Richard Wilson probes Peter Blanch on his experience developing ministries from scratch in regional Australia.Peter Blanch outlines the priorities that should inform the development of sustainable, Biblical ministries and takes questions from the floor.Richard Wilson takes a look at the most needed ministries to be developed in regional Australia, and takes questions from the floor.Richard Wilson and Peter Blanch take questions from the audience on growing local thriving ministries in regional Australia.

Clinton Berends opens this conference at Reformed Theological College, Geelong VIC by directing his audience' attention to 2 Corinthians 4 in order to set the tone for mission in the life of a church.David Lynch works from 1 Thessalonians to outline the Bible-based priorities for developing Mission in disciples and the life of a church.David Lynch draws on his church planting experiences, particularly the stories Kingston CRCA and Summerleas Church, to provide practical insight on creating congregations with missional priorities.

Sam Hilton unpacks what the gospel is and its implications for church life.Sam Hilton takes questions on what the gospel is and its implications for church life.Sam Hilton and Cathie Heard take questions on what the gospel is and its implications for church life.Sam Hilton looks are the principles of working out where and how you fit into a ministry team.Cathie Heard reflects on issues raised in Sam Hilton's principles for working out where and how you fit into a ministry team.Managing the complexity of the many roles as church planting wife - Cathie Heard reflects on her different roles and the relationships complexity that comes with being wife to lead pastor, church member and staff member.Sam Hilton reflects on Hunter Bible Church's pathways into ministry.

Victorian church planter Richard Wilson shares with Tim Baldwin what it's been like to have Andrew Heard as his coach and the benefits Geneva's coaching relationship delivers for ministry.

The second day's resources from Geneva Push's training conference for church planter coaches.

Al Stewart dissects Colossians 3:20, 21 for Geneva coaches, uncovering the key principles of a church planter's family life.Coaching specialist Peter Mayrick provides a range of key coaching tools that will help coaches keep church planters on track and accountable.

You can click here to download the accompanying presentation.Stephen Lindeman takes his corporate experience at leadership development and applies it to a ministry context, helping Geneva coaches talk through the key qualities they're looking to development in church planters.

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The first day's resources from Geneva Push's training conference for church planter coaches.

Al Stewart goes to the first chapter of Colossians to show ministers what their congregations most need to hear - and discovers that patience and endurance are of primary importance for all God's children.Col Marshall, author of The Trellis And The Vine, discusses the key features of ministry coaching that separate it from mentoring and secular look-alikes.Peter Mayrick draws on his experience developing coaching for the corporate world and applying it to ministry contexts to develop a helpful methodology for coaching church planters.

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Perth's Duane Olivier and Allan Chapple examine the roots of Christian leadership and the power Jesus supplies for evangelism at the 2014 Plant Conference, jointly run by 121 Degress and Geneva Push.

Duane Olivier begins the Plant Convention with an encouragement about God's work in evangelism, building particularly from Matthew 28. Allan Chapple, lecturer in New Testament at Trinity Theological College, goes to the epistles to discover what they teach us about the context, the character and the challenges of Christian leadership.In this second part of his talk from Duane Olivier explores the idea that 'all authority' has been given to Jesus and the encouraging implications for world evangelism.In the final part of his talk from Matthew 28, Duane Olivier draws together a Gospel for 'all nations' and that 'all authority' has been given to Jesus to discover the practical applications for our evangelism.

Scott Sanders talks to Vision Radio Network's Neil Johnson about what Geneva Push is and how it's helping church planters begin dozens of new Gospel-centred churches across Australia. The first step? Getting your potential as a church planter assessed...

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Multiply13 keynote conference speakers Ed Stetzer and Andrew Heard field general questions arising from three days of focussing on developing church planting in Australia. 

Geneva Push's Scott Sanders and Ed Stetzer from Lifeways Research announce the research that has gone into the development of an Australian-specific assessment tool for identifying and encouraging church planters.