Hi Ashish,

I’m glad to hear of your desire to see ‘the salvation of souls’ and to see more people in church. The good news is that these things are happening at St Nick’s and we are very much focused on them. We are a rapidly growing church and have recently run several Christianity Explored courses despite Covid. We’re also focussed on discipleship with the launch last year of the St Nick’s Gap Year program and this year a whole of church discipleship course. We are also planning and are on track to launch our first church plant into the burgeoning northern suburbs of Goulburn in a few years time. St Nick’s is a healthy, growing and vibrant church that is very much focussed on sharing the good news of Jesus with people in Goulburn and around the world.

However, I don’t agree that the proposed waste incinerator is something that does not even affect the church. The church is the people of God and these people breathe the same air and drink the same water as everyone else in their community. What’s more, the Scriptures urge us to speak up for the vulnerable and those who can’t speak for themselves (Proverbs 31:8-9). And so in obedience to God’s Word we as his people are speaking out on this vital community issue.

God bless,

Reverend Paul Davey

Why doesn’t the St. Nicholas Anglican Church focus on the salvation of souls and getting back dwindling church attendance numbers instead of worrying about things that do not even affect the Church? Let secular matters remain in secular hands. God bless you.