Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

About Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

Listen to interviews with ministry leaders and church planters committed to multiplication as they share insights, stories and lessons from their real-life experiences of planting churches and making disciples.

Publisher

Exponential Australia

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2022

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

135 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Ep 135: SOWING INTO CREATIVE EVANGELISTS: BRUACH COLLITON ON JUST SOW, INNOVATION, AND THE NEXT GENERATION - Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

   In this episode of the Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast, Charlie sits down with Bruach Colliton from Just Sow Australia for a conversation about creativity, entrepreneurship, evangelism, and the next wave of Kingdom innovation. Bruach shares his own journey through youth ministry, mentoring, marketplace mission, business as mission, and startups, and how those experiences have shaped his passion to see people take the gospel beyond the walls of the church and into the places people already are. Together, Charlie and Bruach unpack the heart behind Just Sow, a platform helping bring together creative evangelists with people who want to generously back Kingdom ideas. Drawing from the parable of the sower, Bruach reflects on the call to sow generously, even to the edges, taking holy risks so that more people might encounter the good news of Jesus. The conversation explores the rise of creative evangelists, from entrepreneurs and artists to baristas, coders, students, business leaders, and pioneers carrying ideas that may not fit traditional ministry pathways but clearly carry gospel potential. Bruach shares stories of young people stepping out with bold ideas, and challenges churches and leaders to create trellises rather than cages, encouraging and discipling new growth without controlling it. This is a hope filled conversation for church leaders, business leaders, sowers, and emerging innovators who want to see the next generation released into creative mission for the sake of the Kingdom.

2. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Ep 134: NOT MY CHURCH: DARRELL JOHNSON ON AMBITION, HUMILITY, AND THE WAY OF JESUS - Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast

   In this episode of the Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast, Charlie is joined by Darrell Johnson, veteran pastor, theologian, and prolific author, for a rich conversation on legacy, leadership health, and the kind of formation that produces lasting multiplication. Darrell shares his personal story from studying physics to sensing a call into preaching, and reflects on what he most hopes to leave behind: helping people know and love Jesus, understand Scripture, and carry a healthy soul in ministry. Darrell unpacks what he is seeing through The Pastorate in Canada, a movement focused on shaping pastors through spiritual formation and long term renewal, and he offers a clear insight for planters and leaders: thriving church plants begin with a team, not a hero. He shares how team based ministry and a culture of sending can prevent leaders from becoming indispensable, and why congregations must keep resisting the drift toward becoming centred on themselves. The conversation goes deeper into ambition, identity, and power. Darrell draws on John the Baptist as his ministry model, reminding leaders to say “I am not” and to keep pointing to Jesus. He challenges leaders to give power away, to see the church as belonging to Christ rather than to themselves, and closes with a timely encouragement for Australia and the Western church: do not chase cultural affirmation or power, just keep serving King Jesus, and trust Him to build His church.

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   13 Sept 2026

   Ep 133: BUILT DIFFERENT: VIKS MCFARLANE ON PLANTING IN BLACKTOWN, RESILIENCE, AND SECOND GEN MISSION

   In this episode of the Exponential Australia Church Leaders Podcast, Charlie sits down with Viks McFarlane, who together with her husband Slade has planted and led Triumph Church in Blacktown. Viks shares her journey from growing up as a fifth generation pastor’s kid, serving a decade in the Navy, running from a call to ministry, and eventually recognising that God had placed a church planting and pioneering gift on her life.Viks reflects honestly on the call to plant in Blacktown, an area many people might overlook or avoid, and how obedience led her and Slade from the Sunshine Coast back to Western Sydney. What began with no team, no building, and very little certainty became a journey of prayer, youth ministry, pancakes in local schools, and the launch of Triumph Youth, which eventually became the foundation for Triumph Church.This conversation explores the beauty and brutality of church planting. Viks speaks candidly about resilience, loss, facility challenges, small beginnings, and the courage required to keep showing up when the assignment feels costly. She also shares the joy of seeing young people and families transformed, and how one person’s yes can impact generations.With a deep heart for Blacktown, cultural communities, and second generation migrant young people, Viks challenges leaders to honour culture while communicating the gospel in ways the next generation can receive. She calls pastors and churches to release young leaders, have courageous conversations, and take brave steps toward planting more churches for the sake of the Kingdom.

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