The SPT

The SPT – The Who the What and the Why

While a brief search of the Internet reveals that the acronym 'SPT' could stand for the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, the South Pole Telescope, the Society for Philosophy and Technology, Small Precision Tools or even Strawberry Pop-Tarts, it is none of these. The SPT is the Strategic Planning Team.

It is a group of men and women who seek to be servant leaders at the City Night Church (and to model Jesus who did not come to be served but to serve – Mark 10:45). It meets regularly to discuss, deliberate and decide on the longer-term future of the congregation and to ultimately serve the church by providing a level of financial accountability and spiritual care for the congregation as a whole.

It is not so much concerned with the day-to-day running of the church, but is more concerned with achieving our vision and implementing our strategies for achieving that vision, namely to pray, gather, follow, serve and witness.

Strategic
It aims to be strategic by making deliberate calculated and appropriate decisions so that the congregation as a whole can glorify God by reaching the city (of Sydney) with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Planning
It also spends much of its time planning things, including budgets, events, websites, calendars, and rock concerts (well, maybe not so much the last one).

Team
And finally we are a team. We are made up of between five and eight partners along with our ministers, Mike and Mandy. We seek to discuss things as a team, to resolve things as a team, and to make decisions as a team. And although we don’t necessarily agree with each other on everything, we also seek to pray as a team.

If you would like to find out more about the SPT, feel free to ask one of the current members of the SPT: James B, Andrew C, Rachel C, Mandy C, Adam E, Fiona N, Mike T.