Antony Barraclough's guest appearances

Antony Barraclough

The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele

Reach Australia Podcast

Luther Symons

Ray Galea

Paul Webb

Ying Yee

Adam Ch

Elliot Temple

Gary Millar

Steve Oh

Sandy Galea

Al Stewart

Richard Coekin

Phil Colgan

Rico Tice

Paul Grimmond

Tim Clemens

OwlTail

Antony Barraclough walks us through the details of his church's merger, the ups and downs, resulting gospel growth and what he wishes he'd known before he started. Drawn from the book 'Better Together' (Tomberlin and Bird). If you'd like to talk with Scott and Peter about a church merger consultation, reach out to us at reachaustralia.com.au/contact-us. To see the official documentation (Variation of Trusts and Amendment Ordinance 2021), click here.  To see the actual timeline documentation, click here.  0:00 The options 10:30 The details 16:00 change management 19:00 implications 21:40 has it been successful? 23:40 complexities 25:20 name change 26:30 Antony’s motivations 29:00 possible, feasible, desirable 33:20 partnership 35:35 mistakes 38:30 future plans 40:00 approaching a potential merger church 41:45 pastors in smaller churches 46:25 leadership pipeline 47:50 prayer 48:50 pride and humility

Antony Barraclough walks us through the details of his church's merger, the ups and downs, resulting gospel growth and what he wishes he'd known before he started. Drawn from the book 'Better Together' (Tomberlin and Bird). If you'd like to talk with Scott and Peter about a church merger consultation, reach out to us at <a href="http://reachaustralia.com.au/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reachaustralia.com.au/contact-us</a>. To see the official documentation (Variation of Trusts and Amendment Ordinance 2021), <a href="https://reachaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/49.-West-Pymble-with-West-Lindfield-Variation-of-Trusts-and-Amendment-Ordinance-2021-signed.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.  To see the actual timeline documentation, <a href="https://reachaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Merger-Timeline.docx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.  0:00 The options 10:30 The details 16:00 change management 19:00 implications 21:40 has it been successful? 23:40 complexities 25:20 name change 26:30 Antony’s motivations 29:00 possible, feasible, desirable 33:20 partnership 35:35 mistakes 38:30 future plans 40:00 approaching a potential merger church 41:45 pastors in smaller churches 46:25 leadership pipeline 47:50 prayer 48:50 pride and humility

13.2 The Story Of An Australian Church Merger (with Antony Barraclough)

Some of the recent discussions about the post COVID church attendance drop has focused on the issues of health.  But there are also anxiety issues, spiritual heart problems and an element of spiritual war where the devil whispers ‘it’s not safe to go to the place where the word of God is!’We take an informal poll of ministers to find out what’s happening with their ‘return to church,’ plus discussion on whether it’s heart, head or health, and how to have conversations when it’s a problem of the heart. Senior Minister of St Matthews West Pymble and All Saints West Lindfield, Antony Barraclough has researched and published on ‘The Pen is a Few Sheep Short - the patterns and reasons for modern church attendance by committed Christians.’Plus Stuart Starr urges Christians not to leave the last Tim Tam in the pack for someone else, drawing a really helpful post COVID analogy!Support the show--To make a one off contribution to support The Pastor's Heart's ministry go to this link, or to become a regular Patreon supporter click here.

Some of the recent discussions about the post COVID church attendance drop has <a href="https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/the-people-who-havent-come-back-to-church/50506" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">focused on the issues of health</a>.  But there are also anxiety issues, spiritual heart problems and an element of spiritual war where the devil whispers ‘it’s not safe to go to the place where the word of God is!’We take an informal poll of ministers to find out what’s happening with their ‘return to church,’ plus discussion on whether it’s heart, head or health, and how to have conversations when it’s a problem of the heart. Senior Minister of St Matthews West Pymble and All Saints West Lindfield, Antony Barraclough has researched and published on ‘The Pen is a Few Sheep Short - the patterns and reasons for modern church attendance by committed Christians.’Plus Stuart Starr urges Christians not to leave the last Tim Tam in the pack for someone else, drawing a really helpful post COVID analogy!<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepastorsheart" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>-- To make a one off contribution to support The Pastor's Heart's ministry <a href="https://share.fluro.io/form/640bd976ad762a0034a23f54" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">go to this link</a>, or to become a regular <a href="http://patreon.com/thepastorsheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon supporter click here</a>.

Heart, Head or Health? Why aren’t they coming? And how to pastor & challenge! - with Antony Barraclough

There are health issues, work deadlines, the pressure of family to be together, the overall stress of life, personal mental capacity to face the day, and the crucial assessment of the kind of reception one could expect from church that day: ‘Will I have someone to sit with? Will I have to sit with unpleasant people again? Will the sermon be worth it? What if Rev X is preaching? Will I belong? ... perhaps it would just be easier to get the shopping done.’Support the show--To make a one off contribution to support The Pastor's Heart's ministry go to this link, or to become a regular Patreon supporter click here.

There are health issues, work deadlines, the pressure of family to be together, the overall stress of life, personal mental capacity to face the day, and the crucial assessment of the kind of reception one could expect from church that day: ‘Will I have someone to sit with? Will I have to sit with unpleasant people again? Will the sermon be worth it? What if Rev X is preaching? Will I belong? ... perhaps it would just be easier to get the shopping done.’<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepastorsheart" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>-- To make a one off contribution to support The Pastor's Heart's ministry <a href="https://share.fluro.io/form/640bd976ad762a0034a23f54" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">go to this link</a>, or to become a regular <a href="http://patreon.com/thepastorsheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon supporter click here</a>.