{"id":328,"date":"2026-10-21T23:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equippingthesaints.com.au\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2026-10-21T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:29:30","slug":"our-heart-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/equippingthesaints.com.au\/?page_id=328","title":{"rendered":"Our Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The heart of our ministry to to build God's kingdom doing so through our mission to equip the saints of God to do the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:12). We believe that all those who are in the Body of Christ have a calling to minister the love of Jesus to this hurting world. But they can only do this through having the right tools. Our purpose is to help believers to use these tools doing so by: <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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An engaging speaker, Shannon is equally at home behind a pulpit, training staff, lecturing on any given topic or presenting a paper. With simplicity, humour and practical wisdom, Shannon aims to provide you with the tools you need to be all that God want you to be.\u00a0<\/p>

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Our heart is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, doing so through creating book resources, writing timely blog posts and developing discipleship and training courses<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Shannon’s upcoming book,\u00a0“You Are The Answer to Someone Else’s Prayer” is a call to the Body of Christ to rise above the ways of the world and stop our self-centred focus on what we want and need. It is written to encourage believers to understand that what God has given them is not for themselves, but when given to meet the needs of another, it strengthens their faith and shows the love of Christ to a dying world.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/\t\t\t\t\t\n\tREAD AN EXCERPT HERE\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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