As a movement, we are focused on intentionally identifying, discipling, raising up, giving opportunities to and supporting both pastoral and lay leaders to attain the goal of ‘A thousand healthy churches in a generation’.

The Gen1K Leadership Development team has responsibility for raising up pastors who are leaders who operate with servant, pastoral hearts. It is charged additionally with the task of identifying ways of fostering intentional lay leadership development in the churches of the movement. This leadership development must happen across the generations. It needs to happen across ethnic and cultural lines. It must happen intentionally and urgently. It must happen at grassroot levels.

The Gen1K Leadership team is involved in the development and implementation of strategies and approaches for building the personal and ministry effectiveness and health of NSW and ACT Baptist pastors.

They work strategically in providing advice, resources and training for pastors and churches through the provision of:

• Supervision and support of ministerial candidates during the period of their training, and beyond
• Guidance to churches and pastors regarding the processes around pastoral placements.
• Leadership training that aims to sustain the health and effectiveness of Baptist pastors in NSW and the ACT
• Provision of pastoral care strategies and resources for Baptist pastors and their families in NSW and the ACT

Discipleship

Followers of Jesus are to be making disciples. It is to be at the heart of what we do and spans the whole spectrum of faith development from pre-evangelism to winning others to Christ to identifying and forming new leaders.

The Baptist Association of NSW & ACT identifies the making of disciples as one of its core values. The Association has articulated the following as one of the “Big Six” 2017 – 2019 Strategic Objectives: “Encourage and support the development of a disciple-making culture across all generations throughout our Association.” A Discipleship Advisory Group works towards giving legs and hands to this objective.

The Association aims to produce new resources to promote and resource discipleship in the local church. We focus on strategies to encouraging disciple-making in our churches by:

• Identifying and networking leaders and churches who are doing discipleship well
• Promoting effective disciple-making strategies to our pastors and churches
• Championing disciple-making as a key aspect for all our gatherings
• Acting as a hub for those seeking disciple-making resources

Insights: News – the new Association resource delivered to your inbox monthly! Insights: News replaces our Pastors and Leaders Enews from prior years, and sits alongside our revamped monthly Insights online gathering for pastors and leaders.  While you’ll continue to see helpful information and resources in this new format, Insights:News will have additional content that we trust will equip you in leadership and mission in your church!

You’ll see here encouraging stories from our churches and updates of what’s happening in various areas of our movement’s life, including our affiliated groups, so you can stay up to date.