About Kategoria

Kategoria is a 3-day program is designed to equip you for wise Christian political and cultural leadership through in-depth seminars centred around three big themes:

1) Discipleship and leadership in post-Christian Australia,

2) A category-defying Christian social vision,

3) Sharing the gospel in a post-Christian Australia

The goal of the conference is to draw together a range of experienced and emerging Christian leaders and put them in community for a few days. We soak up teaching from the Bible and think together about growing as leaders and engaging our culture with a gospel shaped vision for human flourishing.

 

Why Kategoria?

Kategoria is unique in the combination of themes and people it draws together. We proceed from the conviction that the gospel of Jesus is what our society needs. This means that core to the calling and training of Christian leaders is the task of equipping each other to say and show the gospel. We are also convinced that when the gospel is heard and takes root in human lives it leads to change in individual lives, communities and societies. A well-equipped Christian leader has a social vision as well as an evangelistic calling. Kategoria takes both dimensions of Christian cultural engagement and leadership seriously. The three days of the conference are structured around three big themes: discipleship and leadership in post-Christian Australia; a category-defying Christian social vision; and, sharing the gospel in a post-Christian Australia (check out the draft program below).

Download a draft program

I’ve left feeling refreshed and encouraged by new friends, intellectual stimulation, bucolic scenery, incredible food, and the call to live as a wholehearted disciple of Christ. LMI is a unique place

— Jake (Kategoria 2022)

Program Details

Each day will include a talk from the Bible, an introductory seminar on the themes of culture, discipleship, Christian social ethics/vision, or evangelism, and a number of sessions exploring these things with experts in the field.

Topics include:
– Listening to Scripture
– Where and how is the culture discipling us?
– Education
– Workplace culture
– Technology and AI
– Discipleship for Leaders in a Digital Age
– Seeking Change in a Post-Christian Society
– Families, Singleness, and Loneliness
– The Place of the Gospel in the Life of the Christian Leader
The conference will be held on the beautiful campus of the Lachlan Macquarie Institute in Murrumbateman wine region, NSW (30mins outside Canberra).

Cost:
Whole program: $499 pp (includes accommodation and meals).

Day guest: $150 pp (includes meals)
Kategoria 2023 will be held Friday 15th Sept 2023 (arrive onsite by 4pm) – Monday 18th Sept (depart from 4pm).

Each day will include a talk from the Bible, an introductory seminar on the themes of culture, discipleship, Christian social ethics/vision, or evangelism, and a number of sessions exploring these things with experts in the field.

Topics include:
– Listening to Scripture
– Where and how is the culture discipling us?
– Education
– Workplace culture
– Technology and AI
– Discipleship for Leaders in a Digital Age
– Seeking Change in a Post-Christian Society
– Families, Singleness, and Loneliness
– The Place of the Gospel in the Life of the Christian Leader

The conference will be held on the beautiful campus of the Lachlan Macquarie Institute in Murrumbateman wine region, NSW (30mins outside Canberra).

Cost:
Whole program: $499 pp (includes accommodation and meals).

Day guest: $150 pp (includes meals)

Kategoria 2023 will be held Friday 15th Sept 2023 (arrive onsite by 4pm) – Monday 18th Sept (depart from 4pm).
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