The One Thing: Recent Episodes
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Pastors what to help people, but when does this desire get the way of actually helping people? Lauren Errington from the Family Systems Institute addresses some of the questions we need to ask when it comes to helping people, even well intentioned help:
- Who is actually responsible for what?
- Have we confused empathy with needing to feel all the feelings the other person is feeling?
- Is the best way of helping people to step back and let the person grow themselves?
- Are we curious and thoughtful before we are ready to jump in and help?
- Is the help actually about helping them or dealing with our own anxiety and need to step in and help?
- What does it mean to be in "good contact" with someone?
SHOW NOTES:
- Lauren's Workshop at the Reach Australia National Conference 2023
- The Family Systems Institute
- ‘Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry: Grappling with theory and its application through a biblical lens’ (Ed. Jenny Brown and Lauren Errington)
- Family Systems and Congregational Life by Robert Creech
- Growing Yourself Up by Jenny Brown
CREDITS:
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What is 'rest'? In our last episode we saw that rest was more than sleep and not working. Derek and Scott look at the work of Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith on different types of rest.
1. Physical Rest
Giving your body a rest.
2. Mental Rest
It could be that you need to give your mind a rest.
3. Emotional Rest
We can get emotionally tired when we are not paying attention to our emotions.
4. Spiritual Rest
Reconnecting with God
5. Social Rest
Different relationships can ones that build us up or drain us.
6. Sensory Res
Especially with screens.
7. Creative Rest
Creative rest is not about putting a demand on your creative ability; that’s not rest, that’s work. It is the opposite. It’s allowing white space in your life and giving room for your creativity to show up. Creative rest lets you focus on your basic need for wonder. You can enjoy fulfilling that basic need in ways that don’t put any pressure on your being creative. Yes, creativity may bloom from the seeds planted, but creativity is not the objective, only rest.
Summary
- Don’t have to do all of these every day, or every week. But it is helpful to be aware that there are different ways to rest and different people will rest in different ways
SHOWNOTES:
Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
TED Notes from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
TED Talk from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Atomic Habits by James Clear.
CREDITS:
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Is the reason that gospel workers are tired because they don't understand what rest is? Derek and Scott discuss three myths of rest:
Myth #1: Doing more work does not make us better workers:
Truth #1: Resting makes us better, more effective workers
Myth #2: I don’t need to rest, that’s what holidays are for
Truth#2: You can’t binge your rest, it needs to be a habit
Myth #3: I get some sleep each night. That’s rest.
Truth #3: Sleep is important but is not rest.
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Burnout and Rest by Valarie Ling
List of things to improve your sleep by Matthew Walker
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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What advice would you give your younger self, especially in ministry? We asked Al and Kathy Stewart and Laurel Hall and asked them what they would say in Part 2 of our learning from elders.
- "I need you to manage your time and you want to really focus on ministry and really go for it. But also you got to be give your family strong marriage, your kids. Remember, your little kids are only little for a little while. That's what I'd tell my younger dumb self. Be around more for your kids. And the other one is invest in those long term friendships that are gold in the long run. That's one thing I did get right. I've got over 35 year friendships with guys in ministry and that really does help keep you going." (Al Stewart)
- "I would say make sure you do it together with your husband. Because we talked about going to ministry after getting married. But also that it's that the gospel, or gospel work [career], doesn't take top priority over other important things sometimes." (Kathy Stewart)
- "So I'm probably thinking I wish I had a greater understanding of the sovereignty of God. Because it would helped me not live with regrets and being concerned about things that I actually didn't have control over. So I guess it would have been more of a sense of at peace with God and life." (Laurel Hall)
SHOW NOTES:
TOT 232: You Need Friends In Ministry
More from Kathy and Al Stewart on Marriage and Ministry
How People Change by Timothy S. Lane and Paul Tripp
CREDITS:
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What advice would you give your younger self, especially in ministry? We asked Gary Koo, Peter Moore, Greg and Emma Lee and asked them what they would say as Derek and Jo reflect on their wisdom.
- "One piece of advice would be, do I truly trust that God's sovereign and I'm not in control? The second piece of advice: Do I actually know who I am to the point where I'm happy for people who are better at me in certain areas of ministry to be doing that and not having to be good at everything." (Gary Koo)
- "I think it would be be patient in my experience of pastoral ministry. It's amazing how little you can achieve in three years that how much you can achieve in four. So it won't happen overnight, but it will happen." (Dr Peter Moore)
- "I would say that your identity is in Christ, not in success and not in what other people think of you. So sit loose to those." (Greg Lee)
- "I don't know if it's advice, but maybe it's an encouragement that when you raise up leaders and you're part of that work, they actually minister to you. And it's a really absolutely beautiful thing to be led and cared for by people that you've grown up in the gospel." (Emma Lee)
SHOW NOTES:
Wisdom in Leadership by Craig Hamilton is available from Matthias Media
Tim Keller article on Faithfulness and Ministry
Want to know about Learn to lead
Older video of Mikey Lynch interviewing David Jones about identity in ministry
Sovereignty in Salvation: Justin Mote spoke to some church planters about sovereignty
Norwest sermon series
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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How do we think about our money and resources as Christian disciples? Yoel Frank has written a book to help us practically think through what it means to be a disciple with money.
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Live Simply
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Give Habitually
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Spend Missionally
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Invest Impactfully
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Steward Wisely
SHOW NOTES:
The Barefoot Disciple Webpage
If you purchase the Barefoot Disciple from this link, Yoel will donate the proceeds to Reach Australia
CREDITS:
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Money is a taboo topic for churches, and there has been some ministries that have brought disrepute to the gospel through the misuse of money, Yet we need to manage and talk about money and generosity as churches not just for budgets but because money management is a part of being a disciple.
Jo talks with Tish Maier, Reach Australia's Support Manager, about how and why ministers need to talk about generosity.
SHOW NOTES:
The Generosity Project - a 6 part interactive resource from Matthias Media aimed at shifting the culture of generosity in our churches, in a positive way. -
Rod Irvine talking about generosity to church plants
Longer talk from Rod Irvine on raising resources for churches
CREDITS:
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There is caring for people who are in need and there is disciple making. But do these things need to be at odds?
Sally Sims is the Care Ministry Coordinator at Christ Church, St Ives, on Sydney's North Shore. She's author of Together Through the Storm A Practical Guide to Christian Care and she sits down with Jo Gibbs to talk about how pastoral care can be disciple making.
SHOW NOTES:
Sally's book can be found here. Watch for the 2nd Edition in August.
Care resource list from the Reach Australia National Conference
Disciple Making Pastoral Care by Sally Sims
Disciple Making Pastoral Care within Small Groups by Sarie King
Keep watching for more Reach Australia Resources
CREDITS:
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There's times when life falls apart and things just don't turn out as we planned, and they're often unexpected things that turn up that are not in your diary. It can be a matter of time before gospel workers are overwhelmed with requests and needs. How do we manage all this?
Sally Sims is the Care Ministry Coordinator at Christ Church, St Ives, on Sydney's North Shore. She's author of Together Through the Storm A Practical Guide to Christian Care and she sits down with Jo Gibbs to talk about how to care for people in church without being overwhelmed.
SHOW NOTES:
Sally's Book can be found here. Watch for the 2nd Edition in August.
Care resource list from the Reach Australia National Conference
Sally's workshop...coming soon.
Keep watching for more Reach Australia Resources
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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People think they come to church 17% more than they actually do! Scott chats with Richard Sweatman and Antony Barraclough about their new book Unmissable church with advice for pastors and members of churches to encourage people to come to church more regularly.
In this episode they look at whether going to a small group is enough, what excuses people make for not going to church and how do you build community with multiple congregations
SHOW NOTES:
Part 1 is here
Unmissable Church can be bought from Matthias Media or our friends at the Wandering Bookseller
Antony's Doctoral thesis
Richard has also written two books on small groups: Being a Small Group Leader and Writing a Small Group Study
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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People think they come to church 17% more than they actually do! Scott chats with Richard Sweatman and Antony Barraclough about their new book Unmissable church with advice for pastors and members of churches to encourage people to come to church more regularly.
How regularly should you come to church?
SHOW NOTES:
Unmissable Church can be bought from Matthias Media or our friends at the Wandering Bookseller
Antony's Doctoral thesis
Homegrown Faith can be heard here
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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"It's been a showcase of God's work in the network".
After 6 years and 300 episodes Derek and Scott reflect on the ministry of the One Thing, their favourite episodes and interviews.
SHOW NOTES:
Episode 1: Convictions Drive Direction
Episode 189: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Episode 188: Bible Nudism
Episode 244: Reset: Where are you Now?
Episode 245: Reset: Where do you want to go?
Episode 246: Reset: How will you get there?
Episode 232: You Need Friends in Ministry
Episode 52: The Sending Church (J. D. Greear)
Episode 53: Mobilising the Denomination for Mission (J. D. Greear)
CREDITS:
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Derek talks to Lee Murray, a church planter who is now working for MTS about how he is helping churches to raise up and multiple gospel workers around Australia.
SHOW NOTES:
MTS website
22nd and 23rd: 6 Steps to getting apprenticeships
MTS Resources
Building Leaders Days
CREDITS:
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Scott, Derek and Jo catch up on Day 3 of the conference in the noisy foyer. What’s been the highlights? What’s new at the conference.
SHOW NOTES:
Slides from Care Workshop
CREDITS:
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Scott, Derek and Jo catch up on Day 2 of the conference in the noisy foyer. What’s been the highlights? What’s new at the conference.
SHOW NOTES:
Watch for the Resources to come….
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
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Peter Jensen was the principal of Moore College from 1984 to 2001. He was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 2001 to 2013. He is also a founding member of GAFCON. During his time at Moore College he insisted on teaching Doctrine 1 as part of his role as principal. These lectures have been turned into a book that will help you understand doctrine and more importantly the gospel better.
Pete Hughes, the producer of the The One Thing chatted to him about doctrine, it’s importance in preaching and reaching theb Bible and his predecessor Broughton Knox.
SHOW NOTES:
The Life of Faith by Peter Jensen
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
Today’s episode is also brought you by Kidswise Academy
For ideas or questions please email resources@reachaustralia.com.au
What if going to the movies was not just entertaining, but also useful in evangelism? Peter Blanch sits down with Reel Dialogue guru Russ Matthews to talk about how you can become an expert in using movies to talk about Jesus.
Everyone can talk about movies: what they loved and what they hated and why. But there is a skill moving from that discussion to talking about Jesus, though it is not as hard as it might seem. Russ has developed some great resources at reeldialogue.com. as well as being the author of The Word Becomes Film. He would love to help you watch more movies and help you talk about Jesus!
SHOWNOTES
Reel Dialogue
The Word Becomes Film
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
Today’s episode is also brought you by Open Box Technology
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Scott sits down an old friend of the network and church planting guru: Ed Stetzer. Ed reflects on his observations of the state of church planting in Australia, the challenges of post-COVID ministry, who is coming back to church and who isn’t! Ed also gives some advice to those who are thinking about church planting now and the challenges they will face.
SHOWNOTES:
Head to the website to find out more about how we can help you think about church planting and consultations.
Ed is the Editor of Outreach Magazine
Breaking 200 Slides by Ed
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There is nothing like the sound of a speaker feeding back to ruin any mood and distract anyone. Good sound ministry is important but does it have to be expensive? Scott chats with Mat. Stevens from Turramurra Music about why and how to get good sound in your church.
If you are a church leader who uses sound, a sound desk technician or someone who goes to church and listens to the sound in a church, you need to listen to this episode!
SHOWNOTES:
Church Sound Australia Facebook Group
Church Sound Podcast
EMU Music
Turramurra Music (don’t forget they have a church support team, make sure you ask for it!!)
CREDITS:
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
Today’s episode is also brought you by EA Insurance
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How long should a church expect a gospel worker to work?
Australian senate has started to investigate if the 4 day working week will work in Australia. But that raises the question, how many hours should a gospel worker work?
This is a question not just for gospel workers, but for the whole church. This is about expectations and potential disappointments. What are the Biblical principles for gospel workers working out work time?
Scott and Derek dive into the murky world of how long should a gospel worker work through the week.
SHOWNOTES:
Time Management (Episode 9.1)
Redeeming your Time by Jordan Raynor
What’s Best Next by Mat Perman
CREDITS
The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.
Today’s episode is also brought you by Open Box Technology.
Scott and Derek look at why term 2 of ministry is so different, what should we be looking and preparing for.
Key dates:
- 25th April: ANZAC day
- 6th May: Coronation of Charles III
- 14th May: Mother’s Day
SHOWNOTES
The One Thing Episode ANZAC day
Reach Australia Conference
Building Leaders Days
Pete and Scott discuss the importance of clarity. Why is it so important for churches to keep clarity? How do we deal with clarity when there is:
- Vision drift?
- Church growth?
- The 7 day cycle?
- Pastoral crises that come up?
- Opportunities that might distract you?
- Other people’s expectations?
- Self Sabotage?
SHOW NOTES:
Framework eBook
Church Planting Podcast Episode 5. (Video)
Reach Australia National Conference
Bonus:
Clarity ebook
Pete and Scott discuss the Impact Report brought out by Reach Australia. How do we look at data without being triumphalistic or depressed? What can we learn as a network to plan for 2023.
Some things to look for in churches:
- 5% growth in churches
- 5 out of 100 people becoming Christian
- 50% serving in churches
- 65% in small groups
- Reflecting the demographic in the area
- Starting something new
SHOW NOTES:
Reach Australia Impact Report 2022
Reach Australia National Conference
Peter Blanch on Metrics
Network Learnings Survey
Featuring a discussion of Steve’s new book.
SHOWNOTES
Never More Hostile Never More Open
Being The Bad Guys
How can a busy ministry worker keep up to date with the flows of Australian culture?
SHOWNOTES
Never More Hostile Never More Open
Being The Bad Guys
Every church has a pathway, how’s yours? Plus, avoiding silos.
SHOWNOTES
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Building Leaders days
Church Consultation
Trends across Australian churches, with Mike Sams.
SHOWNOTES
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Building Leaders days
Church Consultation
What is a conversion engine? Isn’t that just mechanical language? Isn’t our church too small to have a conversion engine?
SHOWNOTES
Reach Australia podcast
Written mission companion ebook
Not everyone should plant a church. As we pursue the goal of thousands of healthy, evangelistic, multiplying churches across Australia, we’d love to be part of helping 200 more churches get started by 2030. But if we want those churches to be healthy, we need to think carefully before starting a new church.
SHOWNOTES
Church Planting Australia podcast
genevapush.com/plantingaustralia
genevapush.com/get-assessed
Derek and Scott discuss mission theology, mission heat and mission funnel.
SHOWNOTES
The written resource: reachaustralia.com.au/mission
The podcast season: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/reach-australia-podcast/id1495281763
How much should you expect the average church member to give?
SHOWNOTES
Giving Generously
Neither Poverty Nor Riches
Vital Signs by the Unstuck Group
Are you joining a new ministry team? Is someone joining your team?
SHOWNOTES
The First 90 Days
Staff your church for growth
Ep 182 – your church’s first hire
Ep 152 – avoid hiring the wrong person
Where should you focus your energy in term 1 as you serve in ministry? What issues are particularly worth your attention in January?
SHOWNOTES
OKRs – Episode 164
Term 4 – Episode 261 and 262
Term 3 – Episode 248
3 book recommendations for your summer.
SHOWNOTES
Strange New World
Fight Flight and Faith
Acrostic Of
Greg Cooper (Melbourne) and Curtis Smith (Sydney).
Curtis’ Suggestions
1. Oh come all ye faithful
2. Joy to the world
3. Away in a manger
4. Oh come oh come Emmanuel
5. Hark the herald angels sing
6. O little town of Bethlehem
7. Who is he in yonder stall
8. Silent night
9. The first noel
10. O holy night
Des Smith started a church in Adelaide in 2022.
What are the challenges? What model of church planting are you using?
Des Smith started a church in Adelaide in 2022.
What are the challenges? What model of church planting are you using?
What value does an executive pastor bring to a church? Is it really pastoring? Does an executive pastor need to have graduated from a Bible college?
SHOWNOTES
Bethlehem Baptist explanation
Leading from the second chair
Dave Moore + Ben Chapman’s seminar
Hunter Bible Church's Dave Moore and EV Church's Andrew Mitchell explain their different approaches to digital ministry, and their theological underpinnings.
Although some churches have more or equal total bums on seats, church attendance frequency per member seems to be down in lots of churches in the Reach Australia network.
Part 2. The issue of relationships between men and women in ministry has been thrown into the spotlight recently
The issue of relationships between men and women in ministry has been thrown into the spotlight recently
Using term 4 to prepare for Christmas.
SHOWNOTES
Building Leaders
Mission planning
Term 3 focus is episode 248.
Reset (book)
Using term 4 to prepare for Christmas.
SHOWNOTES
Building Leaders
Mission planning
Term 3 focus is episode 248.
Reset (book)
It's Madeleine's last podcast, so we'll focus on her area of expertise - the church planting assessment process.
It's Madeleine's last podcast, so we'll focus on her area of expertise - the church planting assessment process.
Phil Colgan discusses the details of recruiting, training and paying student ministers.
Phil Colgan discusses the details of recruiting, training and paying student ministers.
Worldview preaching, preaching to two audiences and protecting your preaching preparation time.
What is your church's pathway? Are pathways loving? How could your church's pathway work better?
What is your church's pathway? Are pathways loving? How could your church's pathway work better?
What is your church's pathway? Are pathways loving? How could your church's pathway work better?
Let's talk about teams and rosters. Where are rosters still important? How do you build a culture of teams? Rick Warner from Laneway Church in Melbourne.
SHOWNOTES
Serving Others ebook
Sticky Teams
Captain's Class
Does your church have an eye to the outsider?
If you've been pastoring for the last 2 years, this episode is for you
How should Christians relate to email, social media and productivity tech? Is digital minimalism right for ministry leaders and churches?
We wanted to see how we were doing in achieving this goal of reaching the lost, celebrate what God had done in that, and look for ways to keep seeing – under God – more people come to know Jesus. Here’s what we found.
How hard should we go this Christmas, in light of Covid tiredness and the fact that Boxing Day is a Sunday? Which Christmas songs are worth doing and which songs deserve a rest?
A worked example of using the 'now where how' planning framework for the Kids ministry area of church.
A worked example of using the 'now where how' planning framework for the Mission purpose in church.
A common mistake in church planning is to jump from 'now' to 'how' too quickly. Instead, good planning involves a deep consideration of the desired destination ('where') before jumping to the methods of getting there ('how'). Listen to this week's episode of The One Thing as you make ministry plans for 2022.
Paul and Bec Young planted Providence Bayswater in 2020. What motivated them to plant a church? Have they changed their mind about anything? Look out for the encouraging story towards the end.
Paul and Bec Young planted Providence Bayswater in 2020. What motivated them to plant a church? Have they changed their mind about anything? Look out for the encouraging story towards the end.
“It’s a great-granddaughter/conjoined twins/core-team-needs-a-pastor mash up”. That’s Miriam and Duncan Andrews’ description of their network’s model of church planting in Adelaide. Look out for the story of “Yuki and the Jumping Castle”.
Establish Church in Cronulla has been going for about 6 years. What have Lee and Cathra (planting couple) changed their minds about? What's been hardest? Why plant a church instead of taking a job with an existing church?
Eventually, any ministry will include difficult conversations between ministry leaders and staff members - conversations that someone won't necessarily want to hear.
More important than our 200th episode is the vision of 200 more church plants over the next 10 years
The Ministry Grid is about church leadership development.
We’re talking about building and training more church members to become leaders of teams.
A considered plan for developing the character, convictions and competencies required to serve and lead God’s people in God’s church.
Here’s an e-book for more about building more leaders:
https://reachaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ministry-Grid-Ebook-2.pdf
How should a ministry leader manage an underperforming staff member? Is it even ok to use the term 'underperforming' in a church context?
How should a ministry leader manage an underperforming staff member? Is it even ok to use the term 'underperforming' in a church context?
Trying to achieve lots with a small amount of resources?
If you're enjoying Church Planting Australia, you might enjoy some of the other podcasts in the Reach Australia podcast network.
On the one hand, Spurgeon said 'God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking in hell’ and Christmas Evans (British Evangelist) said 'I’d rather burn out than rust out in the service of the Lord’. On the other hand, Acts 20:24 pictures ministry like a marathon rather than a sprint.
Dr Jonathan Andrews offers practical advice and suggestions to help you address burnout in your ministry.
'Burnout feels like driving without tyres'
The three types of connectedness that help with health: connection to God, connection to other people and connection to self. This week's episode of The One Thing podcast explores how these three connections relate to burnout.
Burnout tends to hit us 12-18 months after the event. It's now about 12-18 months after COVID began to disrupt our ministries. How are you feeling?
What are the dangers and the benefits of listening to the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill? What does discernment look like?
We just wanted to give you a heads up that one of our network podcasts, the Reach Australia podcast, just launched a new season for the month of July.
Is it time to re-assess your church announcements? How many should you have each week? How can they be more engaging? In this episode of The One Thing podcast, Alanna Glover from Emu Music offers principles for better church announcements.
'God Responsiveness' is a key, but often misunderstood, area of the church ecosystem. In this episode of The One Thing podcast, we discuss Andrew Heard's 5 dangers of God Responsiveness.
When considering church growth barriers, is it better to talk about Dunbar's number or Dunbar's effect?
Do you need a coach? What does a coach actually do? Hear Liam's experience of being coached in the Geneva Push network.
If the average Australian church is around 70, then making a second hire is a big part of many church's growth journey. In this episode of The One Thing, Mike Sams (Reach Australia church consultant) discusses apprenticeships, principles for hiring, chemistry and his own experience in Adelaide.
How important is entrepreneurial thinking in the church? How do I know if I'm entrepreneurial wired? Listen to this week's episode of The One Thing podcast.
'If you have just the women's ministry role... it can tend to be isolated. It can be that-ministry-happening-over-there, off to the side, but not integrated into the whole team.'
What is the state of Australian Christianity? Karl Faase offers an optimistic outlook in this episode of The One Thing podcast.
Part 2. Every church has room to grow in its welcoming. What could great welcoming in your church look like? Listen to the One Thing Podcast as Derek and Madeleine break down a great welcoming experience: before, during and after the church gathering.
Every church has room to grow in its welcoming. What could great welcoming in your church look like? Listen to the One Thing Podcast as Derek and Madeleine break down a great welcoming experience: before, during and after the church gathering.
Does your church measure outputs? Do you have clarity on your inputs? Greg Lee digs deep on setting and re-assessing inputs and outputs in churches.
In 2020 Geneva Push hit a milestone. As a network we reached 100 churches in 10 years. While we can’t all gather together, we are thankful that we can celebrate this milestone at EV.
Should your church explicitly commemorate Anzac Day? If so, what will you preach on, what kind of prayers will you pray and how can you leverage the day to reach those who don't ordinarily go to church?
Pay attention to the seams. Helping children transition from kids church to youth group to main church meetings is a key part of discipleship.
To reach ALL of Australia we need to pay attention to the nuances of church in different cultural groups.
A weekend away can give a boost to all areas of your church's ecosystem (even sacrificial service and mission).
How does your church or ministry measure? Have you ever considered using OKRs?
How much should we talk about hell in our churches? What common myths do churches believe about winning new people to faith?
Are you re-launching small groups for 2021? What should you do if you don't have enough leaders? Featuring Richard Sweatman's six errors to avoid.
Are you an overworker or an underworker in ministry? Derek and Maddy discuss workaholism and hyper-Calvinism.
1 - Ensure you’re in a healthy place, 2 - Be deliberate about what you’re doing, 3 - Build the church calendar around mission, 4 - Lead through others, 5 - Get a coach.
Simon Sinek, Patrick Lencioni and John Doerr have all written secular books with huge application to ministry. Fill your stocking with these 3 resources.
"I'm starting to realise that unless we getting that leading-through-leaders' model happening well I'm going to become the blockage."
“Everyone said that church planting is going to be the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and there’s some truth to that, but it wasn’t like that for us, it was actually joyfully wonderful” (Matt)
“Everyone said that church planting is going to be the hardest thing you’ll ever do, and there’s some truth to that, but it wasn’t like that for us, it was actually joyfully wonderful” (Matt)
What motivates a church planter in the first place? What did he learn along the way? What's the greatest joy and hardship of church planting? 10 years ago Toby Neal and his team planted Vine Church in Surry Hills.
"I've spent 15 years trying to deal with the disasters that come for the employer or the employee when people haven't got this right." Al Stewart joins Scott Sanders and Madeleine Galea on The One Thing podcast to discuss how to avoid hiring the wrong person in your church.
Would a 360 review be a helpful step for your leadership? Listen to this episode of The One Thing podcast with Derek Hanna and Madeleine Galea or go straight to genevapush.com/360.
Is your church experiencing any of these? Losing clarity about purpose, rosters rather than teams, inability to designate significant areas of responsibility, multiplying programs, tending towards complexity over time, foggy discipleship pathways, weak mission planning and reflection on those plans.
What are the common pitfalls for new Australian churches? Australia needs new churches and we're hoping these observations will help those new churches to start on the right foot. Listen to the newest episode The One Thing podcast.
Do a few things well this Christmas. Covid restrictions mean that more of your church may be around for Christmas this year. Join seasoned church planter Craig Tucker as he discusses what he's changed his mind about regarding church Christmas and how Scots Church Sydney are changing it up this year.
Do a few things well this Christmas. Covid restrictions mean that more of your church may be around for Christmas this year. Join seasoned church planter Craig Tucker as he discusses what he's changed his mind about regarding church Christmas and how Scots Church Sydney are changing it up this year.
Knowing your strengths assesses you on 7 core competencies, including spiritual vibrancy, theological drive, emotional intelligence, gospel vision, courageous shepherding, evangelistic urgency and effective overseeing.
Idiographic and nomothetic staffing? Staffing for purposes vs staffing for demographics? This week’s The One Thing episode deals with five staffing guidelines, cultural clericalism resulting from over-staffing, ID real staffing ratios and city vs rural staffing.
Idiographic and nomothetic staffing? Staffing for purposes vs staffing for demographics? This week’s The One Thing episode deals with five staffing guidelines, cultural clericalism resulting from over-staffing, ID real staffing ratios and city vs rural staffing.
SHOWNOTES
Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century
Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won’t Get You
The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company
Reach Australia Church Consulting
Key church staffing questions for 2021: Has COVID given us greater clarity about our mission? What do we need / not need? What were doing that we don’t need to do anymore? How does that shape staffing? Where is the church growing? How do we staff to that? What new skills have your staff discovered/grown in? How are you growing them? Where do we want to be in 5 years? Reverse engineer your staffing from there. What are the impact of finances in 2021 for staff pay? How do you manage that process? Derek Hanna and Scott Sanders discuss on The One Thing Podcast.
SHOWNOTES
6 questions: * Has COVID given us greater clarity about our mission? I.e. what do we need / not need? * What were doing that we don’t need to do anymore? How does that shape staffing? * Where is the church growing? How do we staff to that? * What new skills have your staff discovered / grown in? How are you growing them? * Where do we want to be in 5 years? Reverse engineer your staffing from there. * What are the impact of finances in 2021 for staff pay? How do you manage that process?
Staff Your Church Growth Building
The Right Staffing Model For Growth
Xian Reflection Second Staff Member
Serving Revolution Ecosystem
Build a culture of Bible reading in your church. Listen to this week’s episode of The One Thing. Andrew West from Church By The Bridge in Sydney chats with Scott Sanders and Maddy Galea about a one-to-one Bible-reading campaign. Look out for the reflection on the perspicuity of Scripture.
SHOWNOTES
Readwithme – Church By the Bridge
The Word 1 to 1
The Perspicuity of Scripture
Too many decisions? Figuring out how to cope with uncertainty and constant pivoting? Listen to Scott Sanders and Derek Hanna on today’s episode of The One Thing podcast.
SHOWNOTES
HBR article
Ted talk: Getting the address from Scott
Reachaustralia contact page, request a coach
Just Do Something (DeYoung)
Fight Decision Fatigue
Help your church grow in generosity. Tony Payne speaks with Scott Sanders and Maddy Galea about the new resource on today’s episode of The One Thing podcast.
SHOWNOTES
Download a free sample chapter of the Generosity Project
Buy the Generosity Project
Rod Irvine: Giving Generously
Gospel Patrons
Gospel Patrons free download
Prayer ‘disciplines and constrains our pragmatist impulses’. Scott Sanders and Tony Payne get personal on their experiences of prayer. A bonus part of the ‘when ministry doesn’t work’ episode of ’The One Thing’. This five minute clip includes discussions of spiritual resilience, expectancy and the charismatic movement.
What if I’m teaching the word and praying, but it doesn’t seem to be working? Listen to ‘When Ministry Doesn’t Work’ on The One Thing podcast. This week features Tony Payne.
SHOWNOTES:
Reach Australia development program
Tony’s original article
Who Moved My Pulpit
We must do better. Do your Sunday gatherings reflect the weightiness of God? What does full preparation look like? Simon Manchester joins The One Thing podcast to discuss Sunday services.
SHOWNOTES:
Simon’s article
More comments from Simon on the article
Is it better to grow big or plant a new church? Listen to The One Thing podcast.
SHOWNOTES:
Why Plant Churches
Australian Church Planting Report
Why do we need more churches – Dave McDonald
Wade Burnett seminar on multisite on church in a box
7 ways to plant a church: parachute, mother-daughter, network, campus, church in hard places, bivocational, revitalisation. Which would work best in your context? Listen to the final podcast in the series.
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Who Moved My Pulpit (Rainer)
Comeback Churches (Stetzer and Dodson)
Church Planting Is For Wimps (McKinsley)
Berry bucket (Rainer)
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (Maxwell)
Jacinda Ardern article
Two different ways to start a new church: Bivocational and Church in hard places. Liam Doyle from Lake Mac Church discusses bivocational planting and Neil Scott from Park Rail Anglican discusses church in lower socio-economic areas.
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For more from Liam Doyle:
https://genevapush.com/resources/bi-vocational-planting/
https://genevapush.com/resources/graham-who-gave-whatever-it-took/
https://www.lakemacchurch.com.au/
Ed Stetzer in Planting Missional Churches (p228) quotes Steve Sjogren that the best bivocational job has four things
- Pays an hourly rate
- Day time hours
- Not draining
- Puts you in touch with a good cross section of your community
Two different ways to start a new church: Bivocational and Church in hard places. Liam Doyle from Lake Mac Church discusses bivocational planting and Neil Scott from Park Rail Anglican discusses church in lower socio-economic areas.
SHOWNOTES:
Neil’s church
Mez McConnel planter session on the Geneva Push website
In 2012 Mikey Lynch re-posted this interview with John Piper as he reflects on buying a house in a poor neighbourhood
Reaching the Unreached (Tim Chester)
Get assessed
If you’re a pastor who loves preaching and loves people and loves the lost, there are different ways that you can start new churches. There’s no one-size-fits-all” (Paul Dale). In these three episodes, we chat with Paul Dale from Church by the bridge about mother-daughter planting, Paul Sheeley from AlburyPresbyterianChurches about network planting, and Scott Curtis from HBC about campus planting.
If you’re a pastor who loves preaching and loves people and loves the lost, there are different ways that you can start new churches. There’s not one-size-fits-all” (Paul Dale). In these three episodes, we chat with Paul Dale from Church by the bridge about mother-daughter planting, Paul Sheeley from Albury Presbyterian Churches about network planting, and Scott Curtis from HBC about campus planting.
If you’re a pastor who loves preaching and loves people and loves the lost, there are different ways that you can start new churches. There’s not one-size-fits-all” (Paul Dale). In these three episodes, we chat with Paul Dale from Church by the bridge about mother-daughter planting, Paul Sheeley from AlburyPresbyterianChurches about network planting, and Scott Curtis from HBC about campus planting.
SHOWNOTES
NewChurches.com – Church Planting, Multisite, and Multiplication
Planting Churches in the 21st Century
“I just don’t think I’m a church planter. I don’t fit the mould.” Actually, we’ve experienced that church planters come in many different moulds. In this new mini-series, Derek and Scott lay out different models of church planting. There are many paths to multiplication and planting.
“I just don’t think I’m a church planter. I don’t fit the mould.” Actually, we’ve experienced that church planters come in many different moulds. In this new mini-series, Derek and Scott lay out different models of church planting. There are many paths to multiplication and planting.
Every church is changing right now. Your church is changing right now. This extended episode unpacks the process of leading change in a positive way, based off Kotter’s 8 step change management framework.
SHOWNOTES:
Scott Curtis’ 8 Steps video
Relaunch Australia online conference 30th July 10.30-12.30 AEST
Webinar on change management with Greg Lee 27th July including Q and AKotter’s 8 steps
Kubler Ross grief model
Rogers diffusion of innovation