I have found the cluster an excellent support for ministry. It’s been both encouraging and challenging – in a good way. It’s pushed me to be focused and better at measuring ministry goals on a regular basis in fellowship with other rectors.

Participating in a Ministry Growth Cluster when I was Rector of a church has been a fantastic opportunity to learn from other local ministers and work together at lifting our game in key areas of congregational life. Our Growth Cluster has spurred me to implement a number of significant and beneficial changes at church.

2015 will be my 25th year of full-time ordained ministry in Sydney. When my staff team describes what they do, my response is often “…and I do the rest!” Ministry is so varied, so demanding, so taxing and yet it is so what I believe God wants me to be doing! Belonging to a small accountable Ministry Cluster for the last year with Pete Mayrick has been fantastic. He has...