This is the final episode of Reimagine Mission for Season 1. And what a great season it has been! In this episode our host, Andrew Hill, and producer, Jono Ingram, chat about some of the themes we have explored throughout the first season, and play some *never before heard clips* from this season's interviews.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. For more information, go to https://www.buv.com.au. 

We have noticed that more and more people seems to be drawn towards simple or micro churches. In Part 2 of Simple Church Conversations with Jamie Freeman (NSW/ACT Baptists) and Jono Ingram (Dinner Church planter in Melbourne), we explore the factors driving people towards slow, simple, and small expressions of the Church, and also talk about what some of the challenges are. 

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

Simple Church, Mirco-Church, missional community, dinner church? What actually are these? And why are more and more missionally minded people attached to slow, simple, and smaller expressions of the Church? In this episode Andrew begins a Simple Church conversation with Jamie Freeman (Head of Mission at NSW/ACT Baptists) and Jono Ingram (missional Dinner Church planter in Melbourne's west) where we define what a simple church is, and explore whether they are even biblical.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

This week Andrew talks with Dave Lovell who is the Senior Pastor of  Bendigo Baptist Church.  In this conversation Dave explores how one of the oldest Baptist Churches in regional Victoria has re-invented and repositioned itself for mission. In doing this a variety of opportunities have opened up for reaching people through the theatre, sports chaplaincy and “Madcow Burgers."  Interested? You should be it's a fascinating and inspirational conversation that is bound to give you  ideas and inspiration for reimagining mission in your area.

This week Andrew talks with Derek Bradshaw the founder of Now and Not Yet Cafe in Warrandyte.  Now and Not yet is an amazing social enterprise that is not just about serving great food and coffee but is doing some truly amazing things in and through the broader community. In this conversation Derek talks about the impact of their work with asylum seekers, people with disabilities, mental illness and of course they way they have been able to build confidence into the next generation. This is a podcast that is truly inspiring.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

In this episode Andrew Hill chats to Lacey Lengel. Lacey is involved in a community engagement initiative in regional Victoria called the Shepparton Story House. In this episode Lacey unpacks the what and the why behind this initiative and as she does gives us an insight into how, through the power of story, the issue of isolation is being tackled head on in regional Victoria.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

This week on the podcast Andrew catches up Geoff Maddock.  Geoff is the new state director for Global Interaction in Victoria and Tasmania but has been involved in and has had a raft of experience with mission and missional communities both here and over seas. In this insightful conversation Geoff not only shares some of his experience he shares his heart and the theology behind what he does. This is going to be a podcast you don’t want to miss.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

Mark Matthews is best known as co-author of the COACH program which is run in numbers of churches across Australia to assist people in tough places flourish. However he is also Team Leader of a Missional Community run through New Peninsula Baptist Church's Rosebud Campus. In this episode Andrew talks to Mark about how a missional venture started in order to assist the poor and marginalised has grown into an incredible "Empowered Faith Community” which is now changing the lives of numbers of people on the Mornington Peninsula.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

Jono Ingram is a Baptist pastor, placemaker, and social entrepreneur in the growth corridor of Melbourne's western suburbs. In this episode, Andrew chats to Jono about some practical missional theology insights which have formed his missional work in his neighbourhood.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/

This week Andrew Hill chats to Peter Nielsen from Kilsyth South Baptist Church who discusses how a simple yet powerful strategy can move a church towards becoming more missional.

Reimagine Mission is a production of the Baptist Union of Victoria. More information about the BUV can be found at: https://www.buv.com.au/