INC EMAG 2026Q1 2 - Flipbook - Page 17
What a privilege it is to serve God within a
Navigating the boundaries of those times —
movement so richly blessed with faith-昀椀lled men
understanding when to move together and
and women. Central to the work of the National
when to move independently, when to pool
Of昀椀ce is the calling to steward that collective
and when to pursue — is the great apostolic
faith — to see it translated into genuine, lasting
exploration before us. It is not a problem to be
momentum for the Kingdom.
solved, but a dynamic to be wisely discerned,
season by season, in community.
That stewardship begins with dialogue. When
we take steps of faith in pursuit of God’s will,
As the well-known Australian song reminds us:
wisdom calls us to seek counsel. The writer
we are one, but we are many. Both realities
of Proverbs understood this well — sound
are true, and both require our careful attention.
strategy is never a solitary endeavour. It is
The health of our movement depends not on
forged in conversation with our co-workers in
choosing between unity and autonomy, but on
Christ.
learning to hold them together with grace and
wisdom.
Our constitution captures something essential
about who we are as a movement: “We are an
It is in the rhythm of regular dialogue that our
inter-related group of churches with one vision,
sense of the greater narrative is renewed. We
called to the one work of our Lord Jesus Christ
share a common platform — one that must be
— to reach this nation in the shortest possible
strong enough to serve our present needs and
time and in the most effective way. Because
spacious enough to carry our future vision.
of our Connectional system, we can pool our
resources and mount a concerted effort on any
If this conversation stirs something in you
particular front at any given time. It means we
— if you sense the Spirit calling you into this
belong to each other.”
healthy, generative tension — then now is the
time to lean in. The multitude of counsellors is
That 昀椀nal phrase — we belong to each other
gathering. We need your voice at the table.
— is the beating heart of the conversation we
Josh Usher
General Manager | INC National Of昀椀ce
are now entering. And it is a conversation that
holds a productive tension at its core:
“There are times when we are one church,
and there are times when we are individual
churches.”
INC MAGAZINE
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Q1 2026
