Claim OwnershipThe Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele
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Christian leaders join Dominic Steele for a deep end conversation about our hearts and different aspects of Christian ministry each Tuesday afternoon.
We share personally, pastorally and professionally about how we can best fulfill Jesus' mission to save the lost and serve the saints.
The discussion is broadcast live on Facebook then on YouTube and on our thepastorsheart.net website and via audio podcast.
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We tackle one of the most sensitive issues facing the global church — sexuality. Vaughan Roberts, senior minister of St Ebbe’s Oxford, speaks as both pastor and theologian. In this interview he reflects on deeply personal pastoral encounters — Christians struggling with pornography, same-sex attraction, gender incongruence, and the pain of confusing messages from churches. In Abuaja, Nigeria, Vaughan Roberts, distributed his new book Full of Grace and Truth: The Gospel and Sexuality in ...
What does the reordering of the Anglican Communion actually mean for Christians in the Australian Church? Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel on what it means for Anglican churches, clergy and church members in Australia. We explore what ‘principled disengagement’ from the Canterbury Instruments will mean for Australian leaders and other Global Anglican Communion leaders. Plus an update on implementing the Sydney Diocean goal of seeing five percent saved through conversion growth...
A refugee boy who walked barefoot from Rwanda to Burundi now leads the Global Anglican Communion. In this special episode of The Pastor’s Heart, Dominic Steele speaks with Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda, newly appointed chair of the council guiding newly inaugurated the Global Anglican Communion. Speaking from Abuja, Nigeria, just days after the historic gathering that launched the new communion, Archbishop Mbanda reflects on the extraordinary journey that brought him from di...
The announcement of the new Global Anglican Communion has triggered an extraordinary wave of reaction from evangelical Anglican leaders gathered in Abuja this week. For many delegates, the moment was deeply emotional. One leader described it as “the privilege of crossing the river and entering the promised land,” capturing the sense that years of theological tension and debate have now led to a decisive new chapter for Anglicans committed to the authority of Scripture. Inside the conference h...
In his first interview after being elected chair of the new Global Anglican Council, Archbishop of Rwanda Laurent Mbanda has outlined how leadership will work in the emerging Global Anglican Communion The GAFCON Primates have dissolved the GAFCON Primates Council — the body that has guided the movement since 2008 — and in its place established a new Global Anglican Council to help lead what is the emerging Global Anglican Communion. The Primates have chosen to broaden authority. The new...
The future shape of the Anglican Communion is being debated this week in Abuja, Nigeria. At the GAFCON conference, more than 400 bishops and global leaders are working through the logic of the proposal that could lead to a new Global Anglican Communion — a fellowship grounded in the authority of Scripture and historic Anglican doctrine. On Day 2 of the conference, Dominic Steele speaks with key leaders including Vaughan Roberts (Oxford), Julian Dobbs (ACNA), and Richard Condie (Tasmania), a...
The atmosphere was electric in the cathedral in Abuja, Nigeria as the the Word of God from 2 Corinthians rang out with unmistakable clarity: “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers… Come out from them and be separate… Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates.” The preacher was the Archbishop of Nigeria, Henry Ndukuba, and his message landed with force. Many of the Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, Clergy and Laity from across the Anglican world would have preached on that pa...
Dominic Steele reports from Abuja, Nigeria, as nearly 500 Anglican leaders gather for GAFCON 2026 in what many believe could prove a decisive moment in the reshaping of the Anglican Communion. Delegates have arrived from across Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia, despite significant travel disruption caused by the US–Iran conflict and Middle Eastern airspace closures. For many Australians, flights were cancelled only hours before departure. This preview episode of ...
For many of us, Easter is the highest attention moment of the year. But how do we turn that attention into genuine Gospel impact? How do we help people attend in the first place, how do we move from visitor to believer, and how do we run follow up that actually happens? How to engage the neighbourhood, welcome deliberately, lead hearts to love Jesus in the gathering and preaching, and leading well into followup courses. We cover what to prioritise, what not to do, whether evening events...
Well, we give it a serious go in 30 minutes. What is the “righteousness of God”? Is it faith in Christ or the faithfulness of Christ? Who is the “I” in Romans 7? What exactly is Paul saying about Israel and the Law? How does Romans use the Old Testament? And is the gospel mainly about individual salvation or shaping a new community? Ridley College’s Brian Rosner has just released a major theological overview of Romans ‘Strengthened by the Gospel’ — and along the way he thoughtfully engages ne...
We’re just three weeks away from what may prove to be one of the most significant gatherings of Anglican leaders in a generation — as bishops, clergy and lay representatives from across the world meet in Abuja to chart the future of global Anglicanism. We preview the conference being led by Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON), and explore how its proposed “reordering” of the Anglican Communion compares with the approach of the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans. With the centre of A...
For many pastors, the AGM is something to be survived — not led. A governance headache. A compliance exercise. And for some, the meeting where old tensions resurface and trust quietly erodes. But what if we’ve misunderstood the AGM? What if, instead of just doing compliance, we aimed to build confidence? What if the AGM could be a leadership moment — one that strengthens, not damages, your church? Jo Gibbs (Reach Australia) and Dave Moore (Hunter Bible Church) on how to plan and lead an excel...
Wisdom for pastors seeking to preach and lead well in a post-Christian age. So much of our culture judges events in isolation — a single moment, a single failure, a single decision — detached from what led to it and what flows from it. But history doesn’t work like that. Events emerge from long trajectories, and they reshape the future in ways no one fully controls or intends. We’re joined by Archie Poulos, Head of the Ministry Department at Moore Theological College, to reflect on Remaking t...
A roller-coaster week for religious freedom in Australia. In just days, sweeping Australian national legislation moved from deeply alarming to not great, but not terrible — after intense pressure from faith leaders across the country. In this special bonus episode of The Pastor’s Heart, we speak with Michael Stead, Bishop of South Sydney and director of Freedom for Faith, who had a front-row seat as the law was debated, amended, and finally passed late at night in Parliament. What was orig...
How should Christians react to news one of our heroes has engaged in an eight year sinful affair with a married woman? How should churches respond when leaders fall? Why do accountability structures fail? How do we speak of grace without minimising harm? What does faithfulness look like for pastors, churches and ordinary believers in moments like this?Philip Yancey’s confession of an eight-year adulterous affair has shocked the evangelical world. His writing shaped a generation...
So much pastoral energy is lost when teams don’t function well. Anxiety rises, trust erodes and the mission of the church suffers. But when teams are healthy, aligned and generous with one another, churches flourish. In this ‘Best of’ episode of The Pastor’s Heart, over the Australian Summer, we’re joined by Peter Blanch (Reach Australia), Michael Davies (Lighthouse Church, Gorokan) and Megan Stevens (Vine Church, Surry Hills) to talk about leading up — how assistant ministers, associat...
Godly Complementarianism - with Paul Grimmond Living Godly Lives Together - as men and women, young and old, husbands and wives? All Christians are called to live like Christ. But in Titus 2, the apostle Paul speaks about godliness in strikingly specific ways — addressing older and younger, men and women. Why does he do that? Are age and sex merely cultural categories, or gifts from God that shape the challenges we face in following Jesus? In this ‘best of episode’ of The Pastor’s Heart, o...
How to preach Christmas that engages and connects. - We've pulled in three experts to help us prepare for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We share talk structures, attention hooks, and illustrations that connect with guests who didn’t come for a sermon but need a Saviour. Sam Chan talks about tailoring length, tone, and imagery for each. Andrew Barry frames Christmas with a pastoral lens: some in the room are celebrating their first Christmas in Christ, others their last -...
Archbishop Kanishka on the terror attack at Bondi - Kanishka Raffel, Martin Morgan and Ben Pakula Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel calls on Sydney to embrace our Jewish neighbours in love, friendship and support and to reject antisemitism, violence and hatred. Archbishop Raffel says this is the way of Jesus. Minister of Bondi Anglican Martin Morgan says they sheltered people in the church last night, who were terrified, running for their lives. In a The Pastor’s Heart...
Tears, Questions and Hope - When a senior pastor takes their own life? Keith Condie & Trinette Stanley In the last few months two senior evangelical leaders have taken their own lives. The Archbishop’s letter said ‘It is with deep sadness that I write to inform you of the death of a colleague and friend … who took his own life on Tuesday and our hearts are heavy at this time as we come before God with our tears, questions and … hope in the promise of resurrection.’ We react wi...
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Something has gone wrong with Castbox (maybe other feeds too), last 2 new episodes are going to the end of season 4 not season 5, I only just noticed where they were going!