Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

Church Planting as a legacy. This week we hear from Joel Chelliah. Joel is both the Senior Pastor of Centrepoint Church in Perth, the WA ACC State President, as well as heading up the "HarvestNet" Church Planting network. Joel shares passionately about what it truly means to be a church fiercely committed to church planting. As both the recipient of such empowering and generosity and what it then...

Evangelism for the average punter. This week we are joined by author and speaker Sam Chan. Sam has released several books on the topic of evangelism and how churches can identify and release every day lay people for the work of evangelism. We all recognise the everyday challenges of engaging people with the gospel, but the task has never been more at hand in 2022. We know this frank conversation w...

The Power of the generations. This week we are joined by Jason Ballard, who is a gifted church leader functioning in several roles within Vancouver, Canada. He planted "The Way" church in the midst of the pandemic, as well as leading the Canadian Church Leaders Network. Jason shares some of his journey, as well as the gift of team in planting, the previous generation and significant leaders champi...

Join us for a special episode as we share a session from our recent online 'Stirrings' Event with Mac Lake. One key item STIRRING in the nation of Australia currently is the incredible need for leadership development and building sustainable leadership pipelines as we continue to rebuild and step into this new chapter as the church. Mac has a driving passion for leadership development. He has plan...

The gift of being a son and daughter in the house. This week we heard from Sam and Esther Dix, who are right in the thick of planting "Disciple House Church". The unique feature of their story is that they have been planted from within the "Harvest Net" network, and sent from Centrepoint Church in Perth. Hear from them just how significant it was to be sent from a church planting church, planted f...

Revitalising the institution. This week we are joined by Sarah Jackson who is the CEO of the "Church Revitilisation Trust" which has now planted 117 churches closely connected to HTB in London. Hear how they have been able to "throw the kitchen sink" at the challenge at hand, as well as create innovative and alternative streams to raise leaders. This is an inspiring work that we pray inspires many...

Becoming an Online Pastor in 2008. The World as we all know has just changed so much. And what was once just a search engine, has become one of the great opportunities for engagement and evangelism in our lifetime. This week we hear from Dave Adamson who has just released his new book "MetaChurch: How to use Digital Ministry to Reach People and Make Disciples". Dave shares some of his pertinent re...

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/