GLOBAL: Marsden Park (Sydney) – Grace Emmanuel Church
Glen Jones, Australia
After 14 years of living in the culturally diverse city of Dubai, the Lord has given us a deep love for people from all over the world. We’ve not only grown to understand other cultures, but to enjoy them as well. The Lord has made a world rich with diversity! In May 2021, we heard about the projected growth of Western Sydney over the next 20 years. We also heard that more of that growth will come through international migration. We began to see that the Lord was bringing the nations to Australia and that meant a fantastic gospel opportunity (Acts 17:26-27). So, in October 2021, we started a prayer team with just 8 people and we committed to praying this new church into being. We prayed for a location, venue, and people. Now, we meet at the Northbourne Public School,10am on Sundays. The Lord has been establishing His church with people who range in age from 4 to 84 and currently representing about 10 different cultural backgrounds. If you’re looking for the perfect church, we’re not it. But if you’re looking for real people following a real Jesus who’s changing us to be more like Him – then welcome home!
Please pray that the Lord would open up more and more opportunities to make the gospel clear (Colossians 4:4) to thousands of neighbours in our community. Our neighbours are from countries like India, the Philippines, Anglo Aussie, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, West Africa, England, and South Africa. Pray that the Lord would supply all our needs in Christ Jesus to do the work that He’s called us to. And pray that the Lord would continue to cultivate a culture of discipleship among us, so that we can obey all that the Lord has commanded us (Matthew 28:19-20).