Reach Australia Podcast

By Reach Australia

Interviews from church leaders across the country, plus talks and workshops from Reach Australia's National Conference.

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June 05, 2024 27.2 For the Good of His People (Gary Millar) | Talk 2 of 3 | National Conference 2024
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
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45min
May 29, 2024 27.1 For the Glory of God (Gary Millar) | Talk 1 of 3 | 2024 National Conference
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 [email protected]
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.
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49min
April 10, 2024 26.3 Wrestling With Working Hard and Resting Hard for Gospel Workers (Andrew Heard) | Conversations about Growth and Change
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 Australia⁠.
For ideas or questions please email ⁠[email protected]⁠.
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head ⁠here⁠.
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31min
April 03, 202426.4 It’s Not About the Five Ms (Andrew Heard) | Conversations about Growth and Change
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 last of four conversations about some of the things that didn't make it to the book.
⁠⁠Growth and Change⁠⁠ is available from Matthias Media.
The Reach Australia Framework ebook is also a great resource.

CREDITS:
The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠Reach Australia⁠⁠.
For ideas or questions please email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.
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26min
March 27, 2024 26.2 Why Working With Numbers and People Is Loving (Andrew Heard) | Conversations about Growth and Change
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 Australia⁠.
For ideas or questions please email ⁠[email protected]⁠.
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head ⁠here⁠.
...more
44min
March 18, 2024 26.1 Hard Things We Need to Hear about Growth and Change (Andrew Heard) | Conversations about Growth and Change
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 Australia.
For ideas or questions please email [email protected].
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.
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26min
September 06, 202325.3: Affected by Floods and Gospel Community Ministry (Stew Playsted Southern Cross Presbyterian Church, Lismore)
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 Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by Reach Australia.
For ideas or questions please email [email protected]
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.
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31min
August 30, 202325.2: The Challenges of Ministry in a Tourist Town and The Commitment and Cost of Training Church Planters (Chris Ekins from Coast Evangelical Church, Forster)
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 interested in planting in Kemsey, email us ([email protected]) and start with our Assessment Tool
Kids and Youth Pastor

CREDITS:
The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by Reach Australia.
For ideas or questions please email [email protected]
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.
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26min
August 23, 2023 25.1 Transitioning Roles to Church Plant, Stepping into a Senior Role, Change Management in Churches (Ben Ho from Centenary Church and Steve Tran from St. Lucia Evangelical Church)
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 weren't sure where they were meeting, they are meeting at the function rooms of the Jindalee Hotel.
They will launch on the 8th of October
SLE Church

CREDITS:
The Reach Australia Podcast is brought to you by Reach Australia.
For ideas or questions please email [email protected]
To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.

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28min
August 16, 202324.12 Passionate Hearts for God: Crafting Services to Serve and Shape a Loving Community (Andrew Hayes, Charles Cleworth and Liv Chapman) | Workshop | 2023 Reach Australia National Conference
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 Should We be Singing?

How Do We Sing Well?
Andrew Hayes encourages us to use teams to develop Sunday services.
Good Service Leading

Ministries that don't fit teams

Long term and Week to Week Planning

SHOWNOTES:
Slides from the Workshop
Example Run Sheets from
Grace City
Vine Church
EV Church
Point Out Process from EV church
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1h 19min

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