Careforce Lifekeys Information

Careforce Lifekeys was founded by Dr Allan Meyer and Helen Meyer during their 26 years of leadership at Careforce Church, Mt. Evelyn, Australia. It comprises this Facilitator Training Program and a range of structured courses developed in their local church to address the need for restoration and discipleship. These courses quickly proved to be effective in reaching the wider unchurched community as well. When those who had benefited from a Lifekeys course invited friends, neighbours, family members and others to get help where they had found help themselves, people who had never considered going to a church for help in the past were able to "taste and see that the Lord is good. Other churches in the city began to take note of what was happening at Mt. Evelyn, came to learn, and successfully began to apply the ministry in their own congregations. As a result Careforce Lifekeys came to be embraced by thousands of churches from all denominations around Australia, New Zealand and other countries around the world. When people come to Christ they bring with them the wounds and collateral damage of life in a broken world. People need restoration and Jesus Christ expects his church to be a restoring community. When the oil and wine of truth and amazing grace are genuinely applied to those wounds, and that damage is undone, people experience the goodness of God, his kingdom comes, and the hearts of people are made strong for life and service. If the church does not function as a restoring community those wounds and that damage may remain unresolved, even after years of Christian life and church attendance. God helped us become a restoring community. We encountered many Christians who had struggled with unresolved life issues; some were courageously coping while waiting for a cure, some were stuck and deeply disillusioned with their faith life, others had withdrawn from church life altogether. As we pioneered the Lifekeys ministry we saw many of these people restored to faith and function. People who had given up hope discovered new life as they gained understanding into their issues, their faith was revived, and they were empowered to make changes that led to wholeness and freedom. What we learned over those years we live to share. Careforce Lifekeys exists to assist churches in their calling as restoring communities; places where God's restoring character can be revealed in Christ. We exist to help churches cultivate the essential elements of a restoring community and provide tools to assist in the work of restoring and reconciling a broken community to the love and grace of God. As we learned how to function better as a restoring community we found connections with our community we had never had before. Lifekeys became an effective bridge into the community. Many who had previously no connection with a life of faith participated in a program, encountered Christ, found a saving relationship with him and became part of the life of the church. The potential for the church to touch the local community by meeting people at the point in their lives where they KNOW they need help remains one of the greatest untapped evangelistic tools available to the church today. The Facilitator Training program has been designed to equip leaders to effectively facilitate the small group process for any of the Careforce Lifekeys programs. However the skills and insights imparted through this training program makes it suitable for equipping small group leaders for any purpose. People involved in Pastoral Care, Connect Group leaders, leaders involved in Alpha programs, leaders involved in discipleship or any kind of Home Group or Bible Study group will be enhanced in their capacity to lead effectively.