To produce a Godly and practical conference with Christian speakers who come from a range of evangelical denominations and backgrounds
The aim of this conference is to allow God’s mighty Word to transform men from the inside out as we hear the Bible taught. Our prayer, and our goal, is to see men equipped for the service of God, his people and the world through knowing Jesus and understanding what it is to be a man who belongs to him in this modern world today.
Men For Christ Ministries (MFCM Inc) was formed in 2004, after three Christian men saw a need for a practical, biblical based conference for men in the west of Sydney.
They shared this vision with other Christian men, and identified their aims as:
This was to be based on the underlying ethos of:
Each year the conference aims to provide men with quality speakers, specialist exhibitors, and topics that may be difficult to handle in their church group but are important in enabling men to become more effective Christians in all their relationships, whether as a husband, father, son, friend, leader.
It aims to offer a choice of topics on the day that are presented with a solid biblical foundation, but which provide practical examples and advice that men can use to cope with the challenges that they, their family and friends face in life.
| 9:00 | Keynote 1: Rory Shiner |
| 10:00 | Morning Tea |
| 10:30 | Keynote 2: Rory Shiner |
| 11:45 | BreakOuts |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 | Interview |
| 2:30 | Keynote 3: Dave Jensen |
| 3:45 | Close |
Rory was born and raised in Albany, Western Australia. He studied English and Anthropology at UWA. He is married to Susan, and they have four boys. Rory studied theology at Moore College, and has a PhD in Australian church history. He writes regularly on theology, culture, and ministry.
Rory serves as the senior pastor of Providence City Church, where he has overall responsibility for preaching, vision, and direction of the church.
Rory is also the Network Director for the Providence Church Network.
Over the past decade or so Dave has had the opportunity to work in a variety of church and ministry contexts. He worked in school chaplaincy at the Kings’ School, as the mission pastor of MBM Rooty Hill, and as the assistant minister of an inner city/ student church in Northern Ireland, before taking up the position as mission pastor at EV Church on the Central Coast of NSW.
In 2024 he took up the position of Assistant Director at ENC (Evangelism & New Churches). His role is focused on the ‘E’ of ENC—Evangelism—with an aim to assist churches within the Sydney Diocese in their endeavours to see lost people find life and hope in Jesus.
