The Effective Ministry Podcast

In this episode of the Effective Ministry podcast you will listen in on the book launch evening for 'Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry' , edited by Dr. Ruth Lukabyo. The book, featuring contributions from Youthworks College lecturers and other authors from Australian churches and Bible colleges, aims to bridge theological principles with practical youth ministry. Highlights inc...

Tim Beilharz talks with David Rietveld, who brings his experience in youth and senior ministry to discuss the challenges and strategies for nurturing youth and children's ministry in today's post-Christian world. Rietveld, the author of ' Being Christian After Christendom ,' addresses navigating ministry in a post-Christian society and the importance of understanding and communicating the gospel e...

Tim Beilharz welcomes Youth Pastor Theologian, Mike McGarry. They chat about Mike's work in bridging theology with practical youth ministry, the importance of a theological foundation in youth ministry, Mike's personal journey into faith and ministry, and the role of youth pastors in shaping young believers. The conversation also covers the challenges and strategies of youth ministry in a post-Chr...

In this episode of The Effective Ministry Podcast, host Tim Beilharz interviews Awana CEO Matt Markins, author of The Faith of Our Children: Eight Timely Research Insights for Discipling the Next Generation . Matt shares his personal journey from growing up in a dysfunctional family to finding solace and direction in the church, which sparked his passion for child discipleship. He discusses the cr...

Tim Beilharz is joined by Reverend Ian Barnett, founder and CEO of the National Grandparent Movement. They explore the unique opportunities that grandparents have in influencing the faith formation of their grandchildren and the wider youth ministry. Ian Barnett shares practical ways for grandparents to express their faith, share stories, and pray with their grandkids, whether they are biological...

Tim Beilharz, is joined by David Krebs ( SUNSW ), Heather Thompson (High School SRE Teacher) and Liam Nolan (Youth and Families Minister, Normanhurst Anglican Church ) to discuss how lunchtime groups in public schools can be a great complement to both SRE and local church ministry. Contact David Krebs about starting your own lunchtime group david.krebs@sunsw.org.au Click on through⁠ to discover mo...

Tim continues his conversation with Marshall Ballentine-Jones (CEO of DigiHelp Publishing) and Emma Argall (Christian School teacher) about pornography and its impact on young people. They discuss the importance of parents understanding the extent of internet access and the potential dangers. The guests emphasise the role of communication and stress the necessity to discuss 'awkward' topics like s...

Tim is joined by Marshall Ballentine-Jones (CEO of DigiHelp Publishing) and Emma Argall (Christian School teacher) to talk about pornography and it’s impact on young people. Together they delve into challenges faced in raising children and youth in a highly sexualized world, particularly one with high pornography consumption. They explore the guilt and shame often associated with pornography consu...

In this special bonus episode, Tim delves deeper into the topic of faith integration in education with Dr. Ruby Holland. They discuss the importance of integrating Christian faith into all subjects for the holistic formation of young students in Christian schools. They particularly discuss examples from history, including studies of World War II and the Holocaust, and how these subjects present op...

Do we choose top-down instruction or a bottom-up discovery approach when it comes to ministering to young people? Tim is joined by Gareth Crispin and Robin Barfield as they wrestle with this question and seek to find a third way through the theology of James Loder. Click on through⁠ to discover more from ⁠the ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youthworks Ministry Support Team⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ and find out how Youthworks can help you ha...

Tim is joined by Sam Hudson, Head of Christian Outdoor Education at Youthworks, and his wife Lex to discuss the value of outdoor parent-child adventures. Sam and Lex recently piloted a father-son canoeing adventure and saw first-hand the relational benefits that it gave each pair who attended. To stay up to date on future events, follow the Youthworks Facebook page or email effectiveministrypodcas...

Tim is joined by Kids Christian Music artists Josh Goscombe ( ⁠joshgoscombe.com⁠ ) and his wife and partner in all things creative, family, and Children's Ministry, Larissa. They talk about the power of music for child discipleship, how Josh and Larissa both found themselves (and each other) in Children's Ministry, and the creative inspiration of dirty nappies. BUY THE ALBUM Josh's new album, Jesu...

Tim is joined by Dr. Ruby Holland to discuss religious identity formation in teenagers. Ruby conducted a series of case studies in Anglican Schools in Sydney and found that even those students who had a Christian faith, were far more likely to hold identity markers that aligned with a secular story of the good life, than the grand Christian narrative. Why are students failing to have a robust and...

So what is effective ministry? Youth Ministry Advisor Matt Bartlett joins Tim to discuss Youthworks 7 Principles of Effective Ministry. Click on through⁠ to discover more from ⁠the ⁠ Youthworks Ministry Support Team ⁠⁠ and find out how Youthworks can help you have an effective youth and children's ministry in your local church. We would love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, comments, suggesti...

Tim is joined by Dr. Joe Azzopardi, pastor at Toowoomba Central Adventist Church , to discuss the factors that express a healthy intergenerational church. Joe argues that intergenerational congregations are the ideal context for growing as disciples of Christ . It’s a bold claim and Joe explains from his PhD research why he believes this to be the case. Click on through⁠ to discover more from ⁠the...

Tim Beilharz is joined by Polly Butterworth (High School Chaplain, Abbotsleigh Anglican School) and Peter Oates (Children and Families Minister, Christ Church St Ives) to discuss how local church children's and youth ministries can partner well with Christian Schools in their area. They chat about the challenges that both local ministers and school chaplains can face in their respective roles, the...

Tim Beilharz is joined by Tim Scoular ( Youth Minister, Norwest Anglican Church ) to talk about how to embed doctrine into your youth ministry. Tim Scoular describes his practice of teaching a systematic theology topic at their annual Youth Camp and how the values, culture and regular practices of their youth ministry help the teenagers to remember, understand and put into practice core theologies...

Tim is joined by Meaghan Gates, Children’s Minister at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Wollongong . Meaghan shares her Flourishing Disciples Framework with six categories of age-appropriate features that may be evident in children who are disciples of Jesus. Meaghan has developed this framework in order to help ministry leaders and parents notice and nurture faith in young children. It has also provided...

Adam Jolliffe (Children's Ministry Advisor, Youthworks) joins Tim Beilharz to explore the "Three C's" of Children's and Youth Ministry Leadership: Care, Communication, and Coaching. Adam shares about his own ministry experience and how these three priorities will help leadership teams of any size do effective ministry. Click on through⁠  to discover more from ⁠the Youthworks Ministry Support Team⁠...

Bec Baines ( Accessibility Advisor, Youthworks ) and Luke Graham ( Kids and Youth Minister, St Paul's Canterbury ) join Tim Beilharz to talk about neurodiversity in our children's and youth ministry. Neurodiversity is increasingly becoming a topic that affects our young people and that churches are wanting to engage with well. From big emotions, social anxiety, and spiritually formative spaces, Be...

House Conference 2023 is upon us. In celebration we are going back in time and listening in on Rev. Dr. Tim Escott and his 2022 House Conference Paper on the book of Proverbs. The Path to Wisdom: Searching and Finding Order in Proverbs 2 explores how the wisdom literature can help us disciple young people in a world with so many competing voices on what constitutes the good life. ⁠Click on through...

House Conference 2023 is almost upon us. In celebration we are going back in time and listening in on Rev. Dr. Andrew Spalding and his 2022 House Conference Paper on the book of Ecclesiastes. Nothing New Under the Sun: Ecclesiastes as a Critique of the Postmodern Quest explores the meaning of the book of Ecclesiastes as false wisdom and how understanding this book can help us disciple our young pe...

In this pre-House Conference warm up episode, Tim Beilharz and Al James ( Youthworks ) are joined by Naomi de Vries ( Bridge Church ) to discuss the two academic papers being presented at House Conference 2023. Rev Dr Keith Condie has written about the importance of Christians expressing emotions, but rightly ordering them and directing them towards love of God and love of others. Dr Kamina Wüst h...

Many churches will include children in the main service for a least some, if not all, of the time together. But children move, call out, make noise, and act like... well, children. This week Tim answers a question from a keen but distracted adult, "How would you encourage people to persevere and love having kids in the main meeting?" To be part of a future mailbag episode, send questions to ⁠effec...

Isaac Shumack ( Youth Minister, Toongabbie Anglican Church ) has made the move to intentionally partner more with parents in his Youth Ministry. He joins Tim Beilharz to discuss the why, the how, and what has been the fruit of intentionally doing Youth Ministry with the family in mind. Tim also chats to Al James about the benefits of the children's and youth ministry coaching offered by Youthworks...