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The C3 Global Fast — 21 days of prayer of fasting from 9th- 28th March 2013 Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 The secret to a major breakthrough in any circumstance is [...]

I love this time of year. Many people are coming back from holidays and are feeling refreshed, they’re making key decisions about their coming year and it’s a great opportunity to re-state the vision for our church and call people to be involved in a cause that has eternal consequences – Building the Church. In [...]

How to Recruit Volunteers An annual recruitment drive is an excellent means of: Recruiting new volunteers. Inspiring and celebrating your current workers. Giving volunteers an opportunity to try something new. Key elements of a recruitment drive: Conduct it over two weekends. Preach on serving. Get volunteers to share their stories. Highlight unsung heroes. Ask everyone [...]

How to Empower a Church in Soul Winning Soul winning is easy when believers are full of JOY, and they understand HOW to win souls! Many of God’s people have been crippled and silenced through disappointment, which is the opposite of joy. If left festering, disappointments can turn to unbelief. Unbelief is sin! Ouch! BUT… There [...]

Alpha Report for C3 Church Victory, Newcastle Last year, C3 Victory ran Student Alpha throughout our church. Not only was it a great course with relevant and culturally appropriate material, but it provided the church with an effective tool to reach pre-believing friends. The mandate of the local church is to reach lost people and [...]

During the first week of June this year Christian Schwarz, the founder of Natural Church Development (NCD) toured Australia. It was great to meet up with many of our C3 NCD representatives around the country at Christian’s conferences. Christian introduced his new resources that particularly address the quality characteristics of ‘Empowering Leadership’ and ‘Holistic Small [...]

What Makes a Connect Group Vibrant? Why Is It Important To Have Vibrant Connect Groups? What makes them so? Walking into a large auditorium where you don’t know anyone can be rather daunting at the best of times. If that auditorium is a Church, where yes, you may get a welcome from a few people [...]

Connect Group Makeover Three years ago we realized the need to change our approach to building Connect Groups in our church. They were not working and we knew we had to think outside the box of the past. In the past our Connect Group ministry had created social connections and a place for friendships to [...]

Connect Groups in our church have always been an integral part of the way our people are cared for and connect to God and His family. The core values in our church are LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, SERVE GOD, SERVE PEOPLE and Connect Groups are an expression of the LOVE PEOPLE section. Loving people in our church family [...]

What is ALPHA? ALPHA is a seven week practical introduction to the christian faith. It is an opportunity for people from all walks of life to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed setting over seven thought-provoking weekly sessions, with a day or weekend away in the middle. ALPHA began at Holy Trinity Brompton in central London [...]