International speaker Vaughn Roberts has challenged 2000 Christian men to step outside their almost too comfortable lives.

Mr. Roberts, the Senior Minister of St Ebbes Church Oxford, says living and working in Australia with its many blessings can dull the desire to evangelise friends.

He believes that even Australia's beautiful weather can become a barrier to working hard for the Lord.

The UK minister was a key speaker at the Men's Katoomba Convention held over the weekend.

The convention is aimed at a diverse group of men drawn from a wide variety of occupations.

Brett Porter, an IT worker from Emu Plains, says the call to place limits on work for the sake of the Gospel really hit home.

"I've really been challenged to think about the role work has in my life and the priority I place on it," he says.

"I can see the need to think seriously about who I am as a follower of Jesus first."

Mr. Roberts called on men to change the way they think of work " Christians need to their jobs as worship rather than a source of status.

Seeing themselves as Christians first, Mr. Roberts says, will help men transform work from, "idolatry, selfishness and frustration to being worship, service and fulfilment".

Unlike their non-Christian colleagues, believing men could actually live by the motto "Thank God its Monday'.

Other speakers included well-known evangelists John Chapman and Sam Chan.

Dan Sieveking from Summer Hill says he really benefited from Chappo's assertion that work and salvation are all about "who you know'.

"No matter what job you do or how busy you were, when you stand before God you want to hear Jesus say "He's with me'", Mr Sieveking says.

Mens Katoomba Convention is run over 3 weekends with the final weekend March 4-5.

Information is available at the MKC website.