The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele
Christian leaders join Dominic Steele for a deep end conversation about our hearts and different aspects of Christian ministry each Tuesday afternoon.
We share personally, pastorally and professionally about how we can best fulfill Jesus' mission to save the lost and serve the saints.
The discussion is broadcast live on Facebook then available in video on our website <u><b><a href="http://www.thepastorsheart.net">http://www.thepastorsheart.net</a></u></b> and via audio podcast.
Episodes
385 episodes
William Taylor: What to do when the denomination around you is imploding?
It is difficult times in the Church of England.Having previously publicly betrayed his ordination and consecration vows - the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - has now resigned over his handling of a safeguarding matter, following...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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More pressure on government over chronic gambling - with Stu Cameron
Church Leaders have welcomed the report of the trial of cashless gambling which recommends that ‘account based gambling’ be introduced in New South Wales by 2028. There are bigger problems with gambling in Sydney and New South Wale...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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Are churches losing global mission focus? + How to fix this! - with Tim Silberman
Is the church losing its global mission focus?The number of overseas missionaries being sent out is down on ten years ago. Church and mission leaders have encouraged Christians to respond to the need for mission locally, espe...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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Peter Mayrick: Being more intentional in discipleship
How do we encourage our staff teams and members to be more intentional in Jesus’ mission of making disciples?Disciple making is entering into relationships to help people trust and follow Jesus - the whole journey from conversion through...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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How to be fun and not boring in Christmas preaching? - with Nigel Fortescue and Pete Stedman
Planning Christmas Preaching.What we are nervous about? What we want to get right? What has worked best? What hasn’t? And how do we leverage the cultural moment? Nigel Fortescue is senior pastor of Christ Church S...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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Older people & ‘Positive Jesus focused choices’ - with Ying Yee, Carmel Vincent and Ian Carmichael
How do we proactively serve Jesus in retirement? How might we motivate our older church members to prioritise the work of the gospel? Mike Raiter said on The Pastor’s Heart a little while back that retirement needs rethinking to avo...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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Tim Omrod: How personality impacts ministry teams
I want to be a big hearted encourager like Barnabas. I want to be a reliable assistant like Timothy. I want to be passionate preacher like Apollos.When you think about the qualifications for Christian ministry in 1Timothy 3, the signifi...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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Vaughan Roberts: Justin Welby’s rejection of Church of England teaching on sex
In a significant interview on the Rest is Politics Podcast England’s Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has denied the teaching of the bible, and the teaching of his church.
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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David Moore on Ministry teams: Are they worth the pain?
How to best structure ministry teams in your church? And how to equip your team leaders for joyful service?Team leaders do the bulk of their ministry in between events not at events.How can someone become a more fruitful team le...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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Lausanne: Part fantastic, part nauseous - with Mark Thompson and Chris Edwards
5,000 believers gathered from more than 200 nations last month in South Korea. It is 50 years since Billy Graham and John Stott first launched the Lausanne movement in Switzerland. Anglican Bishop of North Sydney Chris E...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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Recovering our larger story helps know ourselves and our place in God’s world - with Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker
Historical literacy is a critical tool for Christians, deepening faith and enhancing evangelism and discipleship.Sarah Irving Stonebreaker says we’ve forgotten how to engage well with the past, we don’t know why the past might be releva...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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Parenting in God’s family - with Harriet Connor & Kat Ashton Israel
What is Christian parenting? How do we do family Bible time well? How can we prioritize church, even when it’s hard? Navigating social media with teens? And how to parent teens who are doubting, drifting or ...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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Preaching illustrations to win Muslims - with Samuel Green
How to preach to build confidence so members want to invite Islamic friends and workmates to church and better educate our Christians for conversations with Muslim friends.What topics might we address? How to best engage with the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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Leading up as a ministry team member - with Peter Blanch, Megan Stevens and Michael Davies
How do you work in a team excellently with those above you in ministry? How do you as a team member take responsibility for the success of your church? What can ministry team members do well to help the whole team func...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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Coercive control in Christian families and the impact on children - with Jenni Woodhouse
How do we help children in Christian families escape and recover from the devastating effects of domestic abuse? Pastoral consultant Jenni Woodhouse says there is a hidden epidemic of coercive control where a parent with narcissism or b...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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Confronting the big attendance drop - with Toby Neal, Dave Jensen and Geoff Bates
What should the church pastor / staff team / church council or bishop do about the big drop in attendance? A new report (bit.ly/AttendancePatterns) shows Adult Attendance in churches i...
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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The terrible scourge of Female Genital Mutilation and what Christians are doing about it - with Bishop Mwita Akiri
Plus how the Tanzanian Church has been built through the labors and prayers of Australian Christians, and why prosperity gospel preachers are as wicked as witch doctors!We are joined by Bishop Mwita Akiri from Tarime in rural Tanz...
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Season 6
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Episode 35
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Growing Up in the Pastoral Spotlight: Insights into the lives and wellbeing of Ministry Kids - with Valerie Ling
What impact does growing up in a pastoral family have on ministry kids? Valerie Ling from the Sydney Centre for Effective Living joins us to unpack the ‘Ministry Kids Wellbeing Survey,’ revealing what Australian ministry children, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 34
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The battle for the truth of the gospel - with Thomas Schreiner
One of the world’s leading New Testament Scholars Thomas Schriener is in Sydney for the Moore College Lectures on ‘The Battle for the truth of the gospel.’At the center of his attention is NT Wright and the New Perspective on Paul, a de...
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Season 6
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Episode 33
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From defensive to offensive in the religious freedom debate - with Mark Spencer, Mark Sneddon and Mike Southon
Religious Freedom leaders are calling on Australia's Government to quickly bring a Religious Discrimination Act to the parliament.Mark Sneddon says the Religious Discrimination Act is not about granting unlimited freedoms, but about pre...
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Season 6
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Episode 32
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Expressive Individualism and Church Music - with Philip Percival and Alanna Glover
What does Expressive Individualism mean for churches? And what specifically does it mean for church music?Here is the expressive individualism worldview: ‘Truth comes from inside me. It’s important that I look inside to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 31
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A way back from disillusionment and disappointment in ministry - with Karl Deenick
Disillusionment is one of the great threats to the Christian life and to Christian ministry A wise man said the worst thing in ministry was not a pastor who quits, but a pastor who doesn’t quit, but who keeps going when they’ve giv...
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Season 6
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Episode 30
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What I wish I knew before becoming a senior minister - with Jon Kwan and Dave Keun
What would Dave Keun and Jon Kwan like to tell their younger selves if they could travel back in time before they took on the position of senior minister?How has their sense of ownership changed?What has been most difficult abou...
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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Roadmap to reset Anglican Communion - with Paul Donison and Glenn Davies
Roadmap for a reset communion - with Paul Donison and Glenn Davies The chair of Gafcon Laurent Mbunda and chair of Global South Justin Badi Arama are to meet to work out a roadmap for the resetting of the Anglican Communion.
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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How do we diagnose complex problems within our church - with Greg Lee
All the time in church there are unexpected things happening. We or someone else makes a decision to change something which then relationally or missionally impacts another area of church life that we didn’t expect.Sometimes we pu...
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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