Vision Series 2026

Our Place in God’s Global Mission

2026 has been an enormous year for us at St John’s, full of changes and uncertainty. So it’s good to stop and raise our eyes beyond our immediate experience and be reminded again of bigger things that we’re so privileged to be part of. 2027 will see the beginning of a new season in the story of what God is doing in and through St John’s. How can we each play our part in being part of this exciting moment?

Our vision to see our city transformed by the hope of the risen Christ is our own expression of God’s Global Mission. From before the Creation our great God has been gathering a people for himself in Jesus. At a time when there’s things that we can’t know for sure, here is something certain and reliable for us to focus on and renew our energy and commitment.

Over the five weeks of our vision series we’ll be reminding ourselves how

  • A promise for all families

    God’s promise to Abraham was to bless all the families of the earth (Gen. 12)

  • A people with a purpose

    God gathers a people to declare his excellencies to the whole world (Exo. 19)

  • A light to the nations

    God’s people Israel were to be a light to the nations of the world, a role taken up ultimately by Jesus (Isa. 42)

  • A king over every nation

    Jesus is the Son of Man who is given dominion over all the nations and peoples of the earth (Dan. 7)

  • Our part in the mission

    We, the gathered people of God, are both the fulfilment of all these wonderful things and also take our own part in calling the world to praise the hope found only in Jesus (Rom. 15)

Our Place in God’s Global Mission

Our joyful task at St John’s is to find our own place in God’s Global Mission. As we learn more and more about God’s goodness to us in Jesus we find ourselves longing that others would also know the hope that Jesus brings.
This year at St John’s we’ve been doing that in so many ways including:

  • telling our friends about Jesus
  • reading the Bible with others
  • living with integrity so that people see the difference hope in Jesus makes
  • inviting people to come to church services
  • speaking and singing about Jesus in our time together
  • praying for others to know Jesus
  • Explore courses in all our language groups
  • Easy English classes
  • weekly walk-up evangelism on our grounds
  • sending people out on short-term and longer-term mission
  • partnering with other gospel workers all over the city, Australia and the world

Every member taking part

There are so many ways to be part of St John’s Place in God’s Global Mission.

Most importantly we need to open our mouth! We call out to God in prayer to bring people from darkness to light and to raise up more workers for the harvest. We talk to others about how good Jesus is. We encourage one another in the gospel as we speak about him in our time together.

There is also a need to contribute financially. The Vision of St John’s is funded by our members’ giving. God has given his church the resources she needs for the work before us and part of the joy of Christian service is seeing what we personally have being put to use in this way.

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Our financial needs are clear.

Keeping Things Going

$65,000

Meet our 2026 Budget

Our current forecast deficit for 2026 is $65,000. How can we work together to meet this gap?

If 200 of us gave $6.50 more a week we would easily get there!

Of course, some of us can give more and some less but together we can easily do this. And there are far more than 200 of us!

A Bigger Part in God’s Global Mission

$140,000

Fund another pastoral staff member

We don’t just want to break even! As St John’s grows there is a need for more full-time workers to support us. It costs about $140,000 a year to put on an extra pastor.

If 300 of us gave $13.50 extra a week we could push right past our deficit and increase our part in God’s global mission.

Again, there are far more than 300 of us. If only half of those who currently do not give began giving we would already be close to this target!

This is a goal that we can easily meet together. You can use the helpful tool below to see exactly what our combined effort could achieve.

200 people
10600
$9.50
$1$50

For perspective, that could be

Together, that's an extra
$98,800 a year
Figures assume 52 weeks a year. $65,000 is our current forecast deficit for 2026. $205,000 adds roughly $140,000 a year for another pastoral staff member.

Next Steps

So what’s the next step?

Start giving

If you’re not yet giving regularly towards the vision at St John’s to see our city transformed by the hope of the risen Christ then please do prayerfully consider starting now. Go to our Give page to find out more about regular prayerful generous giving.

Review your giving

If you already give, thank you so much! Please take the time to prayerfully review your contribution. Does it need to change? Some of us may need to cut back a little - it’s been a tough year financially for many. But we might also see that we can gladly give more.

Visit our Give page

2027 is going to be an exciting moment for our church family at St John’s. A new Senior Minister and a new energy. It’s a great time for every one of us to reflect and decide what our part will be. Simply put we need to think about opening our mouth and our wallet! There is a part for every one of us to play as we

  • Pray for God to grow his kingdom

  • Speak to others about the goodness of Jesus

  • Give financially to the gospel work at St John’s

What will the next step be for you?