Gary Millar preaches on Isaiah 6 at the 2021 Reach Australia conference. Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted earlybird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Throughout September and October you'll get a new season of the Reach Australia podcast - the recordings from the platform sessions of the 2021 Reach Australia national conference. Featuring Bible talks on Isaiah from Gary Millar, theological reflection from Bible college lecturers from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, church ecosystem talks from Andrew Heard. While you wait, you might like to check out the other podcasts in our network: The One Thing, Church Planting Australia or Home Grown Faith.

"People are paying a lot of money for you to have 168 hours: what are you doing with it?" This episode of the Reach Australia podcast is packed with challenges from Al Stewart. Look out especially for the conversation about updating your schedule in light of covid disruptions.

Book: What's Best Next (Permann)

5 fingers: finance, fitness, friends, family, faith

Book: The Barefoot Investor

Gottman's state of the union  

Book: 7 habits of highly effective people (Stephen Covey)

4 quadrants

Book: Reading Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) 

Book: Atomic Habits (James Clear)

Reach Australia Development Program

Reach Australia Church Consultation

If we’re going to Reach Australia, we need to get our heads around knowing and leading ourselves. Particularly today, we’ve got Ray Galea from MBM in Sydney, speaking to us about the roles of a church leader, and we’ll be digging into 11 different roles that are used in the Reach Australia Development Program to describe the different aspects of this leadership.

11 Roles:

Reach Australia Development Program

Reach Australia Church Consultation

If we're going to Reach Australia, ministry workers need to be able to lead themselves. This new podcast series will help you manage your time, energy and emotions. Join Christian leaders as they wrestle with their own individual personality and leadership. First up, Alan Au on time management.

Principles:

Covey's priority matrix

Recommended books:

Reach Australia Development Program

Reach Australia Church Consultation

We hope you enjoyed the last season of the Reach Australia podcast, which was based off the 2021 learning labs. In August we'll drop a new season of the Reach Australia podcast, focussed on leading yourself. We have guests like Alan Au, Ray Galea and Al Stewart chatting with Derek Hanna about personal time management, the 11 roles of a leader and personal discipline - which is something we all need in these challenging times of disruption. Look out for the new season coming in August. While you wait, you might like to check out the other podcasts in our network: The One Thing, Church Planting Australia or Home Grown Faith.

When, why and how should your church make its first hire? Most Australian churches are under 100, and so moving to a second worker is a key growth stage. Mike Sams and Scott Sanders ran this learning lab on 'Your Church's First Hire' as part of the recent learning labs. Get the whole thing on the Reach Australia podcast or youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnKMDRa-XyNBfJPuLmt3_Q

One important part of a good mission plan for your church is an effective evangelistic course (and follow up). Dave Robertson and Dave Ferres ran this learning lab on Evangelistic Courses as part of the recent learning labs. Get the whole thing on the Reach Australia podcast or youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnKMDRa-XyNBfJPuLmt3_Q

One important part of a good mission plan for your church is an effective evangelistic course (and follow up). Dave Robertson and Dave Ferres ran this learning lab on Evangelistic Courses as part of the recent learning labs. Get the whole thing on the Reach Australia podcast or youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnKMDRa-XyNBfJPuLmt3_Q

How does a church move from 35 to 75 to 125 to 200? Breaking growth barriers is a key leadership skill as we pursue the goal of thousands of healthy, evangelistic, multiplying churches. Serial church planter Craig Tucker ran this learning lab on Breaking Growth Barriers as part of the recent learning labs. Get the whole thing on the Reach Australia podcast or youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnKMDRa-XyNBfJPuLmt3_Q