The Sydney Chapter for RTB

From its inception nearly five years ago, the Sydney Chapter has been meeting on a roughly bi-monthly basis, though sometimes we extend out the schedule to three months between meetings.  We always meet on a Friday night at a members’ home. Members have found that Friday evenings provide the best way to minimise disruption to busy family life.

As chapter members hale from a half-dozen different churches scattered across the city, this means that members can attend their own church's home Bible-study groups, midweek services, outreach and support events without suffering from meeting burn out. It also provides the presenters with the much needed time in our busy schedules to research and prepare interesting topics to present to the group.

The members feel that by meeting in a home setting, hospitality and the informal homely environment offers the best way for people to feel unintimidated in asking questions and engendering good discussion, whilst getting to know each other and visitors much better.

 

The arena of the science/faith apologetics is a difficult one for the average person to grasp, and feeling free to ask questions and to discuss counter points is the best way we have found to enact the principles espoused in 1 Peter 3:15-16.

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience…

If you would like to get in contact with the Sydney Chapter, you can reach us at the following email address: Sydney.Australia@reasons.org

Our page on the Reasons to Believe web site can be found here (http://www.reasons.org/participate/chapters-and-networks/sydney).