The One Thing Podcast

Welcome to The One Thing – a podcast designed to give you one solid, practical tip for Gospel-centred ministry, every week. Scott Sanders is the Executive Director of Reach Australia, aiming to grow thousands of healthy, evangelistic and multiplying churches. Derek Hanna leads the Australian church planting network that’s been starting fresh works for the Kingdom for the past 10 years. Together they’ll tell you what you need to know about a crucial ministry topic that’s relevant to your context – all in 15 minutes. Be energised and equipped for ministry.

Latest Episodes:

The One Thing Episode #89 – Planting 2043

Join futurist and grumpy old man Derek Hanna as he talks about the sorts of spiritual maturity that technology cannot counterfeit.[...]

The One Thing Episode #88 – Trends in church planting

Over the last ten years church planting has grown in prominence in Australia, with several local and imported networks starting up to assist the creation[...]

The One Thing Episode #87 – Student Ministry

Student Ministries have always been a fertile ground for evangelism and training of Christians throughout the world. One of the challenges for the local church[...]

The One Thing Episode #86 – Reaching Millennials

There’s no doubting that those born in the shadow of the new millennium have a particular way of seeing the world – never knowing a[...]

The One Thing Episode #85 – Mission planning

Mission isn’t just ensuring your congregation are all ready to share the Gospel, but that every event is organised so that it adds to your[...]

The One Thing Episode #84 – Healthy Masculinity

In this episode Al discusses with Derek Hanna what the Bible would call ‘healthy masculinity’ and the basis for promoting a particular viewpoint of manhood[...]

The One Thing Episode #83 – Toxic Masculinity

Derek Hanna speaks to Christian speaker and author Al Stewart on putting to death that sort of behaviour which the world rightly criticises, but also[...]

The One Thing Episode #82 – Cross-cultural discipleship

Derek Hanna speaks to Paul Webb, church planter and Anglican minister from Chester Hill, who has pioneered a range of techniques for both evangelising and[...]

The One Thing Episode #81 – Recruiting Asian Australians

Scott and Derek talk to Adam Ch’ng, the pastor of Cross and Crown in Melbourne an ABC (Australian Born Chinese) about what pastors need to[...]

The One Thing Episode #80 – Do we need to defend the Bible?

Scott and Derek talk with John Dickson, author of A Doubter’s Guide To The Bible and 16 other books, about how ‘live’ this question is[...]

The One Thing Episode #79 – Questions people are asking

What are the questions people are asking about Christianity today – not the ones we want to talk about, but the ones unbelievers really want[...]

The One Thing Episode #78 – Self-awareness

Scott and Derek discuss the importance of self-awareness in serving God across a multitude of responsibilities, and talk about key ways of understanding how your[...]