
Reach Australia Podcast
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.
Latest episodes

Dec 6, 2022 • 49min
20.2 Des Smith on Preaching (Adelaide)
Guest: Des Smith from Holy Trinity Adelaide. Hosted by Gary Eastment.
The full sermon, played as a clip in this podcast, is here.
reachaustralia.com.au

Nov 29, 2022 • 1h 5min
20.1 Rory Shiner on Preaching (Perth)
New series: the art and craft of preaching. Guest: Rory Shiner from Providence Church in Perth. Hosted by Gary Eastment.
reachaustralia.com.au

Nov 22, 2022 • 30sec
Want to Preach Better? (Season 20 Trailer)
New Season On Preaching: Gary Eastment with Al Stewart, Adam Ch'ng, Des Smith, Phil Colgan, Rory Shiner

Nov 15, 2022 • 35min
Special: Young Leaders (Paul Young, Perth and Jayesh Naran, Brisbane)
A young church planter and a young church re-vitaliser speak with Scott Sanders.
Paul's church is Providence Bayswater.
Jayesh's church is Ithaca Presbyterian.

Nov 8, 2022 • 31min
19.3 Principles and Ideas for Church Apprenticeships (Rhett Harris)
3 year apprenticeships? Apprenticeships for retirees? Rhett Harris joins Scott Sanders on the Reach Australia podcast.

Nov 2, 2022 • 24min
19.2 Myths About Church Apprenticeships (James Hoey and Ben Pfahlert)
Part 2 of our series on apprenticeships in the church.
James Hoey is the MTS Victoria Partnership Developer.
Ben Pfahlert is the national director of MTS.
mts.com.au
MTS 2026: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/MTSTowards2026v3electronic-spread-Copy.pdf
6 steps: https://mts.com.au/for-trainers/training-resources/

Oct 25, 2022 • 48min
19.1 Church Apprenticeships (MTS - Ben Pfahlert)
Part 1 of our series on apprenticeships in the church. Ben Pfahlert is the national director of MTS.
mts.com.au
MTS 2026: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/MTSTowards2026v3electronic-spread-Copy.pdf
6 steps: https://mts.com.au/for-trainers/training-resources/

Oct 18, 2022 • 35min
18.9 Transformed by the Gospel; Mobilised for Ministry Romans 12:1–8 (Andrew Reid Part 2)
Recorded at the 2022 Reach Australia Conference: Andrew Reid opens the Word of Romans to encourage us to be mobilised for ministry.

Oct 11, 2022 • 27min
18.8 Wolves, Sheep and Good Shepherds: 1 Peter 5 (Andrew Reid Part 1)
Recorded at the 2022 Reach Australia Conference: Andrew Reid expands on good pastoral ministry in church from the letter of 1 Peter.

Oct 4, 2022 • 17min
18.7 The Church We Want to Build: Hebrews 9 (Phil Colgan)
Recorded at the 2022 Reach Australia Conference: Phil Colgan's final talk opens up the Word to help stir our hearts to serve the Lord our God with all we have.