The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele Podcast
1) Honouring Dick Lucas - with Phillip and Peter Jensen
This week marks the 100th birthday of Dick Lucas, one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the 20th century. For nearly four decades as Rector of St Helen’s Bishopsgate in London, Dick shape...Show More
2) The missing 70% - Coz Crosscombe, Andrew Beddo and Simon Gillham
Reaching the 70% of the population who are significantly underrepresented in our churches. We’re talking about everyday Australians — people who’ve gone straight into the workforce rather than univers...Show More
3) A bounceback in attendance – and a clear mission goal - with Pete Stedman, Jon Kwan, and Jo Gibbs
Twelve months ago we heard the sobering news of a significant attendance drop in Sydney Anglican Churches. Over the decade from 2013 to 2023, weekly attendance fell by 7% – and when you factor in popu...Show More
4) How to keep going when the knives are out at church? - with Brian Croft and Matthew Spander Davison
The call to ministry is a call to lay down your life for others, but how do we create a well-thought-out roadmap toward pastoral perseverance - when there are external and/or internal difficulties? ...Show More
5) How to improve our preaching - with David Cook and Robyn Sydserff
Today our focus on The Pastor’s Heart is on how to preach for transformation for real changes in people’s lives. Two men with a lifetime’s passion for preaching — Robin Sydserff, Director of the Pro...Show More
6) Beyond the Crisis: Global Perspectives on a training culture for the next generation
A training culture for the next generation: Healthy Churches producing new ministers for the next generation. Across the world, the number of candidates putting themselves forward for gospel ministry...Show More
7) Unblocking the pipeline: Identifying and addressing obstacles to ministry recruitment- with Orlando Saer
In the past month, two of the most respected evangelical training institutions in the world have closed or announced closure of their campuses. In July, Spurgeon’s College in London—a pillar of Baptis...Show More
8) Growing by five percent conversion growth - how might this work? - with David Jensen and Chris Braga
What change would a leader and church need to make for a congregation, denomination or movement to grow by five percent annual conversion growth. The Gospel Coalition pulled together a mini summit of...Show More
9) Phil Colgan: A theology of statistics
It is an uncomfortable but important question: What place should numbers have in our thinking about ministry success? We all want to be faithful. But what happens when the numbers are down? Do we need...Show More
10) The evangelical application problem - with Richard Coekin
We evangelicals, says Richard Coekin, have a problem—and it’s a preaching problem. Richard Coekin says we are too often careless—his word—when it comes to application in preaching. We work hard on ...Show More