Essentials to Be an Effective Visiting Speaker

 

Are you ready to be more effective as a visiting speaker?

Preaching in your own congregation is one thing—but speaking to a new audience presents a different challenge.

Being an effective visiting speaker is often more complex, but many visiting speakers are unsure of the required adjustments to have a lasting impact.

What we learnt about preaching at Bible college assumes the audience knows us. As a stranger, in 30 minutes or less, you must connect meaningfully with your audience's heart, mind and spirit and earn their trust. Then, inspire and inform Biblically, and call to action unapologetically, but without manipulation.

 

How would you rate your effectiveness as a visiting speaker?

Are you ready to improve so that your audience can connect with Jesus and hear Him speak through you?

Join me in exploring the unique approaches and skills a visiting speaker must adopt to be effective.

 

Who will benefit?

·      Anyone who preaches, teaches, or shares with a new or less familiar audience, such as another church, Bible study group, organisation, or context, especially:

·      Mission, NFP and para-church leaders, representatives and mobilisers.

·      Pastors with a unique message for other churches.

·      People raising prayer and financial supporters

·      Donor relations

 

What might you gain from the workshop?

·      Discover your blind spots, e.g. where you might be overly focused on information and neglect other essentials.

·      Discover a process to prepare well before arriving at your new audience.

·      Build rapport and earn their trust quickly

·      Inspire and teach faithfully from the Bible

·      Deliver a call to action with confidence while avoiding manipulation.

·      The ‘Heart, head, hand, heart’ paradigm and other essentials.

 

Introducing Dr Omar Djoeandy

Over the past 30 years, Omar has served as a visiting speaker in hundreds of churches of various denominations in 15 countries. He wants to see more speakers effectively engaging more churches and Christians to participate in God’s local and global mission.

His career includes serving as a General Practitioner in Sydney and Nairobi, a church minister in Kenya, and as the National Director of SIM Australia for 15 years. Now, he is a SIM Missions Consultant, speaker and coach. In 2020, he published Redefining Success according to Jesus - redefiningsuccess.com.au

Omar is ethnically Chinese, born in Indonesia and has been an Australian since 10. Omar met his wife, Kay, an American, in Kenya. Kay is a counsellor, and they have three adult children.

 

Dates

Over three Tuesdays, 11, 18 & 25 November 2025

7:30 – 9:00 PM AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne) | Online

 

Total Costs for the three weeks (same as Discerning)

GST Free

 

Non-MI Members/Associates

Registration: $99 per device, for up to 2 people.

Group of 3 or more on 1 Device: $ 179

 

MI Members/Associates

Registration: $69 per device, up to 2 people.

Group of 3 or more on 1 Device: $129

 

*Individuals who are part of an organisation, church or ministry that is either a Member or an Associate of Missions Interlink AU or NZ, see here for the list. To join MI, click here.

 

50% discount for students and persons facing economic challenges upon application to omar.djoeandy@sim.org.au

 

Registration

REGISTER HERE

 

Registration ends on Monday, 10 November 2025

 

Cancellation Policy

Full refund less booking fees

 

Venue

Online via Zoom

 

Contact

Omar Djoeandy | omar.djoeandy@sim.org.au

0423 834 768

 

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