The Ministry Matters podcast is ideal for small to medium size church pastors, department leaders, small group leaders and anyone wanting insight into the specific characteristics of small church ministry. Rohan and Jill Bell bring 30+ years of Christian ministry experience from diverse church sizes straight to your ears! They currently serve as Lead Pastors at C3 Camden Picton Thirroul, a three location multisite church in South Western Sydney and the Illawarra region of NSW. In this Podcas ...
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Welcome to C3 Church Thirroul. The doors of our church are wide open for people of all backgrounds to come and visit any of our services. We believe in an uncluttered Christianity that's presented in a contemporary way. This is so that all people can personally experience the love, acceptance and forgiveness that God has stored up for them in Christ. Naturally our church is a place where all people can find the acceptance and friendship that only really comes from being a part of a large fam ...
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14: Co-workers in God’s Field: Building a culture of shared mission.
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This is the second of a three part mini-series about how leaders can create a church culture where there is a sense of FAMILY, where they labour together in a FIELD and stand together in the FIGHT. It's based on Philippians 2:25 where Paul commends Epaphroditus as a brother (Family), co-worker (Field) and fellow soldier (Fight). Thanks to Pastor La…
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13: Fostering Family: Leadership strategies for close-knit communities.
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This is the first of a three part mini-series about how leaders can create a church culture where there is a sense of FAMILY, where they labour together in a FIELD and stand together in the FIGHT. It's based on Philippians 2:25 where Paul commends Epaphroditus as a brother (Family), co-worker (Field) and fellow soldier (Fight). Thanks to Pastor Lar…
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12: Resilient Leadership: Cultivating and leading with hopefulness in challenging times.
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Rohan and Jill discuss how they find hope and courage to keep leading and serving in challenging times. As leaders we must learn to build resilience and find our strength in the Lord so that we can lead from and leaders others into hope. Find us on the Socials… Ministry Matters Podcast Facebook: @ministrymatterspodcast Instagram: @ministrymatterspo…
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11: Grace and Truth: Addressing society’s ’Hot Topics’ in the church.
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With our society so polarised these days around hot topics it can be hard for ministry leaders to know how to approach these issues. How do we address sensitive issues that carry so much emotion for so many? Should we bury our head in the sand and pretend these questions don't exist? Are we take a side and rail against the opposing view? Or is it p…
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10: Recharge to Lead: The importance of rest in ministry.
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In this episode Rohan and Jill discuss the importance of rest in the life of a leader. The prevailing culture in recent decades often left little space for rest, holidays and sabbath etc. Fortunately, this is changing. Taking time to switch off and recharge is vital to a sustainable leadership ministry. Find us on the Socials… Ministry Matters Podc…
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09: Seasoned and Serving: Empowering seniors for ministry and leadership
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Rohan and Jill continue their conversation from the previous episode about finding, training and releasing people for ministry and leadership. This time they shift the conversation from young adults and share their thoughts and experience on helping release seniors into their valuable roles within church life. Find us on the Socials… Ministry Matte…
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08: Unlocking Gen Z: A new wave of leadership
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Training and releasing people into serving and leadership is vital in any size church. And finding younger Millennial's and Gen Z's who are willing to put their hand up seems harder that it was 15 years ago. In this episode Rohan and Jill discuss their experience with how to connect with the younger generation in a way that inspires them towards se…
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07: Kingdom Mission for small churches: Strategies and insights.
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Engaging a small church in Kingdom Mission work can be a challenge. Limited resources make it impossible to do everything. But you can do something. And you can train and equip your people to live their own lives with a Kingdom Mission focus. In this episode Rohan and Jill discuss how they’ve been able to establish Mission work at each of their loc…
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06: Preaching 101: How we develop our preaching themes and preaching teams.
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In this episode Rohan and Jill turn their attention to the topic of preaching. They discuss how they plan their preaching themes and prepare and train their preaching teams across their three church locations. Find us on the Socials… Ministry Matters Podcast Facebook: @ministrymatterspodcast Instagram: @ministrymatterspodcast Rohan Facebook: @Rohan…
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05: Embracing life long learning: The path to continuous leadership development.
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An effective leader will always be a relevant leader. In this episode Rohan and Jill discuss the importance of being committed to life long learning. They share some practical tips and tricks they've learned along the way to make sure that we do what we can as leaders to stay curious and keep learning so that we can stay relevant and fresh to those…
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04: Pastoral Care 101: Foundations and essentials.
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In the first of what will likely be many episodes about Pastoral Care, Rohan and Jill discuss some of the basic values and essential practices to effectively love and care for those we are called to shepherd. A useful episode for anyone who cares for other people in church life, from small group leaders, department leaders, pastoral care teams, new…
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03: Dealing with discouragement: When your reality doesn’t match your vision.
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Ministry life rarely lives up to our hopes, vision and expectations. And even when things are going well a visionary leader will still see further ahead to what could be. How we manage the gap between our vision and our reality will play a big part in our effectiveness as leaders. In this episode Rohan and Jill discuss how we can stay full of faith…
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On this episode Rohan and Jill discuss some things they did right, some things they did wrong, and some things they learned along the way from nearly 30 years of raising five kids while trying to fulfil the ministry call upon their lives. We hope that this podcast will encourage pastors and ministry leaders who are still in the early stages of rais…
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01: Welcome to the Ministry Matters Podcast.
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Welcome to the the Ministry Matters Podcast. In this first episode Rohan and Jill introduce themselves by sharing a little about their family background and Christian ministry life. Then to round out the episode they hold some preliminary discussion about the kinds of topics they plan to address on future episodes. Find us on the Socials… Ministry …
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