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 Ken and Leanne are the leaders of the City Wesleyan Church in Newfarm. They moved to into the area to plant a church but soon found that they were going to have to mix things up a bit and get innovative in order to reach this extremely diverse neighbourhood. In this podcast Ken tells the story of their fledgling faith community and discusses the challenges associated with moving your young family to the centre of the valley. Listen Now!
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 John Crosby is the Executive President of the Churches of Christ in Qld. In that role he is charged with aligning and leading the whole denomination which includes both churches and its agencies. John is an ex-missionary and local church pastor who has a committment to reshaping his denomination back into a missional, sending movement. In this podcast he speaks candidly about the amazing potential of denominations which embrace innovation and which seek to support emerging leaders as well as highlighting the sometimes overwhelming challenges of taking such a direction. Listen Now!
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This week we have our first roundtable discussion for postcardradio. Duncan MacLeod (Uniting Church, Vision for Mission), Randy Edwards (ACOM) and Dave Andrews (TEAR Australia, Waiters Union) share their thoughts and experiences on the challenges of maintaining simple, organic forms of church. This interview is a valuable resource for those who have been involved in leading these groups for some time. Listen Now!
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 Steve and Felicity Turner are the initiators and leaders of a small group of faith communities based on the Sunshine Coast. Going by the name 'Joshua Tree', they have sought to run a simple, grassroots, discipling network which seeks to truely send people back into their communities as missionaries. In this podcast Steve tells their story and talks about the pluses and minuses of their approach. Listen Now!
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 Simon is the author of a new resource entitled, 'Infectious Inheritance - Mission for the evangelistically challenged'. This resource is the result of a project to define what a normal 'missional' believer would actually look like. The book does an amazing job of concisely describing the target of who we need to become. Simon speaks in this podcast about his inspiration for the book and also his passion for seeing ordinary christians rediscover their DNA for mission. A must listen for anyone serious about influencing our region. Listen Now!
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 There seems to be a real movement in the way that people are thinking about mission. The problem is where do you start to take action. Mark Cornford is working on a process called the 'Greenhouse Project' which seeks to be a coaching mechanism wherby small groups of people within churches can start to explore the missionary questions for their community and start to implement their ideas without having to leave the church in order to do so. Listen Now!
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 Every young person in Australia must pass through the school system. This makes our local Primary and High Schools important places for the church to be involved in helping our young people explore the spiritual side of their lives. In this podcast, Tina Robertson from SU Queensland talks about the incredible potential of local school chaplains. Listen Now!
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 Gavin works for the Youth Department of the Catholic Church in Brisbane. 'Spirituality in the Pub' is one of the ways in which they are seeking to take the gospel outside the walls of their church. In this podcast Gavin talks about his dream to reclaim the Pub as an important community space filled with mateship, belonging, discussion and certainly politcs and religion. Listen Now!
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 Kristian is the new CEO of the Shaftesbury Campus in Deception Bay. They have recently completed a thorough audit of who they are as an organization and have decided to get back to their roots and focus on education for marginalized young people. This has led to them developing a school for kids in their area who have either dropped out of, or no longer attend traditional schools. In this podcast Kristian discusses the heart, thinking and intention behind Arethusa College. Listen Now!
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 It is one thing to talk about our need to find new ways to do mission, but where are these leaders going to come from? In this podcast, Randy Edwards speaks about the changes that Bible Colleges need to make in order to train our next generation of leaders. As Vice Principal of the Australian College of Ministries, Randy has been actively working at reforming Theological Eductaion in QLD to serve a new era. Listen Now!
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