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 #42 – Learning from your last BBQ

You’ve decided that an event is the best way to connect with the community you’re trying to reach for the Gospel. But how do you[...]

The One Thing Episode #41 – Best practice church administration

Church administration may not be the most exciting topic for ministry workers, but it’s certain to have a significant impact on your Gospel reach.[...]

The One Thing Episode #40 – Understanding your church members

How essential is it to survey your church? Well, you can’t minister to people you don’t understand. Their views of the world may be warped,[...]

The One Thing Episode #39 – How to break down your community

We want to connect with our communities, so we can connect them with Jesus. But how do you go about understanding what our community looks[...]

The One Thing Episode #38 – 2018 New Year’s Show

In the final show of 2018, Derek and Scott look back on the 37 episodes that have come before and choose three each that gave[...]

The One Thing Episode #37 – Healthy Church Culture

‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ – you might have the best plans in place, but if they don’t take into consideration your ministry’s culture, you[...]

The One Thing Episode #36 – Christianity Courses

Evangelistic Courses should be at the heart of our plans to mobilise our church on mission. Not just running them, but how we make them[...]

The One Thing Episode #35 – Personal Evangelism

There have been a multitude of books written on the topic of sharing your faith, but does personal evangelism taken on a new look in[...]

The One Thing Episode #34 – Doing Asian ministry in an Anglo context

Australia has an increasing Asian population, a reality that many traditionally Anglo-Saxon churches are having to deal with. Should ministry to the many facets of[...]

The One Thing Episode #33 – Learning from setbacks

It’s very easy to celebrate the big milestones in the Christian life - you start a new ministry, a new congregation, a new church …[...]

The One Thing Episode #32 – Country evangelism

While we need to reach the cities with the Gospel, this can’t be at the expense of those 3 million Australians in regional and rural[...]

The One Thing Episode #31 – Small scale music

If Sundays are a key place where non-Christians come for the first time to experience Christian community, and Sundays are meant to be a time[...]