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Power to Change Australia commissioned McCrindle to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on young Christians.
This report, commissioned by Power to Change, compiles quantitative data from an online survey of 500 Australians aged 16-22 living in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. The research objectives focused on understanding the impact of COVID-19 on young adults who had ceased attending their churches during 2020 and 2021. An online panel was used to engage young adults (aged 18-22) who attended church at least monthly in 2019.
Power to Change also conducted ten in-depth interviews with church pastors and leaders from various denominations and states. These interviews aimed to delve deeper into the effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on the church engagement of young Australians. McCrindle reviewed the transcripts of these interviews and integrated a selection of insights into this report, providing valuable quotes and case studies.
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We are excited to share the new format of MyFriends - all our materials are now online.
You can run and attend a MyFriends training from any device anywhere - at your church, sitting under a tree on a sunny day or even in your local cafe .... all the participant materials and videos are available through your Movementbuilders.org.au training hub.
What are you waiting for?
Join a virtual MyFriends training or run one for your church or ministry - to find out more information go to MyFriends - Power to Change.
Did you miss our Digital Ministries Webinar?
How is your ministry reaching out to "Digital Natives" - or "screen-agers"?
How are you recovering from COVID? Are people coming back ... have you lost a few along the way? How do we reach out to people in our "COVID-Normal" world?
Learn about some of our shared challenges and how Power to Change is embracing our new Digital World and using digital tools to answer some of these questions.
Watch the webinar:
Power to Change Digital Ministries Webinar
Password - #?1@m?wc
Webinar Special
Want to review the MyFriends Course for FREE?
We have set up a special course for you to review the materials and give us some feedback.
Click on MyFriends - Digital Ministries course
Student Enrolment Key: MyFriendsDigitalMinistries
This will give you access until Christmas 2022.
It isn't too late to join Term 4 groups - to register go to MyFriends - Power to Change
We would love your feedback on all our initiatives - thefour.au, Movement Builders Training Hub and our digital materials for MyFriends.
In our recent webinar we heard how different people have used MyFriends to intentionally grow their ministry.
Fiona shared how she moved a Womens' ministry from a fellowship group to proactively identifying where people were on their spiritual journey and intentionally walking with them.
Tim shared how he and his family live out “Love, Pray and Care” in his street and how he is forming a house church to help his neighbours find out more about Jesus’s story.
Dorothy, from the Door of Hope Church in Launceston, generously shared their experience with MyFriends and how they have used it as
part of the SHIFT m2M Strategy to build a strong disciple making movement and caring community.
If you missed the webinar or would like to pass it on to someone else the details are:
Passcode: MyFriends1!
After COVID Jules' church's playgroup attendance was at an all time low - they used MyFriends to revitalise how they connected with the community.
Playgroups are an important part of a churches’ ministry to enable church families to connect and grow together and as an outreach by sharing God’s love to families in the local community. This enables churches to stay connected with community and to grow with the next generation.
At Jules’ church, the playgroup ministry was in decline and after COVID only one or two families were coming regularly to the two weekly sessions. The playgroup team wanted to revitalise the ministry and use it as an outreach ministry – showing God’s love to local families.
The team attended the MyFriends training and learnt to intentionally look for ways to love, pray and care for all their families from the moment they showed interest in coming to playgroup.
This caring heart and welcoming nature changed the culture of playgroup. They also had a child focused space with lots of activities at the church’s first Christmas Makers Market.
Fast Forward six months – all the playgroup spots are full and have a waiting list! At the last “All In” Creative Family service over 50 children attended.
Join us for this terms MyFriends courses - Click on MyFriends