The One Thing

If we take a step back and remind ourselves that we’re trying to reach Australia with the Gospel, it doesn’t take long to realise that it’s a job too big for even the most capable person to do on their own. So, if we’re going to make a dent in that challenging task, we need to become church leaders who aren’t just thinking about doing ministry...but thinking about multiplying themselves.

SHOW NOTES

Multipliers: Leading Beyond Addition, by Todd Wilson

Free Multiplication Assessment by Church Multiplication

All for the Kingdom, by Ben Pfahlert & Katie Omrod

Pipeline: Succession at every level, by Lifeway.com

The Building leaders Down Under Tour, brought to you by Geneva Push

Al Stewart is an expert in Australian ministry - a youth group leader, a congregation leader, the CEO of a denominational department, a bishop, a church planter – and the one thing he thinks it’s absolutely essential for ministry workers to get down is the art of preaching, because your preaching produces your audience.

SHOW NOTES

The best place to get Tim Keller sermons

A good sample of Al Stewart sermons

Evangelism in a sceptical world, by Sam Chan

A great sample of a Sermon evaluation form

Last episode Scott took us through The Four Ls That Lead To Launch, one of which was Location. Today we’re going to dig deeper into that topic of where to set up, and why it matters with American church planting expert Wade Burnett.

SHOW NOTES

How to prepare for and lead multiple congregations

Mother-daughter planting masterclass

Multi-Site Churches: Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation by Scott McConnell

You want to plant a new church … or maybe a new congregation in an existing church? It amounts to the same thing: a new ministry, presumably to reach new people for Jesus. What are the absolute essential things you have to do, practically speaking, to get started on the right foot? The answer to that question can be neatly summarised by The Four Ls That Lead To Launch.

SHOW NOTES

Andrew Heard from EV Church speaking about ‘What makes a church planter?’

Planting Missional Churches, by Ed Stetzer – check out the chapter on the Launch Team 

ChurchStarter.com.au - great crowdfunding resource… raising the resources, great solution

Over the past couple of episodes, we’ve been introducing to three key ideas that point people to Christ, lead people to Christ, and help them live for Christ - we call them Signposts, Pathways and Ecosystems. Ecosystems are what comes AFTER people have found you (Signposts), and you’ve helped them find Christ (Pathways).

SHOW NOTES

No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im

Simple Church, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger

The EV Church Team Pastoring, July 4-6, 2018

In our third episode we opened up a can of controversy, talking about your church signposts that point people towards - or away - from Jesus. This episode we take it fifteen minutes further down the road and ask, ‘What about your pathways?’ These are the ways you lay down to help people come to faith...

Show Notes

Tim Sims' Effective Ministries Research

Connection and Membership courses recommended by Church In A Box Online

An example of a good ‘New-ish’ course provided by Matthias Media

This episode we’re going to talk about the first part of a three-part conversation around three key areas in your church: signposts, pathways and eco-systems. And today we’re going to talk about Signposts... The world needs Jesus. And they need signposts to find him. Where are the signposts for your church pointing?  Are you being deliberate about them?

Show Notes

Simple Church, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger

The Gray Matrix

How Christian leaders have responded to the challenges of secularisation, by Rory Shiner

Rory Shiner on Secularisation at the Geneva Push Planter Sessions

Has secularisation been good for Australia?, by Rory Shiner

The Engel Scale

Church planting is hard work. Only 45% of church plants survive in Australia. So it’s incredibly important to make sure that when you get ready to launch - a new church, a new ministry, a new mission - you LAUNCH STRONG!

Show Notes

The Australian Church Planting Report

Highlights from the Australian Church Planting Survey

The results are in: what makes Australian church plants work

Planting Missional Churches, by Ed Stetzer

Geneva Push’s Church Planter Stories

Paul and Beth Webb's story - Planting a church in a culture that isn’t your own

We’re all convicted that the Gospel is the most important information a human being could ever hear - but when it comes to ministry, that conviction isn’t enough. Your ministry needs to be driven by convictions as well…

Show Notes

Cathie Heard’s paper on Gospel Convictions