One man dominated gospel advocacy in the latter part of the twentieth century Sydney.

John Chapman was director of Evangelism for the Sydney Anglican Church, and played a significant role in shaping attitudes to preaching, evangelism and a series of controversies.

Baden Stace’s new work showcases the impact of John Chapman, but also gives a window into issues facing evangelicals in Sydney in the later part of the twentieth century, controversies about preaching, the place of evangelism in church life, social justice, and what role each of us plays in the evangelistic process.

Baden Stace is the senior minister of St Stephen’s Normanhurst.

How can we as church leaders develop and implement plans to care for people affected by disability - so that they can hear the gospel clearly and engage in Christian fellowship.

What are the theological foundations for disability ministry?

How do we in our hearts/attitudes welcome or distance those with disability?

How do you best assist a church member who discloses that they are experiencing gender incongruence?

How do we show compassion and care with people where you disagree with the choices they might be making? How do we lead others in the church to do the same?

How can Christian grandparents be more intentional about their faith and leave a lasting legacy of faith in their grandkids and peers?

Masculinity is fundamentally about how men use their power. When it is done in a healthy way, masculinity will serve and bless those it touches.

There is widespread confusion about what it is to be a man.

Al Stewart says we should value masculinity, rightly understood. The truly masculine man makes people around him feel safe. Things are more stable because he’s around.

How do we proclaim Him clearly as we should? What mistakes do we make? How can we improve? How do you best approach different kinds of evangelistic talks? How can you be creative about presenting sin?

Ross Ciano is senior minister of Sydney’s Marrickville Road Anglican Church.

Sydney Missionary and Bible College Doctrine Lecturer Rob Smith submits his PhD this week on ‘Identity and Embodiment’ asking ‘How significant is our embodiment to our identity? How significant are our bodies to our gender identity?

There’s a new Matt Walsh Daily Wire Documentary ‘What is a woman?’ that is causing a stir across the world.

We ask Rob ‘What is a woman?’ and for his review of the new Matt Walsh documentary.

Plus how do we best care pastorally for the gender incongruent church member.

‘Do not be anxious about anything’ says the Apostle Paul. But Paul Grimmond says saying that to an anxious person is a bit like telling an icecream not to melt in summer.

How do we think biblically about anxiety while taking on board what else is happening with a person’s biology and environment?

How can we see anxiety as a gift? What does the interplay between mind and body look like? How does sin contribute to anxiety? What place for counseling? Self talk?

Paul Grimmond’s new book ‘When the noise won’t stop: A Christian guide to dealing with anxiety’.

The end of an era as the founding editor moves on and the Bible Society shifts the vision for Eternity away from independent reporting to positive only news.

‘You be you.’ It’s the catch cry of a generation. But Brian Rosner says it’s also the new definition of sin.

Many people today believe that there’s only one place to look to find yourself and that’s inward.

Personal identity has become a ‘Do it yourself Project’.

This strategy of identity formation is sometimes called Expressive Individualism.

The view that you are who you feel yourself to be on the inside, and that acting in accordance with this identity is living authentically.

The Principal of Melbourne’s Ridley Theological College Brian Rosner has super helpful critique in his new book, ‘How to find yourself: Why looking inwards is not the answer.’

How can we work better together with people we don’t fully agree with and take advantage of that? We need both deep links and shallow links in ministry. How do we better communicate across theological sub tribes?

Archie Poulos is co-director of the Center for Ministry Development at Sydney’s Moore Theological College.

How do we start with Jesus in formulating a view of Scripture today? What is Jesus’ view of scripture? How do clarity and simplicity relate? How do we move from the speech of God to the word of God written? How does the doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture play out in the different stages of biblical revelation? Can you give us a sixty second answer on canon formation? And how does speech-act theory impact the issues of the inseparability of Word and Spirit, and the efficacy of Scripture.

Principal of Sydney’s Moore Theological College Mark Thompson has a new book ‘The doctrine of Scripture: An introduction’

How do you find the right key person to join your ministry team?

There are questions like: What is the person’s heart for God and the gospel? What is the person’s relationship with authority? How do we recruit to a vision and strategy? What are the pitfalls of interviews? What are the first questions to ask referees? Who else to involve in the process? 

How does humility drive ambition? How can you be ambitious, having a right ambition, not for ourselves, but an ambition to magnify Jesus.

Paul Harrington leads the Trinity network of churches in Adelaide, South Australia. Having planted three new churches this year, they have grown to a network of 14 churches.

Paul gave the main evening talks at last week’s Reach Australia Conference, tackling head on the failures of Christian leaders.

‘A perilous moment.’ - That’s how the Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel described the situation that the Anglican Church of Australia is in - after an important vote failed to win support of the nation’s bishops at the denomination’s National Synod.

Today on The Pastor’s Heart we are speaking first to the Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel and then to the Gafcon Australia Chair, Bishop RIchard Condie of Tasmania and Rev Jennifer Hercott from Queensland.