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 #16 – Job descriptions

Do you want to grow the members of your team as disciples of Jesus? Do you want to empower them to be on mission with[...]

The One Thing Episode #15 – Getting your meeting rhythms down

Hate them or love them, meetings are still a crucial part of leadership. Teams have to be organised, informed, allowed to contribute and sent out[...]

The One Thing Episode #14 – Ministry Dashboards

Ministry Dashboards – what are they, how do they work, and why should you want one? When you’re trying to work out how a ministry[...]

The One Thing Episode #13 – Proclaiming and Persuading

You’re a minister of the Gospel - you’d love to tell someone about Jesus, of course! But Christianity is increasingly on the nose in Australia[...]

The One Thing Episode #12 – The Good Life

How does a Christian balance enjoying God’s goodness and sacrificing your life? The reality of life ‘under the sun’ is that the everyday circumstances of[...]

The One Thing Episode #11 – What should I be doing now?

The most difficult question in any ministry has to be, “What should I be doing… now?” What’s next on my agenda? Al Stewart tells us[...]

The One Thing Episode #10 – The top three apprentice issues

Ministry apprentices can play an integral role in building a culture of training in your church. But what are the top three issues that apprentices[...]

The One Thing Episode #9 – The apprentice pipeline

If we take a step back and remind ourselves that we’re trying to reach Australia with the Gospel, it doesn’t take long to realise that[...]

The One Thing Episode #8 – You get the audience you preach for

Al Stewart is an expert in Australian ministry - a youth group leader, a congregation leader, the CEO of a denominational department, a bishop, a[...]

The One Thing Episode #7 – Location! Location! Location!

Last episode Scott took us through The Four Ls That Lead To Launch, one of which was Location. Today we’re going to dig deeper into[...]

The One Thing Episode #6 – The 4Ls that lead to launch

You want to plant a new church … or maybe a new congregation in an existing church? It amounts to the same thing: a new[...]