The One Thing

By Reach Australia

One solid, practical tip for gospel-centred ministry every week.

Reach Australia is a network of churches - working together to seeing thousands of healthy, evangelistic, multiplying churches across ... more

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The podcast currently has 413 episodes available.

The One Thing episodes:

January 08, 2024331: Why We Need To Talk More About Gender with Dr Patrica Weerakoon
Dr Patricia Weerakoon discusses why our churches need to have clarity about gender, orientation and identity from pastoral, theological and medical perspectives.
There has been significant shifts in people presenting with transgender issues since around 2011-12

Biology - sexual gender, orientation and identity

Making distinctions between personality, stereotyping and sexual identity

Engaging in conversation between trans-exclusionary radical feminists and people holding transgender ideology

There are three different conversations that need to be had: speaking with compassion to those who are struggling with dysphoria, speaking with clarity with those who are promoting the ideology and parents speaking with honesty to children

SHOW NOTES:
The Gender Revolution By Patricia Weerakoon with Robert Smith and Kamal Weerakoon
Tree Diagram

CREDITS:
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28min
January 01, 2024330: Why We Need To Talk More About Forgiveness With Rory Shiner
Rory Shiner would love to make "Christianity weird again" and so has written a book on the cross. His third book in his backwards trilogy, Forgiven Forever, is practical and accessible. In this chat he and Jo talk about:
We need a book on the cross to help us live it out.

Forgiveness in world of cancel culture.

Forgiveness helps us deal with the shame, the inner grandma, that both Western and Eastern Christians need to hear.

The cross has important spiritual implications.

The cross has important leadership implications.

The cross has important church attitude implications.
SHOW NOTES:
Books by Rory:
Forgiven Forever
Raised Forever
One Forever
The World Next Door written with Peter Orr

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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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30min
December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas from The One Thing!
Merry Christmas from Reach Australia and The One Thing Crew!

SHOW NOTES:
Follow us on socials
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
⁠TikTok
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2min
December 18, 2023329: What Is The Reach Australia Network Celebrating?
Last week we looked at how important it is to celebrate in ministry. This week we do something a little different and talk about what we, in the Reach Australia Network have to celebrate:
The National Conference in May, and the encouragement it was to see so many people in the room and the great things they took away to learn to be better at community.

New church plants that have launched this year.

The new Team Development Program and the help that gospel teams work together better.

The Leadership Development Program and consults as people learn to be more effective leaders.

Reach Australia Sundays for people to learn more about the network

Women in Leadership Network being started this year to encourage women in Christian leadership.
But above all, we are really thankful for being a part of a great network of gospel workers.

SHOW NOTES:
Follow us on socials
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Contact Us
Reach Australia National Conference 2024

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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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18min
December 10, 2023328: Celebrating as a Ministry Team
The thing about December is that it is a month of celebrating as we draw near to the end of the year, and as we celebrate Jesus coming into the world. But when it comes to ministry, why is celebration so essential? Jo and Scott talk about the importance of celebrating in ministry and not just in December.

Today we cover:
Why celebrate and the importance of 'smilestones'.

The importance of the rhythms of celebrating: annually, weekly, collecting celebration moments.

Celebrating both God and people

Dangers of celebrating the wrong people, or at the wrong time, or in a way that the person does not appreciate or all the same people

Different ways of celebrating: as a team, publicly, privately, in reviews, etc.

SHOW NOTES:
More On Culture in Church
Celebrating In A Church Plant

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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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21min
December 04, 2023327: Under the Hood with Dubbo Presbyterian Church
Dubbo Presbyterian has had a history of good evangelical work, but as Allan Blanch and Dave Ferris explain, some key changes have had a big effect on their growth over the last few years.
Clearer outcomes has meant that the church is ready to buy into the vision of the church

Moving staff from congregational oversight to working as a team

Moving from rosters to teams very quickly (and whether they should have done that!)

The importance of outcomes in ministry

The importance of keeping humble and continuing to learn
SHOW NOTES:
Reach Australia Network video featuring Dubbo Presbyterian Church
Building Leaders Days
Reach Australia National Conference 2024

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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
November 27, 2023326: Under the Hood with Southside Presbyterian Church
Southside Presbyterian Church grew from 100 to 300 people over three years, but interestingly, the pastors decided that they didn't need to grow the staff team. Instead, they've focused on ingraining a culture of teams, instead of having a philosophy of church members just being put on a roster.

Ross Wilson and Ben Mansfield (pastors at Southside) share:
Their team dynamic has changed quite a bit over the years as Ross has sought to make the best of the team that he has.

"You can have control or growth, but you can't have both." Leadership can become a blockage for growth.

It took 3 years to move from rosters to teams, because change takes time.

The importance of understanding pain of changing needs to be less than the pain of not changing.

How they started moving to teams with pre-existing teams like youth ministry.

The importance of clarifying expectations of people on teams.

Obstacles that needed to be overcome, like people not believing that a teams mentality would work.

While they have grown from 100 to 300 people in their church they have not felt the need to grow the staff team.

Giving people responsibility is the key to growth.

Change happens slowly, one thing at a time.

SHOW NOTES:
Southside Welcoming Role Description
Reach Australia Framework ebook
Reach Australia National Conference 2024

Previous Podcasts:
Rosters to Teams
The Importance Of Getting Job Descriptions Right
Leadership Pipelines

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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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27min
November 20, 2023325: Under the Hood with Captivate Presbyterian Church
Alan Au became the Senior Pastor at Captivate Presbyterian Church in North Ryde, Sydney when it was a church in its infancy. The church had a rocky start after the planter stepped down due to moral failure. Seven years later, the church has been growing and is prepping to start their second service.
The complicated history of Captivate Presbyterian Church

How Alan equips and gives responsibility to key leaders

Developing new young leaders and their leadership pipeline

How he's preparing the church for the launch of their second service

Reflections on the impact of the Leadership Development Program

SHOW NOTES:
Captivate's Leadership Pipeline
Captivate's Discipleship Pathway
Captivate's Org Chart
Captivate's 2nd Service Runway
Captivate Website

Reach Australia Framework ebook
Reach Australia Conference 2024

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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
November 13, 2023 324: Walking With Unbelieving Family (Part 2)
Dave Jensen (EV Church, Central Coast) and Anna Cox (Reach Australia) are twins born into a ministry family, but they have very different stories. After growing up together hearing the same gospel message, Dave walked away from Jesus in his 20s. Anna describes herself as a rule keeper and Dave as a rule breaker - how did that impact their relationship? This is part one of a two part series exploring how they came to faith and reflecting on why their journeys are so different.

SHOW NOTES:⁠The Storm Tossed Family⁠ by Russell Moore
⁠The Pastor's Kid⁠ by Barnabas Piper

Join the Reach Australia ⁠WhatsApp Prayer Group⁠
⁠Reach Australia National Conference 2024⁠

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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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30min
November 06, 2023 323: Walking With Unbelieving Family (Part 1)
Dave Jensen (EV Church, Central Coast) and Anna Cox (Reach Australia) are twins born into a ministry family, but they have very different stories. After growing up together hearing the same gospel message, Dave walked away from Jesus in his 20s. Anna describes herself as a rule keeper and Dave as a rule breaker - how did that impact their relationship? This is part one of a two part series exploring how they came to faith and reflecting on why their journeys are so different.

SHOW NOTES:
The Storm Tossed Family by Russell Moore
The Pastor's Kid by Barnabas Piper

Join the Reach Australia WhatsApp Prayer Group
Reach Australia National Conference 2024

CREDITS:
The One Thing 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
24min

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How many episodes does The One Thing have?

The podcast currently has 413 episodes available.

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