Welcome to Generocity Church
From the beach to the bush – Generocity Church has a range of diverse locations across regional and rural Australia. We gather as part of our commitment to become more like Jesus Christ, with a determination to grow in courageous influence.
We are one church with a heart for reaching our communities for Jesus Christ. We’re passionate about seeing lives transformed by the love of God and our hope is for every person to discover their identity in Him.
Our Focus Areas
COMMUNITY
NO ONE STANDS ALONE
We believe that life is done best in community, as the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child”. We want to be a community of genuine believers who live as part of our community, in such a way that people will know us by the way we love each other. This is what true community looks like. It may look like sharing a meal at the table with others, or organising meals for someone in need, it may look like committing to praying for each other. This all happens best when we are in relationship, doing community well.
“All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.”
Acts 2:42 (NLT)
DISCIPLESHIP
Engage, Establish, Equip, Empower
Through all seasons and circumstances, we purposely place God at the centre of everything.
And this is not a life to be lived alone – we’re intentional about living a connected life, so that every person might discover their identity in Jesus Christ, grow in Him, and help others to grow. This means that the rhythms of our faith revolve around community, not just a Sunday.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing”
John 15.5 (NIV)
MISSION
Living A Life On Mission
In our church, everyone is called to the mission field, and this mission field is right where we are standing. This may look different for every believer but we take our cues from Jesus, He shows us the way to living on mission and it looks like caring for the marginilised, helping those in need, bringing the good news of unconditional love and hope and dignity to those who are captive, sick or oppressed.
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound”
Isaiah 61:1 (ESV)
Ever wondered how our church works organisationally?
We believe that systems and structures should support and serve the people who use them. That's why we're committed to building and maintaining structures that help our staff and volunteers to work effectively across a diverse range of community contexts, while promoting safety and dignity for all.
With this in mind, we have structures in place to provide accountability and oversight, as well as to guide our operations in the areas of finance, work health and safety, and providing safe places for vulnerable persons.
Caleb Dwyer is the Senior Pastor of Generocity Church.
Together with his wife Renee they planted 2 of our Generocity Church locations; Parkes and Bathurst which is where they now call home and continue to lead the local community. They both felt the call of ministry on their lives from an early age, both for the local church & globally, where they head up The Horizon Project, a mission based in India & Nepal.
Caleb became Senior Pastor from Ben & Libby in September 2022. Ben & Libby Staines were the founding Senior Pastors of Generocity Church which started in Narromine NSW in 2004.
Organisational Oversight: Generocity Church Ltd Board
The Generocity Church Ltd Board oversees the business runnings of the church, including financial and legal matters, church assets, etc.
The Board is comprised of a team of gifted administrators and business men and women from across our locations.
Contact Details: gc-board@generocitychurch.com
The Executive Team helps to facilitate the day to day operations of the church, provide health and wellbeing checks, and develop implementation strategies for all aspects of church life.
The Executive Team is comprised of the Senior Pastor (Caleb Dwyer), Executive Pastor (Angela Mitchell) and Business Manager (James Giddings)
The Cross Campus Eldership is comprised of Caleb Dwyer, Angela Mitchell, Michelle Hunt, Tash Eagle, Luke Eagle, Phil Brown and Gary Blackford.
This team oversee’s the ministry components of Generocity Church, aiming to carry the five fold ministry that is described in Ephesians 4.
The Lead Team comprises of Executive Team, Lead Pastors, Cross Campus Leaders and other key leaders of Generocity Church.
As one church in many locations this also acts as the spiritual leadership team in upholding the Gospel of Jesus Christ, vision of the church and encouraging each other in pastoral leadership and ministry.
Each campus location has a church life team (CLT). These teams are led and facilitated by local Lead Pastors, and provide accountability, planning, support, vision, ministry connection and other practical elements of the local faith community.
Our Safer Churches Guidelines provide a framework and direction for ensuring we meet or exceed our legal and organisational obligations as we carry out our various ministry roles.
These guidelines provide direction on a range of domains, including: compliance with WHS legislation and food safety, through to creating safe spiritual and emotional environments in ministry programs and events, and protection for young people at risk through standards of supervision, program approval, volunteer processes, and reporting.
In order for us to function safely in our communities, we are guided by the process of risk management as we take appropriate action to minimise risks that may arise in the course of our ministry activities.
Denominational Oversight: Australian Christian Churches (ACC)
National
We are a member of Australian Christian Churches (ACC), formerly known as Assemblies of God in Australia (AOG).
With a contemporary Pentecostal distinctive, this Movement is committed to bringing people to encounter Jesus Christ, to experience the love of God and the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
There are over 1000 churches nationally that belong to the ACC, led by an experienced and credentialled Executive Team. See www.acc.org.aufor more information.
State
Our church is accountable and in relationship with ACC in New South Wales.
As a part of ACC NSW, we support and attend District Days in regional and rural locations with an emphasis on connection, leadership development, pastoral care, relationships and community engagement.
We are responsible to the State Executive in terms of compliance, governance and ministry. Go towww.nswacc.org.aufor more information.
Generocity Church LTD
Generocity Church LTD is a registered Australian Company (ACN 634 675 826) and has an ABN of 37 447 253 549.
We are a registered charity with the ACNC (Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission).
Our Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR PBI) ABN is 20 476 183 255.