Trends, Challenges, and Strategic Responses for Australian Churches and Denominations in 2026

England persisting with Bazball despite clear data, media analysis, and fan feedback looks very similar to a declining church refusing to act on obvious signs of trouble.

Trends, insights into faith and church attendance in Australia in 2025. How we can respond.

Factors that influence church decline and how to respond to these factors and decline in the West.

MULTIPLY! The good ground represents the heart of a man who...goes out and brings thirty, sixty, or even a hundred others into the Kingdom.

Gen Y & Z are helping us to reimagine the future of the church as multiplying: multisite & micro - deeply connected to local communities.

17 January, 2024 At the start of a new year, I don’t think there could be many more important things than reprioritising local mission,...

Easter is our celebration of hope. Sure hope. Not a vague wish. Certain hope. Wild hope. Hope beyond our largest dreams or imaginings....

1. Reflecting on your own well-being/levels of burnout Pastors and other leaders that I talk with are tired. There are probably at least...

I have consulted with around 70 churches in the area of transition and change. COVID-19 is forcing change on the church in so many ways....

A conversation that I have been having with a number of people is "what does a healthy church look like?" This is not an exhaustive list,...

The New Year is often a great time to reflect on 2018 and also to look forward to what 2019 will bring. We can do that as individuals as...

In the current milieu we have an ambivalent relationship with growth. The topic of church growth has become out-of-favour, recognizing...

What happens to churches that engage a consultant? Do they decline, revitalise, or plateau?This research tracks the journey of ten...