Leading pastors share their hearts and ministry with Dominic Steele each Tuesday afternoon. We share personally, pastorally and professionally about how we c…
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Evangelicals have gained ground in the Church of England's General Synod elections. But so have the revisionists. The middle ground has shrunk and the battle over marriage, biblical authority and the future of the Church of England is more polarised than before.
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Guest: Toby Neal
They said a Bible-believing church would never grow in Sydney's secular heartland. But 15 years after planting Vine Church in Surry Hills with just 12 adults, Toby Neal leads a church community of 380, with over 160 professions of faith. Yet the journey has been anything but smooth — hostile media coverage, a controversial merger and a church that suddenly stopped growing.
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Guest: Tim Silberman
Where is the need for the gospel greatest – and should that change where we send missionaries? We often make mission decisions around personal connections, available opportunities, language skills or where churches already have established partnerships. But Tim Silberman says we need to take a harder, more objective look at gospel need.
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Guests: Operation Christmas Child, David Painter
Before your church packs another Christmas shoebox, pause to ask: who is our generosity really helping? After more than twenty years serving with the Church Missionary Society in Cambodia, David Painter has challenging questions about Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child—and the way Western Christians support overseas mission.
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Guest: Jenni Woodhouse
What happens when someone has been hurt in a Christian organisation, and the person they need to complain about has authority over them? So why is saying “I’m sorry” so difficult? Why do organisations become defensive? Can fear of legal liability or reputational damage cause us to respond legally rather than pastorally? And can refusing to apologise ultimately cause more damage than the original mistake?
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Guest: Darby Strickland
How might we better (as pastors) better come alongside victims of domestic abuse? Abuse in Christian marriage is easy to miss—and even easier to minimise. How can pastors recognise what is happening behind closed doors and help our churches become places of refuge for the oppressed?
📚 Book mentioned: Is It Abuse? A Biblical Guide to Identifying Domestic Abuse and Helping Victims
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Guest: Tim Dyer
Why do some church teams emerge from disagreement stronger, while others fracture, divide or quietly drift apart? We expect opposition to the gospel and theological disagreement. What we’re often far less prepared for is tension within our own ministry teams. When ordinary disagreements become personal, motives are questioned and relationships begin to rupture.
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Guest: Bec Baines
Consent, Bodies and Belonging: Ministering to Young People with Disability. In every church's orbit are young people with intellectual disability, whether in the pews, in youth group, or in a family that stopped coming because it got too hard.
31:043.5K views · 2mo ago · 31:04
Guest: Craig Roberts
After a decade of decline, Sydney Anglican church attendance has grown by more than 20% in just three years. This is now higher than at any point since 2013. But underneath the encouraging headline, the picture is uneven. Larger churches have grown fastest. Around 13% of churches reached an approximate proxy for the report’s 5% conversion target.
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Guest: Phillip Jensen
Challenging functional idols in ministry from the ten commandments - Phillip Jensen What's the functional idol in your own ministry? Career? Family? The platform? The numbers? Are we preaching law as legalism dressed up as discipleship, or grace so loose it asks nothing of anyone?
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Guest: Andrew Atherstone
1986. London’s Westminster Central Hall. The then young Australian preacher Phillip Jensen takes the platform at the Evangelical Ministry Assembly, and detonated UK Anglican Evangelicalism Dick Lucas, the elder statesman of UK Evangelicalism Rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate, said his mind was "blown apart by these bold Australian exhortations."
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Guest: Andrew Atherstone
For evangelical Christians in the Church of England, the question of whether to stay, resist, or leave is a live crisis. If you’re deciding whether to head into C of E ministry or carve out a path in independence, or if you’re a pastor navigating a "mixed denomination," how do you maintain gospel integrity when institutional leadership turns away from historic orthodoxy?
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Guest: Matt Fuller
We often speak about the pressures and heartbreaks of pastoral ministry. But we speak far less about its joys, privileges and eternal rewards. Matt Fuller, Senior Minister of Christ Church Mayfair, joins us to discuss his new book, The Joyful Pastor (Despite Everything).
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Answering "Anglican", "Catholic", or "Baptist" on the Census isn't a test of church attendance. Don't let a secular misinformation campaign fill in your form for you. Get the facts and answer honestly! The Bureau of Statistics definition of religious affiliation is simple: it’s the faith group you associate with, even if that differs from your active practice or participation.
23:12911 views · 3mo ago · 23:12
Bock on Engaging Aussie Culture In this special ‘pop up’ episode of The Pastor’s Heart we talk with New Testament Professor Darrell Bock about how best might Christians engage culturally to reach Australians for Jesus. Plus his love of Sydney, Sydney Swans Australian football team and why he would move here if he didn’t have grandchildren. Bock is known for getting up at 2am in Dallas to watch the Swans play live on TV.
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