We are very excited that after much planning and preparation our inaugural SGC Australia Pastors & Planters Academy has kicked off! 

The Academy is a program designed to train future Sovereign Grace Pastors and Planters to serve in and plant Sovereign Grace Churches, the Sovereign Grace way. It was birthed out of a desire to help codify what we’ve been doing informally and over a long period of time into a consistent leadership development program for people within our churches and to give a pathway for new guys coming in so that we can plant more enduring churches across Australia. 

Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, Australia.

The full post Australian Planters & Pastors Academy Begins originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on March 2, 2022. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.

When we think of Global Missions in Sovereign Grace Churches, we think about the great commission work of making and maturing disciples all around the world. (Matt 28)

It’s the privilege we have to represent Jesus as His ambassadors, and to take the glorious message of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. And for us as a family of churches, in an overarching way, that means three things:

• Church Planting: The work of establishing new congregations

• Emerging Nations: The work of partnering in new places

• Missionaries: The work of reaching new cultures

To help us in this great endeavor, I’m pleased to announce that our new ‘SGC Missions’ website has now been launched. There are still some additions coming to certain parts of the website, but there’s still plenty here for you to engage with and enjoy. 

I hope this website envisions you for our shared mission and encourages you to play your part... I’m so pleased that we get to do this together. We are so much better together!

What a privilege. What a message. What a Savior!

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Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, Australia.

The full post New SGC Missions Website originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on December 2, 2021. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.

An update from Sergei Lukyanov, our friend and main contact in Belarus…

First of all, we are very grateful to you for the fact that you constantly support us in prayer.

The situation in Belarus continues to remain unstable, therefore the existence and life of the church in these conditions is difficult. We continue to adjust to the new reality that has changed due to the COVID virus and the political crisis. 

The Protestant Evangelical Church has again fallen out of favor in the eyes of the current regime. Thousands of people continue to go to jail, including many Christians just because they once took to the streets or wrote a comment on social media against the brutal actions of our police. Our church members constantly write letters to them, in which they try to comfort and encourage them with hope in Christ. In addition, church members regularly collect financial aid to support the relatives and friends of those who are in prison. 

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Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, Australia.

The full post Planting & Partnering in Belarus originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on November 2, 2021. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.

Songhwan and Miran Kang of Lord’s Grace Church in Korea.

I recently asked my friend, Pastor Songhwan Kang, Lead Pastor of Lord’s Grace Church in Korea, if he’d be willing to write us an update on his church and his writings.

Here is an excerpt from his wonderful reply:

This September is Lord’s Grace Church’s 11th year anniversary. 11 years of God’s grace and kindness, and one of the fruits that we are thankful to God from this time, has been the publishing of two books: “The Steadfast Christian in the Gospel” and "The Steadfast Parenting in the Gospel”. 

The first book I wrote by myself, and the second book with my wife, Miran. These books are all about what my wife and I learned through our 15 years of experience with Sovereign Grace. These books are a summary of what a gospel-centered church is, what gospel-centered parenting is, and what our church members have learned together and applied in our lives. I would like to express my gratitude to my precious friends at SG who have been a role model for me in living the life in the gospel. I thank pastors Dave Taylor, Larry Malament, and Marty Machowski for encouraging me to write this book.

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Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, Australia.

The full post Centering on the Gospel in South Korea originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on September 3, 2021. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.

Please pray for Trinity Fellowship Pastors College in Ethiopia and for Josh Pannell, Dean of the College, as they begin their first year.

From Josh Pannell:

“Michael and I have long prayed that Trinity Fellowship would be a training ground for the next generation of Ethiopian pastors. And to our joy, God is answering those prayers, and he’s doing it much quicker than we expected. He’s brought to our church many men who show giftings and qualifications for elders. After 20 months of praying, fasting, and seeking counsel, we’ve decided to establish a pastors college as a ministry of Trinity Fellowship. Similar to the SGPC in Louisville, the Trinity Fellowship Pastors College will seek to train future pastors in both “life and doctrine” (1 Tim 4:16). 

Over a 12 month period, each student will complete 40 one-week block courses covering topics of both theological and practical ministry. God has given us professors from the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia who will travel to Addis to teach these classes. We’ve also established a partnership with Union School of Theology in Wales which will allow our graduates to receive accredited diplomas as well as credits towards an MTh from Union upon graduation. 

As Addis Ababa is a very international city, we’re glad that TFPC’s first class will host students from 5 different countries. Many of them are men Michael has been building relationships with for several years. If I were to speak of all the qualifications of these men, this email would easily double in length. Let it suffice for me to tell you a story of just two men: Brian and Mohammed.”

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Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, Australia.

Josh Pannell is the Dean of the Ethiopian Pastors College and serves as a pastor at Trinity Fellowship in Addis Ababa.

The full post Launching Our Ethiopian Pastors College originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on July 6, 2021. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.

An update from Riley Spring, Lead Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Parramatta, and Director of Church Development for Sovereign Grace Churches, Australia…

One of the great privileges we have here down under is to be a part of pioneering a new denomination in our country by establishing Sovereign Grace Churches Australia. When people hear of Sovereign Grace they often know the music but don’t know that it’s a global family of churches seeking to plant and adopt churches here in Australia. And so part of our job at the moment is to help people know who we are and why we exist. This is where our new exciting development comes in, a new church leadership podcast that we’ve started called, ‘Grace and the Adventure of Leadership’!

Our podcast is designed to help develop and cultivate church leaders who are fueled and formed by the realities of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is hosted by myself, Riley Spring, and Dave Taylor, Lead Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney, and the SGC Director of Emerging Nations. 

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Dave Taylor is Director of Emerging Nations for Sovereign Grace Churches and serves as the lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney. He resides in Australia with his wife Emma and their five children.

The full post Leadership Podcast Launches in Australia originally appeared on the Emerging Nations blog on June 29, 2021. Emerging Nations exists to serve the pioneering work of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world.