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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 ...

Gospel of John - The Message

Eugene Peterson Read what the apostle John witnessed as he walked alongside Jesus – the man whose message of raw truth, pure love, and clear purpose can radically change your life! Bible scholar Eugene Peterson’s modern paraphrase The Message: The Gospel of John brings the apostle’s ...

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Labourers Like Jesus, Message 2

Mike Treneer

Labourer: Compassionately in the Harvest, Message 3

Mike Treneer

Rightly Handling the Word of Truth, Message 4

Mike Treneer

Labourer (What is a?) Message 1

Mike Treneer

Message 1

Mike Shamy

Message 2

Mike Shamy

Message 3

Mike Shamy

Message 4

Mike Shamy

2023 Conf. Message 2 - Community in Discipleship

Mutua Mahiaini

2023 Conf. Message 4 - Generational Ministry

Mutua Mahiaini

2023 Conf. Message 3 - Among the Lost in Discipleship

Mutua Mahiaini

2023 Conf. Message 1 - The One Who Calls

Mutua Mahiaini

The God Who Calls - 2023 Conf Message 1

Community in Discipleship - 2023 Conf Message 2

Being Among the Lost in Discipleship - 2023 Conf Message 3

Generational Ministry - 2023 Conf Message 4

Grant Dibden's Christmas Message 2023

Scott Brown's Christmas Message 2025

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Topical Memory System

If you want to memorise Scripture, but aren't sure what to memorise or how, this system is exactly what you need to begin hiding God's word in your heart. The Topical Memory System is the clear, simple, proven way to meditate on key Bible verses. As a result, you can: Experience freedom ...

Topical Memory System

The Navigators’ Scripture Memory Course HIDE GOD’S WORD IN YOUR HEART — WHERE IT WILL SHAPE YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT. Wherever life takes you, the Topical Memory System (TMS) provides a portable, effective way to memorize Scripture. Developed by The Navigators, the Topical Memory System ...

Would You Win an Arm Wrestle?

By Philip McMaster, from their ministry newsletter, McMaster News, October 2018 Did you arm wrestle when you were growing up? I used to love arm wrestling with my brother and my dad when I was younger (and stronger!) It was great fun trying to win and you never quite knew what would happen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experience the Life Series: Love as Jesus Loved

BILL HULL & PAUL MASCARELLA Transformed Relationships Book 3 of Experience the Life Series The love that flows from your life is a reflection of your Christlike character. But what does that look like? By cultivating trust in your relationships, practicing the character of humility, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Joy of Labouring

By Paul Baily, Melbourne Labouring Community. This article was first published in our newsletter, Compass, Autumn 2026. The Great Commission and the call of sending out labourers into the harvest has been echoed from pulpits for centuries. As each generation pleads these causes, I imagine the ...

Born to Reproduce (Booklet)

Born to Reproduce was originally a 47-minute message given to the staff of Back to the Bible in 1955. A message that burned deeply in Dawson Trotman’s soul, it was later transcribed and published as a booklet that has been read by thousands over the past 50 years. This booklet reintroduces the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vinyl Versecard Holder Wallet

This card holder for verse cards measures approximately 3.25" x 4.75" (8.3 x 12.1 cm) when fully open and has 2 pockets for holding verse cards. Great for the Topical Memory System verse cards.

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, ...

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 ...

How do we care for international student graduates?

Caring for our co-labourers is a vital ingredient in keeping our communities strong. Kanini Mapperson and her husband, Tim, are community leaders in our International Student Ministry in Melbourne. June Sparks took the opportunity to sit with Kanini to get some tips on how to continue caring for ...

Jordan got baptised!

By Andrew Oldfield, Canberra Labouring Community. One of the highlights of this year's ministry at ADFA was seeing one of the cadets, Jordan, get baptised. I’d met Jordan for the first time at the start of the year as I started with Navigators at ADFA. Before this he had met with Thomas, ...

Your Questions Answered - The Chain Illustration

This year, we look at some “discipling” tools and how we can use them for our own ministries. In the last issue, Robin Dennis discussed how we could apply The Word Hand illustration. In this issue, he looks at The Chain Illustration - How to claim a promise, with an example of how to use ...

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 ...

Foundations for Life

By Levi Swatzentruber, Canberra Labouring Community University students are at a pivotal time of life, they are forming convictions, making life-direction choices and often forming what they believe for the first time. Yet, one opportunity which God has given me has reminded me that there is ...

Viewing Human Achievement: Western Culture 4

   “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah 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 need, ...

Satisfy My Thirsty Soul

LINDA DILLOW Be drawn into God's presence, where He can satisfy your thirsty soul. Women have an innate thirst for true, genuine intimacy. Author Linda Dillow believes that this desire is created―and can only be satisfied―by a relationship with God. This 12-week devotional Bible study ...

My Worship Journey

LINDA DILLOW A Companion Guide to Satisfy My Thirsty Soul This personal companion journal to Linda Dillow’s devotional Bible study Satisfy My Thirsty Soul can help women record their thoughts, prayers, and insights. See how far God has brought you in your Christian walk, write down what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sharing ANZAC Day with you

During this unexpected time of isolation and distancing for health purposes, we long to still share in commemorating a day that is important and special to us all. And so, despite not being able to march or meet together, we could perhaps at least listen to one common message and prayer. Please ...

From Grant to You - Resilience of Joseph

A message from our National Director, Grant Dibden. This message also published in Compass Winter 2022 issue. Perhaps one of the greatest stories of resilience in the Scriptures is that of Joseph. As we think of Joseph’s life, we see that he experienced great extremes – he was his father’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark Bible Study

By Luke Midena, with Scott Brown, for the National Council In our Staff Bible studies this year, we continued to explore how Jesus made disciples in Mark’s gospel. Here are a few insights. Jesus was not simply teaching his disciples but training them, and a core focus of their training was ...

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 ...

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, ...

Living Proof

LIVING PROOF - Sharing the Gospel Naturally Jim Petersen Do you have a hard time sharing your faith with others? It’s no wonder. Our society has become more secular and more in opposition to all things Christian. But that doesn't mean that people are beyond the reach of the gospel-it just ...

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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 ...

Labouring Together in the Nations

Help Others Grow

In the very intense moment where Jesus is giving His final instructions on earth, He is aware that the disciples could give their lives to many very, very good things – but miss this critical thing. So He sums up his priority for them in the most concise and direct way: “Make disciples”. But ...

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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 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 ...

Christlikeness (Booklet)

Jim White Transform your character through love, meekness and transparency to become more like Christ. Navigator Jim White helps you develop and integrate three characteristics of Jesus' life -- transparency, meekness, and love -- and avoid common errors in the pursuit of becoming like ...

Praise Habit

DAVID CROWDER  Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi Praise is something we are, not something we do. Musician David Crowder redefines our perspective of God and helps us develop a habit of praising God by reflecting on targeted psalms from The Message//REMIX. Ideal for teens and those who love ...

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 ...

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 ...

Importing Gift Income & Contacts

1. How to import your Gift Income each month After your gift income is imported with no errors continue to step two to fix any items needing your attention.  (If the MPDX email gives you an import error message then follow instructions in the email.) Note: Each monthly import file sent with ...

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 ...

Jim Downing

"They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green . . . " - Psalm 92:14 We remember and celebrate the life of one of the pioneers of The Navigators, Jim Downing, who passed away in Colorado Springs this week, aged 104 years old. Here is a classic message from Jim from ...

Born to Reproduce - A Story by Tony McLennan

First published in Compass, Autumn 2014. Dawson Trotman gave a signature message called "Born to Reproduce" which sets out the normal expectation that mature believers are to reproduce the spiritual life they have by bringing the Gospel to new people. The passion to be involved with the Holy ...

Labouring in Hard Soil

By Mike Treneer “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.” Psalm 126:5 Jesus often used agricultural metaphors to describe the growth of the Kingdom of God. • The Kingdom is like “a man sowing seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kingdom Community

By Frank Tully, first published in Compass, Autumn 2019 In order to follow God’s calling in our lives – To advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom - we need to have a context. For Navigators, that context is authentic community deeply rooted in the Kingdom of God. We don’t consider ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Christmas in the MER

A Christmas message from our National Director, Grant Dibden, from the Middle East Region (MER).   10 000 Afghanistan Army soldiers are killed each year that we know of. There’s probably more, and about half that number of civilians. And this doesn’t include the enemy. That was what ...

A Glass Half ...

By Paul Bailey, Melbourne University Ministry, (first published in Compass Winter 2023) The Great Commission – a command given to all yet not fully understood by all. Dawson Trotman poses a challenge in “The Need of the Hour” to all believers on their perspectives on this command. He ...

Labourers for Life

By Mike Johnson, first published in Compass, Winter 2020 edition. “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” Acts 20: 24 The apostle Paul ...

The Lordship of Jesus

By Mike Johnson, first published in Compass, Autumn 2021 edition (if you would like to receive the hard copy, please contact our office). Navigators are called to advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom. The message we have is one about a man who walked among us, shared in all things human, ...

Foundations of Resilience

By Bruce Clarke. First published in Compass, Autumn 2022. The global pandemic has significantly changed our lives through lockdowns and restrictions affecting employment, relationships, travel, gatherings, sport, etc. We are cut off from so much of what is important to us as creative, social ...

Another Student Receives Christ

By Luke Midena, Canberra Labouring Community Your prayer has been answered! Yesterday the Burmese student I asked you to pray for in August received Christ. I love how God brought this about. As I sat down with this student yesterday, the pressing question on his mind wasn’t, ‘How can I be ...

Joy to the World!

A Christmas message from National Director, Grant Dibden It is a wonderful blessing to be grounded by the rhythm of each year, so as we approach the celebration of the birth of our Lord it is important to reflect and remember the most important things. Recently I saw a piece on Jonah being a ...

From Grant to You - God's Word is Flawless

Dear Friend, Ps 12:6,7 says “The words of the Lord are words that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.” Psalm 19:7 says, “The law of the Lord is perfect”. Proverbs 30:5 tell us, “Every word of God is flawless.” Psalm 119:160 says, “All your ...

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 ...

From Grant To You - Beautiful Feet

Dear Friend, There are all sorts of feet. There are large feet, small feet, long feet, short feet, lean feet, and pudgy feet. Did you know that there are foot models? They get paid to have their feet photographed! Look at your feet. Do you like them? On a scale of one to ten – one being ...

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 ...

God's Word Impacting Young Hearts

By Rob Allen (with Angie Allen), Queensland Labouring Community, first published in Compass Winter 2024 issue. Angie and I thank God for having the opportunity to share God’s message of love and hope through His Word with young people over the decades. Many are under enormous social, ...

Reaching and Equipping Cadets

We are so thankful for your partnership with Navigators. Every gift you give – whether for an individual labourer, a special project or where needed most – helps our work in advancing the Kingdom. Andrew Oldfield is part of our Canberra Navigator community, working with Trainee Cadets and ...

Respectable Sins (Revised edition)

Jerry Bridges WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO SIN? Have Christians become so preoccupied with the major sins of our society that we have lost sight of our need to deal with our own more subtle sins? Jerry Bridges addresses a dozen clusters of specific "acceptable" sins that we tend to tolerate in ...

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 ...