Reach Australia Podcast

What does Jesus pray for his people? That we would know the Father, know the Word and be sent into the world. Gary Millar continues to take us through John 17 and shows that God takes us in our weakness and keeps us secure. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by  ⁠Reach Australia⁠ To pray for Reach Australia, join our ⁠WhatsApp Group⁠ . For ideas or questions please email  ⁠reso...

Gary Millar begins to take us through the prayer of John 17. He opens our eyes to the heart of the Son for the Father. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by  Reach Australia To pray for Reach Australia, join our WhatsApp Group. For ideas or questions please email  resources@reachaustralia.com.au To support the Reach Australia Online Library head  here .

Work hard, play hard? Is that what we are supposed to be doing? Andrew Heard has a new book out challenging us to think about how we should think about growth and change. Here is the third of four conversations about some of the things that didn't make it to the book. ⁠Growth and Change⁠ is available from Matthias Media. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by  ⁠Reach Austral...

There has been a myth about Reach Australia that church ministry is about instituting the 5 M structure of church. Andrew goes through what we are really about: Clarity is King Be Faithful in Inputs Take Responsibility for Outputs Break down the Big Things Understand the Ecosystem Andrew Heard has a new book out challenging us to think about how we should think about growth and change. Here is the...

Numbers! Is it really unloving to count and measure ministry? Andrew Heard has a new book out challenging us to think about how we should think about growth and change. Here is the second of four conversations about some of the things that didn't make it to the book. ⁠Growth and Change⁠ is available from Matthias Media. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by  ⁠Reach Australi...

What are the hard things we need to hear? Andrew Heard spent seven years working on this new book, challenging us to think about how we should think about growth and change. Here is the first of four conversations about some of the things that didn't make it to the book. Growth and Change is available from Matthias Media. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by  Reach Austral...

Ministry in the regional centre of Lismore, NSW was transformed by two devastating floods in 2021. Stew Playsted (Senior Pastor) talks through: How natural disasters like floods can affect a city and ministry How God has been at work in Southern Cross Presbyterian Church in Lismore over the past 10 years How the Gospel Community model of ministry was applied in a setting like Lismore CREDITS: The...

Chis Ekins is part of a team that planted Coast Evangelical Church (Coast EC). The challenges of ministry in regional, tourist town Success and hardships in planting in nearby regional centres Engaging young adults who want to move the city Working with other churches to plant more churches Strategies for planning for the future SHOW NOTES: Coast EC website Gap Year Programme If you are intereste...

Ben Ho has made the unusual decision to step down from SLE church to plant and Steve Tran is stepping from co-pastor to lead pastor. What is St Lucia like as a suburb? What is the history of the church? Why did Ben decide he was the one to plant the church? Why are they planting in Centenary? What is the future of SLE and Centenary churches? SHOW NOTES: NB: when the recording was done Centenary we...

How does a loving community worship God together? Charles Cleworth takes us through how community should shape what we do on a Sunday as a church. Especially thinking through how to do the following elements effect what we do from the front? People Posture Prayer Praise Pathway Participation Preaching Profile Place Liv Chapman addresses the idea of music and singing together. Why Do We Sing? What...

Phil Colgan from St George North Anglican Church reminds us of the noble call of the pastor from Acts 20:17-38. Especially the importance of “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.” (Acts 20:28) Pastors need to keep in mind ministry is done: 1. In humility 2. With tears 3....

Des Smith, lead pastor from Trinity Lockleys Church in South Australia reminds of the importance of finishing to the end. CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by Reach Australia Contact us via resources@reachaustralia.com.au You can give to the Online Resource Library

Greg Lee from Hunter Bible Church speaks on Acts and the role of mission in community SHOW NOTES: Mission ebook by Dave Jensen CREDITS: The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by ⁠Reach Australia⁠ Contact us via resources@reachaustralia.com.au You can give to the ⁠Online Resource Library⁠

Ministry involves navigating a range of relationships and responsibilities, many of these are pastorally complex and the intensity of these relationships can often leave pastors drained of energy and confused about what help they can offer – How do you get clear on what your responsibility is, and isn’t? What help is actually helpful? This workshop offers a family systems view on pastoral care and...

Sally Sims (Care Ministry Coordinator) and Caroline Litchfield (Membership Director) for St Ives Christchurch in Sydney explain their approach for setting up systems for pastoral care through a church setting SHOW NOTES: ⁠Together Through the Storm⁠ by Sally Sims Care Resource List Community Plenary (Episodes 24.4 and 24.5 ) Slides from the Workshop ⁠Letters to Emma⁠ , by Lee Carter (a book about...

Andrew Heard seeks to encourage your heart in serving God through difficult times.

Tim Clemens from Grace City Church talks through 7 important questions churches need to ask about community in church. Tim's ebook can be downloaded here . You can support the Online Resource Library here .

Karl Deenick, author of Gathered Together, speaks on the hurts a church pastor can feel and how Ephesians 3 helps us in that. You can get Karl's book here . You can support our resource library here⁠ .

Rory Shiner, from Providence Church in WA, takes us through his last talk in Colossians where he helps us understand unity between and with churches. The link to the Taste and See form is here . The link to support our resource library is here .

Rory Shiner, from Providence Church in WA, talks us through the theme of church in the book of Colossians.

Rory Shiner, of Providence Church in WA, takes us through the majesty of the Son in Colossians 1:15-20

Reaching Islamic Australians with the gospel of Jesus has its own nuances and specifics. Samuel Green engagingwithislam.org Where to Start with Islam

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Available as video on the Reach Australia youtube page .  Ben George's article . 18th August 2023 Satya Conference, Sydney book here . Evangelism and New Churches .

0:23 Introduction 1:03 God is shepherd 5:21 People are shepherds 9:26 Bad shepherds 12:00 Hope for shepherding 13:18 Shepherding in the New Testament 17:53 6 reflections