We asked you (in our Forming Church Facebook group) to help choose the topics for the final episodes of season 2. We gave you a range of options to vote on and we're chatting through how these look in our context and having a conversation trying to explore them from our (limited) perspectives. We're also responding to the fantastic comments people provided in our Facebook page around these topics. No way we could cover all the good stuff that came up there - so take this as a spark, and continue to light the fire of good chats with your crew!  Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by o ..read more

We asked you (in our Forming Church Facebook group) to help choose the topics for the final episodes of season 2. We gave you a range of options to vote on and we're chatting through how these look in our context and having a conversation trying to explore them from our (limited) perspectives. We're also responding to the fantastic comments people provided in our Facebook page around these topics. No way we could cover all the good stuff that came up there - so take this as a spark, and continue to light the fire of good chats with your crew!  Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by o ..read more

We asked you (in our Forming Church Facebook group) to help choose the topics for the final episodes of season 2. We gave you a range of options to vote on and we're chatting through how these look in our context and having a conversation trying to explore them from our (limited) perspectives. We're also responding to the fantastic comments people provided in our Facebook page around these topics. No way we could cover all the good stuff that came up there - so take this as a spark, and continue to light the fire of good chats with your crew!  Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by o ..read more

We asked you (in our Forming Church Facebook group) to help choose the topics for the final episodes of season 2. We gave you a range of options to vote on and we're chatting through how these look in our context and having a conversation trying to explore them from our (limited) perspectives. We're also responding to the fantastic comments people provided in our Facebook page around these topics. No way we could cover all the good stuff that came up there - so take this as a spark, and continue to light the fire of good chats with your crew!  Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by o ..read more

Jamie Freeman sits down with Ainsley Freeman and Belinda Lakelin to unpack and flesh out all the goods from last week's episode with Melinda Dwight. (If you haven't listened to Melinda's episode go back and do that first, then come back here for the deep dive!)   Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling College (https://www.morling.edu.au/) BFS (https://www.bfs.org.au/) Baptist Care (https://baptistcare.org.au/)  ? join the Forming Church community through our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/354363795705514  ? You can follow us on ..read more

Melinda Dwight is the National Director for Alpha Australia. She joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the Australian church right now, the spirituality of non-churched Aussies, the role of digital technology in evangelism, and a whole range of other good stuff along the way. This conversation was warm, hopeful and full of great insights from Melinda's vantage point working in an organisation that equips all kinds of churches and denominations to help share the good news of Jesus.    Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling Colleg ..read more

Jamie Freeman brings back the OGs from season 1 for this episode. Pip and Ken jump back in to unpack and flesh out all the goods from last week's episode with Louise Gosbell. (If you haven't listened to Louise's episode go back and do that first, then come back here for the deep dive!)   Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling College (https://www.morling.edu.au/) BFS (https://www.bfs.org.au/) Baptist Care (https://baptistcare.org.au/)  ? join the Forming Church community through our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/354363795705514  ..read more

Louise Gosbell is an Australian scholar interested in the intersection of disability and biblical studies. She is the Dean of Students and Lecturer in New Testament at Mary Andrews College, Sydney. She joined us for a fantastic, eye opening conversation about disability inclusion in our churches, and how we can become more mindful of creating accessible options for those with different needs. This episode could be a powerful conversation starter in ANY church.  Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling College (https://www.morling.edu.au/) BFS (https://w ..read more

Jamie Freeman sits down with two people he has experience planting a church with - his wife and his best mate - to unpack and flesh out all the goods from last week's episode with Tod Bolsinger. (If you haven't listened to Tod's episode go back and do that first, then come back here for the deep dive!) Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling College (https://www.morling.edu.au/) BFS (https://www.bfs.org.au/) Baptist Care (https://baptistcare.org.au/)  ? join the Forming Church community through our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3543637957 ..read more

Andrew Sloane gives us an epic two for one conversation, first sharing his learnings from being on two church plant launch teams as a volunteer, and then painting us a vision of the integration of faith and work.    Season 2 of Forming Church is brought to by our show partners: Morling College (https://www.morling.edu.au/) BFS (https://www.bfs.org.au/) Baptist Care (https://baptistcare.org.au/)  ? join the Forming Church community through our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/354363795705514  ? You can follow us on instagram @formingchurch ❤️ And if you get ..read more