The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele
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Operation Christmas Child: What to ask before packing a box — with David Painter
October 6, 2026 · 36 minBefore 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…
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Authority Imbalances, Complaints and Christian Leadership – with Jenni Woodhouse
September 29, 2026 · 35 minWhat happens when someone has been hurt in a Christian organisation, and the person they need to complain about has authority over them? Does Christian conflict resolution sometimes assume an equality that simply isn’t there? What changes…
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Abuse in Christian Marriage – with Darby Strickland
September 22, 2026 · 42 minHow 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…
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Building conflict capable ministry teams – with Tim Dyer
September 15, 2026 · 35 minWhy 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…
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Twice as Vulnerable: What Every Pastor Needs to Know – with Bec Baines
September 7, 2026 · 30 minConsent, 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…
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20% attendance growth in three years – Craig Roberts
September 1, 2026 · 31 minAfter 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…
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Challenging functional idols in ministry from the ten commandments - Phillip Jensen
August 25, 2026 · 37 minWhat'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? Do we actually rest, or just talk about…
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‘Dick Lucas’ mind was blown apart’ - with Andrew Atherstone
August 18, 2026 · 21 min1986. 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…