You will enjoy getting to know Andrew Katay. His life began to change when, as a young man, a friend invited him to a holiday camp in northern Sydney. At camp, he met saints who were part of his journey of following Jesus. This happened during his senior year of high school. At that time, the youth minister said he should pursue ministry, and he simply said yes. That was it. He began to witness God’s grace and experience a transformation, and a call to ministry quickly became clear. Even during his university years, God kept pursuing him. Later, he connected with campus ministry and served there for many years before joining Redeemer City to City.
One of my favorite stories is about Andrew meeting Jay Kyle for the first time—a man who was essentially a stranger—at a hotel shaped like Noah’s Ark. The story says a lot about both men, who now serve at CTC.
Andrew Katay is CEO of City to City Australia and Senior Minister at Christ Church Inner West in Sydney. I always enjoy talking to Andrew. I particularly enjoyed hearing him talk about how he connected with City to City and the work he’s done since then in both Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
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You can learn more about City to City Australia here, and hear more from Andrew in season 2 episode 3 of How to Reach the West Again.
At 30:03 in the episode, Andrew talks about “catalyzing movement as movement” to describe City to City Australia’s Movement Department—a new team made up of both staff and leaders from partner organizations who share the same vision for gospel movement. Their role is to connect and support local leaders across Australia, equipping them with vision, strategy, relationships, and encouragement as they work to catalyze gospel renewal in their regions. If you’d like to learn more, check out this video from Greig Whittaker, CTC Australia’s Director of Movement.
Andrew has also written Unity For Movement: a practical guide to a critical conversation, along with his blog post “Three Legs to the Table of Unity,” both of which explore the importance of unity in sustaining gospel movement.
You can also read Andrew’s response to S.E. Wang’s essay, “Creation and Consummation: The Church as the Goal of History,” as part of the Center for House Church Theology’s dialogue bringing global voices into conversation with the Chinese house church.
