For such a time
A conference for Christians wanting to be relevant & effective in the Great Commission
CAS Moree 2025
Your Will Be Done on Earth
30 August 2025
Why Christians Can’t Stay Silent in Politics | Dave Pellowe, founder of Church And State, explains that biblical politics is simply advancing God’s kingdom and will on earth now. He urges Christians to reject partisan loyalty, speak what God says on every contested issue, equip the next generation, and actively love their neighbour through civic engagement rather than remaining silent or neutral.
Culture in Historical Context I
30 August 2025
Dr Stephen Chavura delivers a concise, engaging overview of Christianity’s transformative impact on human dignity, equality and the Western moral imagination. He explains how the Christian vision reshaped ancient assumptions, elevated the vulnerable, and forged core ideas still underpinning modern society. This talk invites viewers to reconsider the roots of their values and the civilisation they inhabit.
Key Battlegrounds for the Church
30 August 2025
Rev Mark Powell outlines the crucial battlegrounds currently facing the church, arguing Australia’s foundational rites — birth, puberty, marriage and death — have been radically reshaped. He identifies four key fronts: the “woke” worldview, coercive conversion-therapy laws, the erosion of religious freedom, and growing state paternalism. Through the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, he reminds believers that Jesus stands with them in the fight to honour God rather than conform to culture.
What Is Lobbying And Why Is It Important?
30 August 2025
Joshua Rowe challenges common caricatures of lobbying, arguing it’s neither purely transactional nor ethically hollow. Drawing on academic research, he highlights three modes of influence — money, persuasion, and grassroots mobilisation — and offers a biblical model via Joseph in Egypt. He invites Christians to engage purposefully in advocacy and public life.
Making Disciples of The Nations
30 August 2025
Dave Pellowe argues that Christians must engage with politics, not shy away from it, because faith inevitably intersects with public life. He outlines key battlegrounds — from “woke” ideology and conversion-therapy laws to religious freedom erosion and state paternalism — and uses the example of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to remind believers that loyalty to Christ may require standing firm in culture.
Culture in Historical Context II
30 August 2025
Dr Stephen Chavura argues that cultural Marxism and the therapeutic ideology have infiltrated society via the universities and mainstream culture, reshaping notions of sexuality, gender and family. He contends that public policy now prioritises feeling good and safety over truth and religious liberty, producing laws incompatible with a biblical anthropology and mounting threats to Christian freedom.
Handling Difficult Topics in the Church
30 August 2025
Rev Mark Powell argues that Christians must not shy away from politics because faith inherently intersects public life, and that the church needs courage, discernment, and grace when tackling culturally-loaded issues like ‘woke’ ideology, religious freedom erosion, and state paternalism.
First Panel / Q&A
30 August 2025
A wide-ranging panel links Leviticus’ call to loving rebuke with today’s culture wars, urging churches to start with repentance, forgiveness and revived discipleship. Speakers confront abortion, pornography, sexualisation, gender ideology, euthanasia, slavery, domestic violence and destabilising immigration, arguing for bold, compassionate truth-telling, pro-life support, prayerful unity and robust Christian public engagement.
How Then Should We Live?
30 August 2025
Dr Stephen Chavura presents a stirring vision for Christians living in a “kairos” cultural moment: he argues that we must engage public life with conviction, live as salt and light, and uphold Scripture amid the erosion of creational order. He warns against pornography, social atomisation and institutional decline, and urges families and believers to lead a revival in Australia.
Second Panel / Q&A
30 August 2025
This wide-ranging panel urges Christians to embrace courageous civic discipleship—from defending unborn children and strengthening families to wisely engaging with technology. Speakers highlight the power of unified communities, persistent lobbying, sacrificial love, and biblical conviction. They challenge young believers to be informed, compassionate and unashamed advocates for life, truth, and faithful cultural influence “for such a time as this.”