Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

Re-thinking the metrics of Ministry. How do we measure success? This week we are joined by Paul Bartlett, who is the State President of the ACC in NSW as well as being the Senior Leader of the innovative Lighthouse Church in Wollongong. Paul shares with us insights in creativity, innovation, and some of the challenges the Aussie church is going to face in measuring success in the future. How will...

Prayer as the work. For many of us in ministry, we can fall into the trap of forgetting the deep work of prayer when it comes to God's work. This week, we are joined by Trudi Sayers, who was recently appointed as the National Director of 24-7 Prayer. She shares some of her journey into the significance of being a house of prayer, and what it means for churches and leaders to truley prioiritise pra...

Becoming more like Jesus, and inviting and empowering others to do the same. One of the great challenges in this season of life and ministry, has been Church leaders realising on mass some of the great discipleship challenges we have in the West. This came first hand for Sam Harvey, planter and leader of Bay Vinyard church in New Zealand, when he realised the absence of any great form of depth in...

The Beauty and diversity of the Aussie Church. The A'Bell's have become widely recognised leaders in God's church. Initially from within the C3 movement, Hillsong, planting a church in Sydney's Sutherland shire, and now working with the Global organisation "Convoy of Hope". And there are few that can speak to the diversity and uniqueness of all sorts of churches, and how leaders can engage right w...

Stepping into a legacy. Many of us in Church leadership may sometimes be guilty of bemoaning the past, and lamenting what has been. But what might it look like to reignite a passion for the future of church planting in our nation; step by step and piece by piece. This week we are joined by Mike Hands, who despite his relative youth stepped into the incredible story God has been orchestrating at Ne...

Taking the next step without knowing the destination. This week we are joined by Andrew and Emma Bollom, who after a season of prayer, radically stepped out into an incredible season of faith, trust and obedience.  They share deeply about the crazy challenges of church planting including grief, insecurity and doubt, as well as where God has uniquely led them in ministering alongside our first...

How does one engineer multiplication into their church DNA? This week we hear from Guy Mason, and the incredible journey of City on a Hill. City on a Hill has now multiplied into 8 physical locations (as well as online), and God willing many more! But did it always start like that? What was the measuring tool? How did City on a Hill identify, recruit, and raise up leaders? We think you'll enjoy th...

What are the unique challenges that Aussie church planters are facing? This week we sit in on a fascinating round table conversation with an eclectic mix of Aussie leaders each leading or engineering church planting endeavours. Hear first hand around a broad range of issues from those all range of backgrounds when it comes to: their calling, the redefining of ministry success in this era, their gr...

Meaningful Online Connection  We have all realised over the last 2 years that the Online space is here to stay. Aussies in droves went online during the pandemic, if not well before, but how is the church thinking deeply about how it might be able to engage people meaningfully? This week we are joined by Reuben Skewes, who is the Global Content Manager for Christian Vision (yesHeis), a global...

Heartache.  Church planting is both the most exilarating experience, but also one filled with high's and lows. This week we are joined by Matt Sparks, who along with a team has planted and led Anchor Church in Sydney, which in 8 short years has now grown to 3 locations. But it comes at a cost: people, resource, and energy. Matt shares about how one practically embraces this and moves towards...

Cities and renewal.  Many of us ache for God to break out as we have seen in our histories. But how do we practically go about cultivating the culture and posture of our hearts? This week we are joined by an Australian export, Jon Tyson. Jon has become a world renowned leader by way of church planting in cities, and particularly when it comes to prayer, renewal, and acute cultural observation...

How do we handle leadership succession and transition? This is one of the great challenges for the church in this season, especially as we hope to see many more churches planted and multiplied in Australia. Archie Coates, the vicar designate and successor to Nicky Gumbel at HTB, shares with us his journey of planting St Peter’s in Brighton, raising up leaders, and opportunities for each of us to b...

Conviction and staying in your lane. This week Tim and Victoria Giovenelli share that whole gammit of their church planting journey. What it means to stick to your guns when things seem tough, the transience of people and when it just feels overwhelming. But also what it means to create a space where the important things of prayer, evangelism, and life-giving community are prioritised. Furthermore...

Do you have a strategy? One of the bold invitations is to re-imagine and with God’s helps strategise opportunities into the future. Join us this week as we hear from David O’Connor, who has been able to help a local church get a vision for church planting beyond themselves into fresh opportunities all around them. https://exponential.org.au/

How are we providing opportunities for leaders to be raised up? Join us this week as we hear from Keri Ladouceur, who leads the largest female-led Church in the US. Keri has a wide range of incredible leadership experiences, and she shares how she has been able to see incredible female leaders raised up in some of the ministries she has been able to help lead. https://exponential.org.au/

What does hope look like for you? It’s very easy to get discouraged in the ministry of evangelism and church planting. Nicky is truly a globally renowned leader and shares some of the catalytic moments that saw a movement of church planting across the UK. Nicky also shares around his future, as well as some of their pivotal learnings around transition in leadership, and those who can often be over...

Struggling with agility in this current season of ministry? Bre Wilkinson shares some of the very real challenges of initiating a micro church network throughout the last two years, and yet the opportunities to push into creativity and multiplication as part of her leadership of the “Sent” Collective. https://exponential.org.au/

Tim Gardiner, lead and planting Pastor of C3 Rouse Hill, shares candidly around some of the challenges of this season. He opens up about some of the great lessons learnt around reverse engineering, and what is required of leaders in this season. Tim also shares on the potency of a church passionate about planting and releasing leaders. https://exponential.org.au/

Chris Podlich, church planter and mentor to church planters for the Lutheran Church shares his unique journey of an emerging vision to plant a church his unchurched friends would attend. Now Beyond Church is a highly successful multiplying church plant in Brisbane. https://exponential.org.au/

Pete and his wife Bee have become globally recognised leaders pressing into renewal in God’s church within the United Kingdom. Having planted KXC (Kings Cross Church) 12 years ago, they have become serial “senders”, sending 7 different church plants of all different flavours. https://exponential.org.au/

Mike and Jenny lead a wonderful young church called Encounter Church planted from within the Uniting Churches in Adelaide. They share about the great challenges of pioneering something new, as well as how do couples lead and minister together with all its relational complexity. https://exponential.org.au/

Amit Khaira works with Compassion in Perth, WA. Amit has been very involved with the birthing of “Movement day” and other such initiatives. He shares with Charlie from Exponential Australia, about a concept called GeoNetworking (Geographical Networking), and how churches can pray, serve, and disciple out of the recognised needs of communities and cities. https://exponential.org.au/

How to Identify & Qualify Church Planters.  Charlie Burke of Exponential Australia interviews Adam Ramsey, Network Director Of Acts 29 Asia Pacific. Adam explains how to identify Church planters and the qualification process, as well as offering other insights into effective Church planting. https://exponential.org.au/

Julie-anne Laird is the Anglican Canon for Church Planting in Melbourne, as well as being part of the Australian City to City team. Here Julie-anne talks about her work with the Anglican Church to stimulate church planting across the city. https://exponential.org.au/

Bree Mills, the Director of Micro Church Australia, talks about micro churches in Australia and describes five components that healthy micro churches should possess. https://exponential.org.au/