Congregation-based Training Programs

Revitalisation Training

Our Ministry Development Officer Rev Chris Siriweera conducts Revitalisation Training weekends including a presentation titled ‘Towards A Healthier Church’ in which the following topics are covered:

What is the Church?
What is Church Revitalisation?
Why Church Revitalisation?
Symptoms of Declining Churches
The Church at Ephesus - a Case Study
Leadership
WELL [Worship, Evangelism, Loving, Learning]
Igniting the Fire - the Holy Spirit and Revitalisation
Developing Ministry Teams
Staying on Mission

There is also an action plan as a follow up to the seminar where Chris works closely with the Minister and the leadership to track any implementation/progress arising from the seminar.

How To Share Your Faith - Evangelism Training

Think about evangelism and how to share your faith
To be intentional about sharing our faith - individually and collectively

Developing Church Leaders

This is training in Pastoral Leadership, with a focus on church Elders.

What is a leader?
Why should we develop leaders?
How do we go about developing church leaders?
Presbyterian church governance structure
Elders as shepherds

Contact us at mdc@pcv.org.au to express interest in any of our training programs for your church.

Other Programs

Kingdom Come Online Prayer Meeting

Join us for prayer for our church, the world-wide church and the world.

Kingdom Come Online Prayer Meetings are held 4 times a year at 8am on a Saturday morning. Zoom links are sent out closer to the date via the PCV Email Network.

Dates for upcoming Kingdom Online Prayer meetings in 2023 are:

Saturday 13 May
Saturday 11 August
Saturday 18 November

Peer Support Program

Meeting regularly with church Pastors across the state in small groups to encourage one another in:

Our walks with the Lord
Family life
Ministry
Church revitalisation efforts
To upskill each other

For more information about any of our programs contact us at mdc@pcv.org.au .