The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele

Often when we hear the word 'multi-site' we think American mega churches which sound more like mercenary organisations than a loving caring Jesus honouring community.But there are a number of churches in Australia quietly rolling out multi site ministry models, within traditional denominations (Think Creek Road in Brisbane, MBM Rooty Hill in Sydney, Church by the Bridge in Sydney and of course City on a Hill in Melbourne, Geelong and Brisbane.There’s the start of a trend for larger evangelical churches to switch strategies from planting daughter churches to becoming a multisite network of a man campus and a series of campuses.Wade Burnett is a church planter and consultant from the USA, who is in Australia to speak at a series of conferences for Geneva Push on Multisite Wade has planted churches, pastored churches, merged churches and launched multisite campuses both in rural Louisiana and in suburban Nashville. As an Associate of MultiSite Solutions, Wade has done extensive work coaching and consulting church leaders in multisite, church mergers, pastoral succession, and church multiplication.Wade joins Dominic Steele along with MBM Rooty Hill Senior Pastor Ray Galea to talk about how multisite can help as a potential strategy within the church planting movement. The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

There’s a nervousness among reformed evangelical complementarians about tackling any of the New Testament gender passages, but particularly 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, where the issue of head is discussed.More recently there have been claims from some blaming the bible’s teaching on headship for incidents of domestic violence.  And of course we want to speak strongly against any form of DV.But, should we avoid teaching on 1 Corinthians, or avoid chapter 11?  I don’t think that’s the answer. I’ve asked a couple of friends to come and help me in my sermon preparation.Dr Lionel Windsor is a New Testament lecturer at Moore Theological College in Sydney. (www.moore.edu.au)Dani Treweek is the former former women’s pastor at St Matthias church in Sydney (www.matthias.org.au).  She is doing her PhD on Singleness. And is a significant force behind the Singleminded Conference later in the year.The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

It’s hard because we go into ministry because we like doing the ministry. But if things are to grow, we need to step back and empower and encourage others in these roles.This is true in kids ministry, but it’s true across the church. I think this is one of the major factors that is hampering the growth of our churches. We are talking this Tuesday with Sandy Galea, from MBM Rooty Hill in Sydney’s West and Kidswise about how to grow ministry teams.The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

Andrew Beddoe is asking about evangelical churches: Where are the tradies? Where are the factory workers? Retail workers? Those on social welfare benefits?The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

What does it take to have fruitful ministry over the long haul? The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

Rolling out vision in an Evangelical Church! ’People don’t give to need, they give to vision.’ But what is vision and how do you come up with the vision, workshop with key stakeholders, communicate the vision, roll it out? We talk to two really impressive young leaders/original thinkers who have lots to teach all of us, from NewLife Anglican : Oran Park, Stuart Starr and from Grace City Church in the inner city of Sydney, Tim ClemensThe Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

Our guest is Dean of Students at Sydney’s Moore Theological College Paul Grimmond.  Paul has battled with anxiety all his adult life, and has been quite open about this.  He wrote recently “‘Don’t be anxious about anything,’ Is that all God’s got to say?”Paul says ‘it’s difficult to differentiate between the anxiety that is a result of the fallenness of the world and the unhealthy anxiety that is a part of my sinful response to this broken world. Am I feeling anxious because I have a body that chemically over-reacts to threats, or am I feeling anxious because I have let sin take control? That’s not always an easy question to answer. Paul shares shares his story with Dominic Steele and looks at what the bible has to say. The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

David Robertson is minister of St Peters Free Church in Dundee Scotland. http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk He is also the associate director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity http://www.solas-cpc.orgDavid is in Sydney to speak at Katoomba Christian Convention and for a holiday.He does a lot of writing – in newspapers, magazines, on the net and also books. He’s the author of Awakening (the life of Robert Murray McCheyne); The Dawkins Letters, Quench (cafe evangelism) and Magnificent Obsession. His latest book is called Engaging With Atheists.He’s interested in history, politics, theology, music, sport, art etc. David’s a ‘big picture’ person who likes to look at things in a wide context – especially the growth, decline and renewal of the church in the West….His nickname ‘wee flea’ comes from a series of interactions He had on the Richard Dawkins website. Robertson was banned from his site under his own name and Dawkins called him, Alaister McGarth and John Lennox ‘fleas living of a dogs back’.Robertson promptly started reposting under the name ‘the wee flea’, and Dawkins, not being aware of Scottish church history or the nickname of my denomination (the wee frees), let it go by for a few weeks…until he was outed…and banned again!The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

The Wollongong region has just seen 60 churches band together in a combined effort to reach their district for Jesus. The initiative was conceived and lead by the senior minister of Wollongong Anglican cathedral, Sandy Grant.Sandy joins Dominic Steele to talk through the wins and lessons from the mission, “Jesus is___”.The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

This is a special edition of The Pastor's Heart, linked to this month's national Australian ministry conference, Nexus, on to the topic of 'Every Member Ministry.'We are joined by The Trellis and the Vine author Tony Payne who is currently doing his PhD on Every Member Ministry, and was the keynote speaker at the Nexus Conference.The Church Cothechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show