A Prayer for Australia
Posted on December 6, 2025
Filed under Australia, Evangelism, for your prayers
“You may have heard around the place talk of ‘doubling the number’ of gospel-centred Christians in Australia, or the idea of praying for and working toward an annual ‘five percent conversion growth’ goal. It’s showing up all over the place.
In June of 2025 TGCA gathered a group of Christian leaders to pray and work on what we might do together. We prayed, heard a bunch of papers, discussed and debated various proposals.
Following on from that day, a small group worked on refining the statement, and the Council returned to it for a final endorsement. Here’s what we came up with:
We acknowledge God works out all things according to the counsel of his will and in his mercy saves his people through the faithful preaching of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the glory of God, as a movement of Reformed evangelicals in Australia, we commit to pray for and work toward a doubling (at least) of the number of gospel-centred Christians in our country over the next fifteen years.
We will pray for and work toward:
- seeing 5% conversions (as a percentage of annual attendance in our churches and ministries);
- the gospel going to every socioeconomic, ethnic, and community group within our nation—especially those currently under-reached;
- a doubling of the number of men and women with the necessary conviction, character, and competency in full-time Christian ministry and missionary service.
I find it in turn exciting, daunting, galvanising, and inspiring. I hope you do too. I trust a little commentary will be helpful. …”
– Rory Shiner, Chair of the TGC Australia Council, writes to encourage us to to fall to prayer.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…