‘It’s not that we don’t care on purpose … it’s just that we don’t care’ – Generation Z.Jesus has given us a job to do, make disciples of all nations. We want to better engage in our changing community.But it’s going to be an easier task if we understand the people we are reaching out to. Mark McCrindle of McCrindle Research has been looking at this topic for years, and has just presented at the ‘Australian Community and Church Summit 2018’.Mark will be our guest on www.thepastorsheart.net this Tuesday afternoon at 2pm to discuss the Australian Community and how we can best minister to our changing neighbourhoodsThere are issues of demographics, technology, debt, life expectancy, cultural diversity.The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

Fresh from the Singleminded Conference, we speak to Conference Chair Dani Treweek about how we can better love and pastor the single members of our church family?What are the particular pastoral issues that singles face? How can we encourage single Christians in their gospel maturity, contentment and service.The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

Craig Hamilton, author of Wisdom in Leadership, says getting one’s heart right is the most important think in leadership.So we are speaking today specifically about the heart of the Pastor.Craig says when it comes to leading yourself, the hardest person to lead, there are key issues of pride and fear that need to be addressed.The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

On www.thepastorsheart.net we aim to help Christian leaders better fulfil the mission that Christ has given us. Today we are thinking about how to best love and care for the same sex attracted Christians in our churches.We are talking about theology, maturity, history, emphasis, holiness, sin, language and culture. Our guests are Rev Dr Wesley Hill, from Trinity School for Ministry in Pittsburg and Jackson Stace from Liberty Christian Ministries Inc. Sydney (www.liberty.sydney). Wesley is best known for his book Washed and Waiting. His most recent work is Spiritual Friendship.The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

Mitch joins Dominic Steele to tell his story of living a ‘double life’ in his early twenties, before things came to a head in Dubbo in country New South Wales. And then his journey working things out with God, and into Evangelical Presbyterian ministry and heterosexual marriage.The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

There are health issues, work deadlines, the pressure of family to be together, the overall stress of life, personal mental capacity to face the day, and the crucial assessment of the kind of reception one could expect from church that day: ‘Will I have someone to sit with? Will I have to sit with unpleasant people again? Will the sermon be worth it? What if Rev X is preaching? Will I belong? ... perhaps it would just be easier to get the shopping done.’The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

What do you do when there’s conflict in your church?  Because there will be at some point. How can you deal with conflict well? What do you do when there’s no conflict to prepare for the times when conflict will come? How to you give your people a framework for understanding and resolving conflict? What do you do when a couple comes to you and the marriage is a warzone? What should you outsource? What should you do yourself? Bruce Burgess is the Australian Director of Peacewise. Subscribe to The Pastor's Heart audio podcast: RSS feed: http://bit.ly/thepastorsrss iTunes feed: https://j.mp/thepastorsheartThe Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

How do you not just work ‘in the ministry’ but ‘on the ministry’?How does a senior pastor lead in vision, finances, staffing and money to promote the gospel of Christ?How do we communicate, execute and celebrate the vision?How to teach on generosity?How do we ask graciously?What are the mistakes to avoid?Rod Irvine was senior minister of Figtree Anglican Church Wollongong and has written ‘Giving generously: resourcing local church ministry.’Subscribe to The Pastor's Heart audio podcast:RSS feed: http://bit.ly/thepastorsrssiTunes feed: https://j.mp/thepastorsheartCatch up on our previous episodes at www.thepastorsheart.netThe Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

A good friend tells you when you have something stuck between your teeth just before the photograph is taken.Scotland’s David Andrew Robertson was a guest on The Pastor’s Heart a few months ago and is a good friend (http://bit.ly/2vp3MJ4).  In an interview with ACR, having spent three months in Sydney, he’s had some significant things to say about the Sydney Anglican Church and asks have we gone off the boil on seeking the lost saved? On Tuesday 7 August at 2pm, Phil Colgan from St George North Anglican Church and Craig Schafer from St Mark's Pennant Hills for a live discussion with Dominic Steele to discuss what we can learn from from David’s critiqueThe Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

What is poverty?  What gospel do poor people need?  How have parachurch ministries made the problem worse?  What does evangelism look like in poor communities?  What role for preaching?  What does church membership and discipline look like?How can we see a transformation in desperate poor communities in Scotland or Australia?Mez McConnell is the senior pastor of Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, and founder of 20 Schemes, a ministry dedicated to building gospel-centered churches for Scotland’s poorest communities. The Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Support the show--Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.