Equip women

03/06/2026

Our EQUIP classic read this year is Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer...

"My church has just begun a new course for people exploring Jesus. It runs for five weeks and explains who Jesus is and what it means to be a Christian. I invited a friend along and was nervous about how she’d find it. But it’s been wonderful hearing everyone’s questions.

How should we do evangelism? Through courses, Sunday gatherings, or personal evangelism? This is something that Christians were also wrestling with in the 1960s, when Packer wrote his book Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God.

It’s been super refreshing to zoom out with Packer. The big question of the book is why do we evangelise if God is sovereign over all? Then he asks how we can know whether an evangelistic method is effective.

When we evangelise, the gospel message does not need to be“beautified with the cosmetics and high heels of fashionable learning in order to make people look at it, but as a word from God, spoken in Christ’s name.”

This book is great for a new Christian who is nervous about sharing the gospel for the first time, or for a Christian leader, or anyone in between! It has reminded me of the confidence I can have in God’s sovereignty, and given me a new excitement to share his gospel.

“There are, in fact, two motives that should spur us on constantly to evangelise. The first is love of God and concern for his glory; the second is love of [people] and concern for [their] welfare.”"

- Emma Warren

Our EQUIP Top Picks are 10 books chosen and reviewed by our EQUIP team just for you. Find the reviews as they are published here: https://www.equip.org.au/book-reviews-equip26

Thank you to our partners Reformers Bookshop who have helped us put together this list. 10% of sales commission from our EQUIP link will go to supporting M, our link missionary working with women in North Africa. Find a great book, grow in knowing Jesus AND support the gospel going out at the same time!

Find them all here: https://reformers.com.au/pages/equip26-top-picks

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03/06/2026

The Jonah 2:9 Project has been extended to NEXT MONDAY!

We have more than 50 submissions already which is wonderful 🥳 but we know many more of you could and would like to contribute!

💕 Remember how great the Hallelujah Project last year was and our other delegate choirs and Bible readings in the past. This is your chance to be part of the EQUIP26 program!

Options:
- Take a picture like our lovely team members Priska and Tash from Perth WA with a sign saying "Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
- Video yourself saying "Salvation belongs to the Lord! Jonah chapter 2 verse 9" in another language or in English

Find all the instructions and the link to upload here: https://www.equip.org.au/jonah-2-9-project

EQUIP26 premieres Saturday 20 June at 10am AEST
Available to stream until 27 July
Tickets are $22pp, groups of 10+ are $20 and teens are free!

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03/06/2026

“The book of Jonah is full of unexpected twists and turns, and finishes with an intriguing cliff hanger. It invites us to reflect more deeply on ourselves and the mystery of God’s mercy. Join us for EQUIP26 Undeserving.” - Isobel Lin (EQUIP26 chair)

Join us...

Livestream 10am AEST on Saturday 20 June
Available on demand until Monday 27 July

Tickets $22 per person, $20 for groups of 10+ and teens are free!

Speakers: Carmelina Read, Clare Gibson, Christine Knobbs and Annabel Nixey

Need more info? Check out our website!

https://www.equip.org.au/equip26

GROUP ORGANISERS

We suggest registering yourself NOW to get our updates. Then if you register more women and go over 10 tickets our 10+ price of $20pp will kick in. You can update your group numbers up until 27 July.

EQUIP is organised by volunteers who love gathering our own women around God's word, so we have tried to think about every question we might have for helping you organise a great day too. Our aim is to provide an affordable and accessible conference for Australian women, by Australian women.

Check out the group organisers page on our website for the following:
- "How to Read Jonah" pre conference video
- Printable bookmark and invite
- Promo video and slide for church or sharing
- Jonah devotionals
- EQUIP top picks book reviews
- Spotify playlist

https://www.equip.org.au/equip26-hosting

Registration now open for EQUIP26! Register Now Register Now More Information More Information Equipping women to know and love Jesus. Bible teaching by women for women. Our Story EQUIP is a Christian Bible-teaching ministry focused on equipping women to know and love Jesus.Our annual flagship event...

02/06/2026

Our EQUIP26 top picks are here!! These are books chosen, read and reviewed by the EQUIP team just for you.

We will be sharing reviews for each of them over the next few weeks.

Thank you to our friends at .bookshop for helping us put the books together each year. Reformers will contribute 10% of sales commission to supporting M in North Africa so please use our link to purchase!

Find them all here: https://reformers.com.au/pages/equip26-top-picks

Join us for premiering Saturday 20 June and available to watch until 27 July. Find all the details: www.equip.org.au

31/05/2026

Videos due TOMORROW! We’d love to include as many of you as possible 🙌🏼❤️

30/05/2026

"Our ladies love the EQUIP conferences, we look forward to it every year. Clearly lots of work goes into creating beautiful visual aids and rich teaching content. We’re very grateful to the team for serving us so well. Everything is ready to go. Between us we organise a few soups to share and it’s a really special event." - Hannah, Ross River Anglican Church, Townsville QLD

It's these sorts of comments from regional and remote churches in Australia that spur us on to keep creating a conference on livestream with helpful pre and post conference Bible resources.

Could we help you gather your women, sit under God's word, and grow in understanding his surprising mercy?

We'd love you to join us for this year.

Livestream premiering Saturday 20 June, then available until 27 July. Ross River Anglican usually watch the conference a few weeks later than the livestream because that works better with their church calendar.

Registration is $22pp, groups of 10+ $20 and teens are free!

Find more information here: https://www.equip.org.au

We have tried to answer all the questions we think you might have here: https://www.equip.org.au/equip26-hosting

Resources we have ready to go already:
Promo video
"How to Read" Jonah video
Editable bookmarks and slides to use at church
Spotify playlist
Book reviews (soon!)
Other suggestions and Bible resources

27/05/2026

Calling all group organisers!
Our group organisers zoom is TOMORROW NIGHT! Thursday 28 May at 8pm AEST.
This will be a great place to ask your questions and hear more about the program and how you can plan a great day for your women. Join it here: https://www.equip.org.au/equip26-hosting

Some other tips...

🌟Register yourself NOW!

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By registering yourself straight away you will get emails from us with more details and resources for the conference as they're released. Then, when you have more definite group numbers you can update your group booking (right up until a month after the conference). If you register for $22, and then change your booking to 10 or more people it will automatically recalculate your cost to $20 per person.

Remember teens are FREE so speak to your youth group coordinators about getting our younger sisters along to watch too!

🌟 Contribute to the conference!

We're asking women to video themselves saying "Salvation belongs to the Lord!" in English and many different languages. We'd love to have lots of submissions before the conference to add to our livestream. Please share with your women and find details here: https://www.equip.org.au/jonah-2-9-project

🌟 Check out our Hosting EQUIP26 website for...

EQUIP promo video to share or download
Editable PDF invitation
Printable bookmark
NEW How to Read Jonah video
NEW Spotify playlist
NEW EQUIP top picks book list and reviews
Plus more Jonah conference resources

🌟 Register your gathering as a hub

Would you like to invite other local women to your gathering? List your details on our hub website! Do you have to do this? No! But we’ve found it’s super encouraging.
Any questions? Please ask! We LOVE speaking to women about how to use EQUIP to grow and encourage the women in your churches.

EQUIP26 Undeserving, the book of Jonah
Saturday 20 June 10am AEST via livestream and then online until 27 July.

Hello to the lovely ladies from Cooma Baptist Church NSW who joined us for EQUIP25! They're already registered as a hub for 2026

26/05/2026

This year at Equip, we'll be looking at the book of Jonah. We often think of Jonah as a children's story, but it's actually a sophisticated piece of literature.

Prepare for by watching our "How to read Jonah" guide with Isobel and Di. In this video they discuss the historical context of the book, the main character (hint, it's not Jonah!), where we see Jonah in the New Testament, and different responses you may have to this story.

We pray this is an encouraging pre-conference resource that helps get you excited for joining us to dig deeper into Jonah together this year. In this book we see the mystery of God's mercy to all those who are undeserving.

Please share with the women in your groups! You could watch this video before reading the book of Jonah together (and eating some delicious Assyrian sweets!).

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

26/05/2026

We'd love to help women prepare well for so that you're ready to hear God's word and apply it to your lives 💕

One way we're suggesting you do that is by hosting a Jonah reading party! It only takes an hour...

🌟Give out the EQUIP bookmarks, and locate Jonah on the timeline.

🌟Read each chapter of Jonah one at a time, stopping to briefly ask ‘What did you find surprising’?

🌟Pray for the thousands of women coming to EQUIP, especially unbelievers to come to understand God’s mercy in Jesus.

🌟Watch the ‘How to Read Jonah Video’ (on our youtube now!)

🌟You could even eat some Assyrian food (Jonah was sent to the city of Nineveh, and the modern day Assyrians are their ancestors). You'll find some links to recipes on our website.

More info here: https://www.equip.org.au/jonah-reading-party

Does anyone remember the last time we suggested a reading party before EQUIP? Post below which year / Book of the Bible you think it was 🥰

25/05/2026

It's come to that part of our conference calendar when it feels we're sharing something new every day!

Today it's our Spotify playlist 🥰🎧💕

The first four songs are the ones we are going to be singing together at this year:
He Will Be (CityAlight)
His Mercy is More (Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)
Grace (CityAlight)
Here is Love (a beautiful old hymn)

The rest of the playlist are songs to help you reflect on the themes in the book of Jonah - God's mercy and love.

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