JUSTICE & KINGDOM TRANSFORMATION This fortnight we are joined by Beck Wilesmith, Senior Advisor as part of the team at Micah. Micah is doing an incredible job around the country with respect to relational advocacy, and speaking up in a reasoned way on behalf of the church when it comes to aid, politics, and some of the significant global and local issues in our community. Whether we like it or not, this is a key part of what it means to engage culture, our communities, and planting into...

WORKERS FOR THE HARVEST This fortnight we are joined by the National Leader of Circuit Riders, a US founded ministry, now flourishing here in Australia. Madison shares some of their strategy, and their enormous heart in particular for campus' ministry, mobilizing the body towards evangelism and the Great Commission. This happens through events, evangelism schools for young adults, and vigor and passion to partner with the local churches towards Kingdom outcomes. Make sure you catch...

LEADING FROM A PLACE OF REST This fortnight we are delighted to be joined by author and Spiritual Director, Strahan Coleman. Strahan brings some beautiful insights with regards to leading and pioneering from a place of rest, and the difference between fruitfulness and productivity in ministry. This is a huge challenge for church planters and pioneers! Strahan also speaks to the emergence and convergence of a liturgical and presence centred approach to ministry, and the growing hunger within...

JOIN US NEXT MONTH! We are delighted to be hosting Sarah and her husband Tom, in Australia just next month! This is Sarah's second time on the podcast, and first time joining us part of an Exponential Australia regional tour. As part of their time here, we will be hosting mini-events in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. These events will focus on Church Leaders and Planters, and how we are able to raise up new leaders, in new places, in order to plant churches. A Business...

GOSPEL FAITHFULNESS This fortnight we are joined by well known Church Planting leader, Andrew Heard. Andrew is the planter, and leader of EV Church on the Central Coast of NSW, as well as being involved in a wide range of initaitives including Reach Australia and the "Fellowship of Independent Evangelistical Churches". Andrew shares from his many years of planting churches, presenting the gospel to those who are yet to be saved, and a passion to grow strong, healthy, Bible based and gospel...

LIFELONG LEARNING & LEADING IN PAIN This fortnight we are joined by the wonderful Sue Irwin. Sue is the Senior Pastor of "The Grainery Church" in Newcastle. Sue share both her journey, as well as some of the elements that have made her into the lifelong learner that she is, and some of the deep seasons of pain and grief she has endured. There are so many nuggets to cling to here! The Church Co. builds church websites completely for free. They will handle the migration of your existing...

RAISING YOUNG LEADERS & SUPPORTING NEW INITIATIVES The Church Co. builds church websites completely for free. They will handle the migration of your existing website over to their platform and can even manage it ongoing for you. The Church Co. is a complete digital platform for churches including websites, apps, giving, prayer, small groups, SEO, Google advertising and more. Best of all it's integrated with all of the major CHMS's like Planning Center and PushPay to name a couple. If you...

LEADERSHIP ANXIETY The Church Co. builds church websites completely for free. They will handle the migration of your existing website over to their platform and can even manage it ongoing for you. The Church Co. is a complete digital platform for churches including websites, apps, giving, prayer, small groups, SEO, Google advertising and more. Best of all it's integrated with all of the major CHMS's like Planning Center and PushPay to name a couple. If you are interested in upgrading your...

DEVELOPING PATHWAYS & TRAINING TEAMS The Church Co. builds church websites completely for free. They will handle the migration of your existing website over to their platform and can even manage it ongoing for you. The Church Co. is a complete digital platform for churches including websites, apps, giving, prayer, small groups, SEO, Google advertising and more. Best of all it's integrated with all of the major CHMS's like Planning Center and PushPay to name a couple. If you are...

NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT This fortnight we are joined by well known author and speaker, Jeff Vandersteldt. Jeff shares widely concerning his experiences with Willow, Acts 29, and more recently in his passion for make disciples through missional communities. Yet this episode is not what you expect. Jeff's life taken a wild ride towards the interior life of leaders, and the attachment or detachment many of us may or may not have experienced that leads to leadership unhealth. This one is a must for...

ON THE CUSP This fortnight we are joined again by church planters who are on the front line, giving it a go! We are joined by Daniel and Michiko who are planting Cultivate Church. We hear how God has taken them into the unexpected, and used all there different ministry experiences and passions to be used for and by him. We also hear some of the very real pressures that planters face first hand. Hear where these pressures come from, how we can best deal with them, and also how the church at...

PIONEERING AND INSITUTIONALISM This fortnight we are joined by Jason Elsmore. Jason along with his wife Susan, incredibly both leads Gateway Baptist as well as leading the leadership and ministry initiatives of the Queensland Baptists. Jason is a rare cut of a leader, who share about his incredible story of being impacted by Jesus through the local church. Jason shares particularly around the dichotomy of leading any organization that has the tendency to institutionalize and yet still...

WHAT QUESTIONS ARE OUR COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY ASKING? This fortnight we are joined by Nic MacKay, who leads an exciting community orientated initiative known as NAYBAH. The foundation of all church planting should be the gospels engagement with the communities around us. And so accordingly, how can we get to the bottom of this? Nic speaks at length about the ways we can audit and understand what our cities, towns, and suburbs are aching for, and how the gospel intersects with this. NAYBAH has...

SAVE SOULS, MAKE DESCIPLES The Church Co. builds church websites completely for free. They will handle the migration of your existing website over to their platform and can even manage it ongoing for you. The Church Co. is a complete digital platform for churches including websites, apps, giving, prayer, small groups, SEO, Google advertising and more. Best of all it's integrated with all of the major CHMS's like Planning Center and PushPay to name a couple. If you are interested in upgrading...

LET'S TALK MULTISITE Multisite. One of the more hotly contested conversations when it comes to church planting. And this fortnight we are joined by well-known church leader, and planter along with his wife Bronwyn, Darren Bonnell. Hear from Darren as he coaches churches, and helps them to build capacity when it comes to scaling and multplying. Hear some of the strengths and pitfalls, from a leader that continues to pioneer and plant today. Well worth your time! Available now on YOUTUBE |...

WHAT TYPE OF CHURCH ARE YOU BECOMING? This fortnight we are joined by a church planting legend in Don Reddin. Don is the founding church planter of CityLight Church, a multiplying church associated with Acts 29 in South Australia. On our latest episode, hear from Don regarding his heart for planting and sending, the ways in which he relentlessly pursues the vision for what they sought to give birth to and the fruit that has come from it. Don shares first hand planting insights and...

THE LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO MULTIPLY This fortnight, we are joined by the CEO of the Global Leadership Network (GLN) in Australia & New Zealand, Karen Wilson. Karen has an incredible history of leadership within the Aussie church across a variety of contexts. She joins us this fortnight to talk about the significance and importance of leadership, particularly when it comes to multiplication, but more than ever for the church in this cultural moment. Hear about some of the latest initiatives...

FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL This fortnight we are joined by Ps. Mark Varughese, Senior Pastor of the now globally recognized "Kingdomcity" Church. A church that was initially planted in Kuala Lumpur, that now has a global footprint with a passion for multiplication and transformation. Hear the story firsthand from Mark, as well as some of his developed insights regarding global church trends, and Biblical wisdom and stewardship when it comes to doing BIG things for God at a sustainable...

WHEN PIONEERING AND SHEPHERDING GO HAND IN HAND This fortnight we are joined by Katrina. Katrina launched and planted Connect Church Mornington in 2023. In this episode, Katrina shares about when planting doesn't always go to plan, yet God guides a church plant in its early stages through shepherding. She also reflects upon her role as a female church planter, as the point leader of the plant, and the challenges and opportunities she has experienced in this. Available now on YOUTUBE |...

WHEN YOU CAN'T SHAKE THE COUNTER-CULTURAL CALL TO PLANT Church Planters are the Heroes. That was the takeaway of our recent 2023 conference, and in that vein, we continue to want to hear regularly from those on the front lines planting churches as we listen! This fortnight we are joined by Israel Mohamed, who along with his wife Simone, planted Courageous Church in July 2023. Israel shares the tension and journey of identifying that call, and even just how countercultural church planting can...

IS THE ATTRACTIONAL CHURCH DEAD? DISRUPTIVE TRENDS OF 2024 AND WHEN LEADERS ARE AT THEIR BEST Carey is coming to Australia and New Zealand! This fortnight we are joined by renowned speaker, author, and of course the host of the Carey Nieuwhof podcast. Carey shares about his upcoming time and multicity tour of Australia and New Zealand. He also shares some provocative thoughts around the demise of the attractional church model, trends he sees disrupting 2024, as well as what it means for...

MULTIPLICATION GOD'S WAY To launch 2024 we are joined by globally recognised speaker and author, Danielle Strickland. Danielle is the pioneer, leader, and practitioner related to several initiatives, all of which are having a global impact on the church of Jesus Christ. In this episode, Danielle speaks to the heart of multiplication, how church leaders and planters must endeavor to do it God's way, and moreover the glaring opportunities and challenges there are for church leaders in this...

WHAT NEEDS TO SHIFT, & WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EUROPE? For the last podcast of 2023, we are joined by Aussie church planting legend, Steve Wyndham. Steve and his wife Maylin, have been serial church planters within the ACC, within Australia, the UK, and all throughout Europe. Steve is passionate about planting churches that genuinely reach the lost in spaces that have no, or have a dormant Christian presence. His words in this podcast echo a genuine warning to the Aussie church that we...

This fortnight we are joined by the Senior Pastor of Crossway Baptist, Dale Stephenson. Along with leading Australia's largest Baptist church, Dale and his team have also inaugurated an initiative known as, "Building a Discipling Culture". In this episode, Dale speaks to the idea that empowering everyday disciple-makers is not distinct from great Sundays, and being a larger attractional church. Rather, he speaks to the culture of making disciples to determine the direction of the church in...