Family Matters, Don't You Think?

You may or may not know that I am the founding director of the Single Minded Ministry.

Back in 2018, I formed a small, ad hoc committee to run (what we thought would be!) a one-off conference on singleness in Sydney. Sam Allberry was our keynote speaker and we decided to call it Single Minded.

After our conference tickets sold out in the early-bird period, it began to dawn on us that we might have more than a one-off conference on our hands. And so, Single Minded Ministry was born!

Last night I did some calculations. Over the last seven years, Single Minded has:

• Run 29 events

• With over 41 different speakers

• Been watched by people in 22 different countries

• Sold 5149 tickets (probably more by the time you are reading this!)

• Released its own podcast, Single Minded Stories

We’ve covered topics such as:

• Singleness in the Storyline of Scripture

• Loneliness

• Friendship

• Singleness & Sanctification

• Purity Culture

• Hospitality as a Single Christian

• Singleness & Sex

• … and so many more.

Single Minded’s vision is:

To see God’s purposes for singleness so wonderfully expressed in the body of Christ, that married and single Christians glorify Jesus with one voice. 

Flowing out of that vision, our mission is:

To develop biblical, theological and pastoral resources exploring God’s purposes for singleness that equip Christians, encourage Christian communities, and shape Christian culture.

Next Saturday, May 11th we’re holding our Family Matters conference… and you are invited!

What does it actually mean that church is family?

How does this impact both single and married Christians?

At Single-Minded Family Matters, we’ll open the Bible to understand why family really does matter for married and single Christians alike.

Not in Sydney? No problem!
We’re livestreaming the entire conference and you can watch it from the comfort of your own home.

Not able to watch the conference live?
No problem! Livestream tickets include unlimited catch-up access to the conference.

(Plus, there’s an additional perk for many of our international friends! Ticket prices are in $AUD, which means it will likely be a really inexpensive conference for you!)

Check out our conference trailer below, and join us as we think through what the Bible actually means when it describes the church as family.

(And no, I can’t remember what it was I said—captured in that video preview below—which had all of us laughing like that 🤷🏼‍♀️)