

Reach Australia Podcast
Reach Australia
Interviews from church leaders across the country, plus talks and workshops from Reach Australia's National Conference.
Also check out our shorter podcast The One Thing – designed to give you 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 Australia.
Also check out our shorter podcast The One Thing – designed to give you 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 Australia.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Sep 14, 2021 • 23min
10.5 A Fierce Conversation (Andrew Heard)
In this podcast Andrew Heard speaks about 'A Fierce Conversation' at the 2021 Reach Australia conference. Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted earlybird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Sep 9, 2021 • 18min
10.4 The State of Australian Christianity (Al Stewart)
Al Stewart speaks about the state of Australian Christianity today at the Reach Australia conference 2021. Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted early bird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Sep 7, 2021 • 38min
10.3 Deeper Hope Isaiah 61 (Gary Millar)
Australia and the world need a deeper hope, we need a deeper hope, our churches need a deeper hope. Gary Millar preaches on this deeper hope in Isaiah 61 at the 2021 Reach Australia conference.
Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted earlybird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Sep 6, 2021 • 27min
10.2 5 Big Things (Andrew Heard)
At the 2021 Reach Australia conference Andrew Heard teaches on '5 Big Things'. 1) Having clarity. 2) Being faithful to inputs. 3) Break it down. 4) Take responsibility; build responsibility. 5) Ecosystem thinking.
Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted earlybird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Sep 2, 2021 • 46min
10.1 Deeper Holiness Isaiah 6 (Gary Millar)
Gary Millar preaches on Isaiah 6 at the 2021 Reach Australia conference. Registrations are now open for the 2022 Reach Australia conference, held at EV Church on the NSW Central Coast, from 17th to the 20th May 2022. Get your discounted earlybird ticket at reachaustralia.com.au

Sep 1, 2021 • 30sec
Season 10 Starts Tomorrow
Throughout September and October you'll get a new season of the Reach Australia podcast - the recordings from the platform sessions of the 2021 Reach Australia national conference. Featuring Bible talks on Isaiah from Gary Millar, theological reflection from Bible college lecturers from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, church ecosystem talks from Andrew Heard. While you wait, you might like to check out the other podcasts in our network: The One Thing, Church Planting Australia or Home Grown Faith.

Aug 31, 2021 • 58min
9.3 Lead Yourself (Al Stewart)
"People are paying a lot of money for you to have 168 hours: what are you doing with it?" This episode of the Reach Australia podcast is packed with challenges from Al Stewart. Look out especially for the conversation about updating your schedule in light of covid disruptions.
Book: What's Best Next (Permann)
5 fingers: finance, fitness, friends, family, faith
Book: The Barefoot Investor
Gottman's state of the union
Book: 7 habits of highly effective people (Stephen Covey)
4 quadrants
Book: Reading Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Book: Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Reach Australia Development Program
Reach Australia Church Consultation

Aug 24, 2021 • 56min
9.2 The Roles Of A Pastoral Leader (Ray Galea)
If we’re going to Reach Australia, we need to get our heads around knowing and leading ourselves. Particularly today, we’ve got Ray Galea from MBM in Sydney, speaking to us about the roles of a church leader, and we’ll be digging into 11 different roles that are used in the Reach Australia Development Program to describe the different aspects of this leadership.
11 Roles:
Visionary leader
Team leader/builder
preacher/teacher
Organiser
Evangelist
Equipper
Pastoral carer
Community connector
Networker
Project leader/planter/pioneer
Recruiter
Reach Australia Development Program
Reach Australia Church Consultation

Aug 17, 2021 • 50min
9.1 Time Management (Alan Au)
If we're going to Reach Australia, ministry workers need to be able to lead themselves. This new podcast series will help you manage your time, energy and emotions. Join Christian leaders as they wrestle with their own individual personality and leadership. First up, Alan Au on time management.
Principles:
Clarifying priorities
Juggling relationships and responsibilities
Developing personality and capacity
Time for review and reflection
Covey's priority matrix
Recommended books:
Crazy Busy - Kevin DeYoung
What’s Best Next - Matt Perman
Living Forward - Michael Hyatt
Wisdom in Leadership - Craig Hamilton
Reach Australia Development Program
Reach Australia Church Consultation

Aug 16, 2021 • 43sec
Season 9 Starts Tomorrow
We hope you enjoyed the last season of the Reach Australia podcast, which was based off the 2021 learning labs. In August we'll drop a new season of the Reach Australia podcast, focussed on leading yourself. We have guests like Alan Au, Ray Galea and Al Stewart chatting with Derek Hanna about personal time management, the 11 roles of a leader and personal discipline - which is something we all need in these challenging times of disruption. Look out for the new season coming in August. While you wait, you might like to check out the other podcasts in our network: The One Thing, Church Planting Australia or Home Grown Faith.


