In 1910 Ellen White said that the “work in the cities is the essential work for this time.” When she wrote this statement, New York was smaller than Sydney is today. This symposium will challenge you to see whether you could be involved in this essential work in our cities and what would be involved. This event was held at Avondale University, May 15-16, 2026.

1. SPD Vision for Our Cities – Glenn Townend
2. Projects to Reach a Secular City – Victor Kulakov
3. Who is in Our Cities? – Shaylee Walsh
4. A New Wineskin for a New Day – Tim O’Neill
5. Loving the Mission More Than the Method – Tim O’Neill
6. Planting in the city of Melbourne – Roy Kim
7. Moving Forward in the Cities – Wayne Krause

You will learn what a disciple is, how to grow as a disciple, how to make disciples and how to be part of restoring the Adventist church to its roots of being a disciple making movement. This event was held at Avondale University, May 16-17, 2025.

1. How New Disciples Can Give Bible Studies – Wayne Krause
2. Disciple Making Testimonies – Avondale Student Panel with Cynthia
3. reThinking Disciple Making Post-Cristendom – Neil Thompson
4. Your S.H.A.P.E for ministry – Victor Kulakov
5. How to Share Your Faith – Lachlan Campbell
6. Vision for Disciple Making in the South Pacific – Glenn Townend

You will learn the different types of church plants, the basics of how to plant a church, along with the biblical and historical reasons to plant churches within the Adventist context. This event was held at Avondale University, October 25-26, 2024.

1. Our Vision for Church Planting in the South Pacific
2. Adventist History & Theology of Church Planting
3. Church Planting Accelerator
4. Replanting a Country Church
5. Church Planting in a post-Christian World
6. What we learnt from our Indigenous Church Plant
7. Moving Forward in Church Planting