When a church truly adopts Community Transformation as its primary focus then how the church is run and the full time positions of the leaders will look quite different.One such church which is seeking to go down this road is Lighthouse in Wollongong, an hour south of Sydney.
It was very interesting to observe close up last month what it means to truly embrace this new model of church.

Ian & his wife Judith were a huge blessing to lighthouse over the past weekend. Ian’s message has a great edge, that many at lighthouse gravitated towards as it is has a great synergy with what we are trying to build here at a lighthouse.  

Back in the early nineties was the first time that I met Albert Durko. He had come to one of the training programmes that I ran for emerging leaders. It is only recently that I have had the privilege to reconnect with him again and to be introduced to the Hungarian Gypsy Mission that he oversees. What an incredible organisation! What an incredible vision!

The ‘Flourish Project’ is a Proton Foundation programme and is created as a vehicle to build relationship with educational institutions, churches and youth organisations, with the intention that through positive connections, networks and influence, change will take place in the wider community.

It was a great pleasure and honour to have Ian come and speak with the students on the Kairos Leadership Academy.

It’s fair to say they were glued to their seats as he unpacked his many God stories, his personal journey of faith and how he has trained and served so many people worldwide.

We had a wonderful weekend with Ian Green. He brought a message that challenged our thinking and understanding of how we do church. His message also inspires us to believe that God can and wants to use us.
We are seeking God to transform our town and God used Ian to start the conversation of how God wants us to be part of transforming our Town.