The One Thing

Are you re-launching small groups for 2021? What should you do if you don't have enough leaders? Featuring Richard Sweatman's six errors to avoid.

Are you an overworker or an underworker in ministry? Derek and Maddy discuss workaholism and hyper-Calvinism.

1 - Ensure you’re in a healthy place, 2 - Be deliberate about what you’re doing, 3 - Build the church calendar around mission, 4 - Lead through others, 5 - Get a coach.

Simon Sinek, Patrick Lencioni and John Doerr have all written secular books with huge application to ministry. Fill your stocking with these 3 resources.

"I'm starting to realise that unless we getting that leading-through-leaders' model happening well I'm going to become the blockage."

“Everyone said that church planting is going to be the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and there’s some truth to that, but it wasn’t like that for us, it was actually joyfully wonderful” (Matt)

“Everyone said that church planting is going to be the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and there’s some truth to that, but it wasn’t like that for us, it was actually joyfully wonderful” (Matt)

What motivates a church planter in the first place? What did he learn along the way? What's the greatest joy and hardship of church planting? 10 years ago Toby Neal and his team planted Vine Church in Surry Hills.

"I've spent 15 years trying to deal with the disasters that come for the employer or the employee when people haven't got this right." Al Stewart joins Scott Sanders and Madeleine Galea on The One Thing podcast to discuss how to avoid hiring the wrong person in your church.

Would a 360 review be a helpful step for your leadership? Listen to this episode of The One Thing podcast with Derek Hanna and Madeleine Galea or go straight to genevapush.com/360.

Is your church experiencing any of these? Losing clarity about purpose, rosters rather than teams, inability to designate significant areas of responsibility, multiplying programs, tending towards complexity over time, foggy discipleship pathways, weak mission planning and reflection on those plans.

What are the common pitfalls for new Australian churches? Australia needs new churches and we're hoping these observations will help those new churches to start on the right foot. Listen to the newest episode The One Thing podcast.

Do a few things well this Christmas. Covid restrictions mean that more of your church may be around for Christmas this year. Join seasoned church planter Craig Tucker as he discusses what he's changed his mind about regarding church Christmas and how Scots Church Sydney are changing it up this year.

Do a few things well this Christmas. Covid restrictions mean that more of your church may be around for Christmas this year. Join seasoned church planter Craig Tucker as he discusses what he's changed his mind about regarding church Christmas and how Scots Church Sydney are changing it up this year.

Knowing your strengths assesses you on 7 core competencies, including spiritual vibrancy, theological drive, emotional intelligence, gospel vision, courageous shepherding, evangelistic urgency and effective overseeing.

Idiographic and nomothetic staffing? Staffing for purposes vs staffing for demographics? This week’s The One Thing episode deals with five staffing guidelines, cultural clericalism resulting from over-staffing, ID real staffing ratios and city vs rural staffing.

Idiographic and nomothetic staffing? Staffing for purposes vs staffing for demographics? This week’s The One Thing episode deals with five staffing guidelines, cultural clericalism resulting from over-staffing, ID real staffing ratios and city vs rural staffing.

Key church staffing questions for 2021: Has COVID given us greater clarity about our mission? What do we need / not need?

Andrew West from Church By The Bridge in Sydney chats with Scott Sanders and Maddy Galea about a one-to-one Bible-reading campaign.

Too many decisions? Figuring out how to cope with uncertainty and constant pivoting? Listen to Scott Sanders and Derek Hanna on today's episode of The One Thing podcast.

Help your church grow in generosity. Tony Payne speaks with Scott Sanders and Maddy Galea about the new resource on today’s episode of The One Thing podcast.

This five minute clip includes discussions of spiritual resilience, expectancy and the charismatic movement.

What if I’m teaching the word and praying, but it doesn’t seem to be working? Listen to ‘When Ministry Doesn’t Work’ on The One Thing podcast. This week features Tony Payne.

We must do better. Do your Sunday gatherings reflect the weightiness of God? What does full preparation look like? Simon Manchester joins The One Thing podcast to discuss Sunday services.

Is it better to grow big or plant a new church? Listen to The One Thing podcast.