Work

By Macquarie University Student Ministry The Bible stands not only as a primary means by which God shares who He is, but as a foundational means for strengthening and building our relationship with Him. Students involved in Macquarie University Navigators spent a semester studying the book ...

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, ...

LifeChange Series: Acts

How did the church explode from a tiny group to a worldwide force in just a few years? After Jesus left His followers with a mission, the Spirit of God moved mightily through them to fulfill it. Luke’s account of how the gospel was carried from Jerusalem to Rome—despite every conceivable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Missions

Our heart is to advance the Gospel among the nations for the glory of God. World mission has been a hallmark of the Navigator ministry since inception. We are part of a worldwide movement having full and part-time missionaries and key laypeople working in over 100 countries: 30 or more of these ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alone

By Andy Braner Despite hundreds of Instagram friends and thousands of text messages, why do students feel so alone? It’s a sad irony that today’s students have never been more connected―and have never felt more isolated. Andy Braner believes the answer lies in showing students how to build ...

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 ...

International Navigators

The Navigators is an international inter-denominational Christian Mission Organisation. We are a global movement. Statistics for the Navigators do not really capture what we do, but they may give you an idea of the breadth of the ministry. We have over 5000 staff in more than 100 ...

Missions

Mission is on the very heart of God. God is a sending God. For God so loved THE WORLD that He sent his only Son to die for it. God’s heart for the nations calls for a bi-focal vision, both into the nations and to our nation. To help get the world on our heart, browse through our resources and ...

Six Critical Factors of a Multiplying Ministry

You may have already come across or even completed some of the studies in The Six Critical Factors of a Multiplying Ministry series while browsing through our site. The Six Critical Factors ... is a series of comprehensive studies, prepared by Grant Dibden, and includes the following topics: CF1 ...

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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 ...

A Purpose Greater Than Myself

By John Ridgway, first printed in "Compass" Autumn 2003 God's purposes and plans are brilliant, extensive, unique, lavish and exceedingly glorious beyond our comprehension. As a young teenager growing up in Sydney, my parents brought me up in the ways of God and we attended church every ...

I Heard the Voices of Angels

Earlier this month, our National Director, Grant Dibden, and his wife, Jeanette, joined the Tonga Conference and celebrated 40 years of Navigator Ministry there. Here is just a snippet of what happened as shared by Grant... What an inspiring experience our trip to Tonga was! Not only did we ...

A Fund-Matching Opportunity

God's Heart - And Ours - For Every Nation: Bangladesh   This year, one of our partners in the mission of reaching the world for Jesus has generously offered to match your giving for this campaign - dollar for dollar! How fantastic is that! And we are on the way! Donations are ...

How Do You Engage with Community ?

With Dan Pass, first published in Compass, Autumn 2020 Q&A with Dan & Beth Pass: Engaging with Community 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 ...

An Everyday Labourer For God's Kingdom

Kristin Coulson, from Compass, Spring 2018 When you think of a labourer, do the words “manual work, dirty, and hard” come to mind? What is Jesus talking about when he calls us “labourers for the harvest fields” in Matthew 9? Belinda Krause and her husband, Nathan, live in Canberra and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

A Heart for the Nations

By Julie, Short-Term Missions Team, first published in Compass, Spring 2019 My husband and I have always had a deep burden for the nations and a longing to see labourers for the Kingdom next door to everywhere. One thing this burden has prompted us to do is to lead a number of short-term ...

"As the Father has sent me..."

By Bruce Clarke, first published in Compass, Spring 2019 The word “mission” has its origin from the Latin “mittere” used to translate the Greek “apostele”, giving us the word “apostle”. It has the meaning of God sending and people being sent for the purpose of salvation and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discovering Your Design

By Ian McIntosh, Staff Care. Know Yourself. Made in the image of God. Genesis 1:27 The need to answer the question: “Who am I, and why am I here?” has always been at the core of our very being. God made us this way for His Purposes. “Men go abroad to wonder at the height of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LifeChange Series: John

Who was Jesus—a wise teacher? A prophet? A fake? During Jesus’ lifetime, few understood His mission as the Light of the world. But the truth is unfolded for us centuries later through the eyes of one of His most beloved disciples. Since biblical times, John’s portrait of Jesus has drawn ...

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; ...

Funding Your Ministry

Scott Morton Whether you are experienced at fundraising or just starting out, Funding Your Ministry will help answer your questions and put you on the biblical path for recruiting and maintaining donor support. A Biblical Strategy to Finance Your Ministry How many potential missionaries ...

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 ...

Uncompromised Faith

S MICHAEL CRAVEN In today's culture of modernism, Christianity is an afterthought. Explore how the majesty and radical reality of God’s amazing grace has been rendered impotent in America. Then begin to tear down the cultural barriers to both the acceptance of the gospel and the mission of the ...

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 ...