Key Takeaways

• Access professional pastoral supervision and coaching from accredited ministry experts with decades of experience
• Utilize proven church growth strategies including discipleship systems, outreach programs, and leadership development
• Benefit from specialized services in areas like church revitalization, conflict resolution, and ministry transitions
• Leverage digital ministry expertise for online presence, YouTube growth, and effective community engagement
• Receive support for pastoral health, burnout prevention, and sustainable ministry practices
• Connect with experienced consultants who understand various denominational contexts and cultural settings
• Implement research-based approaches to church health assessment and organizational transformation

PAUL BARTLETT

Most churches measure success by what happens on Sunday: how many people attend, engage and return. Mobilise helps churches measure what happens next, how many people leave Sunday equipped to live for Jesus on Monday, in their homes, workplaces, schools and communities.

Founded by Australian pastor, author and coach Paul Bartlett, Mobilise equips church leaders to move from a Sunday-centred model of ministry to a 7-day church, one where Sunday is not the destination, but the launchpad for everyday mission.

What makes Mobilise different is its focus on mobilisation rather than simply attendance, programs or traditional church growth strategies. The goal is not just to get more people into church, but to equip more Christians to take Jesus into the places they already live, work, study and belong.

Through coaching, leadership training and the Mobilise Playbook, churches learn how to reshape culture, language, systems and strategy so that mission becomes the responsibility of the whole church, not just the pastor or a small group of gifted evangelists.

Paul brings more than 30 years of ministry and leadership experience, including 23 years as a senior pastor. For 12 years, he also served as the National Leader for Community Engagement and Evangelism, helping shape strategy and support for more than 1,000 churches across Australia. He has worked with pastors, churches and leadership teams across Australia and internationally, helping them move from inward-focused ministry to greater community connection and everyday mission.

Paul is also the author of Thank God It’s Monday and ReThink It!, both written to challenge traditional thinking about church, mission and the role of everyday Christians.

Churches engaging with Mobilise are seeing more congregation members having faith conversations, stronger connections with their communities, new pathways for people to encounter Jesus, and ordinary church members leading their friends to Christ during the week. Pastors are also experiencing the load of mission shifting from the few to the many.

Mobilise helps churches become the church their city can’t live without.

Click here to find out more about Paul Bartlett and what he offers.

DR BRIAN BIRKETT

Rev Dr Brian Birkett has served as a pastor for over 30 years in large and mid-sized
churches and was a Bible college dean. He has been strengthening pastors and churches for decades in 20 countries across the world. 

Brian currently serves as a missionary and pastoral and church consultant, providing professional supervision, mentoring, counselling, coaching and consulting.
He’s an ‘alongsider’, like Barnabas.

Married with three beautiful daughters, two of whom are married, and three wonderful
grandchildren, Brian loves swimming and walking beside the beach in Mornington
Peninsula, Melbourne, where he lives with his wife, Jayne, and their two Cavalier King
Charles spaniels.

He has recently released a book called:

“Healthy Pastors, Thriving Churches – Sustaining a Healthy Personal Foundation for a Lifetime of Kingdom Impact” which is being translated into 5 languages this year.

It is already being read in a dozen countries.

Here’s a brief description:

“This book is vital for pastors, Bible colleges, church boards and enthusiastic Christians. Within are insights that will strengthen a pastor’s personal journey, creating thriving churches. Through a deepened walk with Jesus, careful consideration of six personal domains, examination of emotional health and spiritual disciplines, your spiritual formation will be strengthened as you read. Contributions from pastors and denominational leaders across the globe enrich the reader with understanding of pastors’ challenges and opportunities. It is a practical, inspirational book with clear academic underpinnings, theologically balanced, devotionally reflective and experientially rich.”

Graeme Cann, founder of Christian Counsellors Association of Australia and El Kanah Retreat Centre a Pastor for over 60 years says this:

“Healthy Pastors, Thriving Churches certainly must rate as the most timely, readable and insightful book on pastoral health of our time.”

Click here to find out more about Dr Brian Birkett and what he offers.

RICHARD BLACK

Richard is the found and director of Thriving Churches HQ, an organisation empowering churches and church leaders to make a greater Kingdom difference. He has always had a heart for the growth and wellbeing of churches, their leaders, and their people. 

Richard is a counsellor and communicator and has been involved in people work for over 25 years. He founded and handed on, Mind Health, a counselling and wellbeing organisation. He is an ordained minister and holds a Masters in Counselling.

He did his master’s research on “Five saboteurs undermining church leaders”, and has just completed his Bachelor of Theology Honours dissertation on “Two strategic factors to enhance effectiveness and wellbeing in pastors”. 

Richard has been involved in pastoral ministry for many years and understands the everyday struggles that people face and the demands on church leaders.  He is an excellent communicator with the knack of being able to communicate complex issues in a way that is practical and easy to understand. 

Richard is the creator of three significant, transformation courses for the church: Thrive! Tools for Personal Transformation; the Pastoral Transformation Course – transform your personal and pastoral world; and the Leader’s Transformation Course – excel as the leader God created you to be. 

Richard’s ‘Here’s a thought’ segment is broadcast each week on New Zealand Christian radio network, Radio Rhema.  He is passionate about seeing churches fulfil their purpose in God.  

He has authored two books: Centred: Knowing who you are in an off-balanced world, and There’s a Happy Moon in My Side (children’s book). Richard is married to Jennifer, and they have 3 adult children.

Click here to find out more about Richard Black and what he offers.

DR IAN DUNCUM

Ian’s vision is to grow healthy missional pastors, churches and denominations. He does this through pastoral supervision, church consultancy, training, and writing.

Dr Ian Duncum is a church & non-profit consultant, working with church leaders to facilitate over 200 churches of various denominations to maximise their growth or deal with issues blocking health. 

Ian has specialised in church revitalisation and has seen several churches double, and a church of 10 become a community of 120. Alongside this, Ian provides consultancy for denominations and training for ministers; he is an adjunct lecturer. Having held denominational roles in church health, Ian is currently training a group of church consultants from various denominations. 

Ian is the author of The Impact of Church Consultancy, which quantifies the difference consultancy makes on both growth and vitality. Ian is an AAOS accredited pastoral supervisor to senior pastors, planters, multisite leaders, pastors and chaplains, and is an authorised supervisor for most denominations. 

He particularly enjoys helping others clarify God’s design/call for them in ministry, and specialises in leadership, personal and organisational transitions, growth pathways, self care/burnout and conflict.

Click here to find out more about Dr Ian Duncum and what he offers. 

Dr DON EASTON

Dr. Don Easton (D.MIn. Fuller 1992) is the founder and CEO of Verve Lead and Verve Lead USA. Verve Lead sustains the vitality of Christian leaders.

The Verve Lead team consults globally, with movements, develops mentors and provides mentoring and professional supervision to Christian leaders, from local church pastors to global executives.

Lifting the buoyancy and resilience of Christian leaders advances the kingdom of God and enhances our communities’ well-being, sustainability and safety.

Don has conducted qualitative research on the competencies required to be a healthy Christian leader and the competencies required to be a Christian leader/mentor. From this research, Don has developed two online tools: 

• Healthy Christian Leader Assessment

• Christian Leadership Mentor Assessment—for selecting, training, and evaluating Christian leaders who mentor other leaders.

Don has developed a proven strategy to sustain Christian leaders’ vitality—reflecting on current health through the Health of Christian Leader Assessment to create a vision for health and form an action plan. 

This is beneficial not only for individuals but also for teams and organisations. Leaders will see how to enhance their organisation’s and core team’s health. Practitioners will see a tool for their toolkit and a training option for their teams. 

Don is also a practitioner whose focus is on sustaining leaders’ vitality through recurring consultations with one-on-one and peer groups. 

Don’s books, Burnout and Beyond: The Dangers of Depletion and the Path to Health and Creating a Vision for Health: The Five Core Competencies are available on Amazon. 

Forty-seven years of ministry experience include church planting and ordained ministry in traditional and Pentecostal churches. His roles as a Senior Minister (31 yrs) in a C3 Church in Australia and ten years on its national executive have positioned him to understand the complexities and pressures of leadership.

Click here to find out more about Dr Don Easton and what he offers.

BARRY FARMILO

Having served for 27 years as Lead pastor of C3 Belong Church in Auckland NZ,  I’ve seen the unique challenges facing local churches and ministries. I have a passion for ministry and a desire to help others with how technology can genuinely serve them.

My aim is in helping ministries reach more people, cultivate deeper connections and truly thrive. My site features insightful articles and videos tackling the challenges and opportunities facing ministries in the digital age.

Faith, Innovation, and Practicality

In this digital age, online advertising and promotion have become integral in 2025.

I offer guidance and advice through consultations for digital promotion in both faith and innovation, ensuring that the strategies are effective and align with your ministries values.

Growing Your Digital Footprint

One key area is YouTube. Having my own “Faith in a Minute” channel @FaithinaMinuteNZ and working with clients I’ve gained insights into what it takes to grow an online presence.

I can guide you on:

• Creating Compelling Content: Move beyond just recording sermons to developing engaging video content.
• Effective Promotion Strategies: Gain insights into creating compelling video content and promoting your YouTube channel to reach wider audiences.
• Building Community: Using YouTube for broadcasting and fostering genuine connection and interaction.

Speaking Ministry

My heart for the local church also extends to itinerant speaking. My goal is to bring fresh faith and vision to churches and ministries. 

I invite you to explore my website.

If I can help your church or ministry thrive online, please contact me for a free initial chat about either a one-off online consultation to suit your needs or an ongoing consulting service.

Click here to find out more about Barry Farmilo and what he offers.

STEVE FOGG

Steve has held senior creative and digital roles in business and ministry. Steve has led digital marketing teams in telecommunications, software development and in a digital agency.

Steve was the Creative Director at a large communications agency and brought that experience into serving as a Communications Pastor and now as Online Campus Pastor at Crossway. He also started Crossway’s Church Online campus in 2015 growing it to over 17,000 regular attendees. Steve also runs a digital marketing agency for churches and non-profits helping them get more visitors and more donations.

He is married to Lou with three children. A great day in Steve’s life looks like suffering up hills on a bike and enjoying his family and friends around the dinner table.

Click here to find out more about Steve Fogg and what he offers.

DR TANIA HARRIS

When churches want growth that is truly transformative – not just numerical, but spiritual – they turn to Rev. Dr. Tania Harris.

An ordained minister, practical theologian, author, broadcaster and Director of God Conversations, Tania equips leaders and congregations to hear, recognise and respond to the voice of the Holy Spirit in the context of discipleship and the accountability of the local church.

Jesus defined discipleship as hearing his voice and following it (John 10:27). Then he sent the Holy Spirit to continue the process. Discipleship today therefore looks like hearing, recognising and responding to the Spirit. God designed the church for this purpose.

Creating a culture for Spirit-led discipleship provides intentional focus and training that begins with us as leaders. For this, Tania offers two pathways:

1. Leadership Training for Ministry Teams

Tania provides leadership training for pastors and ministry teams who want to cultivate Spirit-led discipleship in their church.

These interactive sessions help leaders:

• Understand the theology and practice of Spirit-led discipleship
• Build a sustainable discipleship culture in ways that are biblically grounded, pastorally safe and accessible.
• Implement a framework where the Spirit actively shapes discipleship, community life and mission through the 50 Days of God Conversations

2. One‑to‑One Leadership Coaching

For pastors, church planters and senior leaders seeking Spirit-guided leadership, Tania offers personalised one-to-one coaching. Drawing on her global ministry experience and academic work, she helps leaders deepen their own ability to recognise God’s voice while discerning wise pathways for their church and team.

What Others Say About Tania

“Tania brought a refreshing and practical ministry to our leadership conference. Her message was both inspiring and actionable, making it highly valuable for our leaders.” (Ps. Marco Hoffman, President, Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Switzerland)

“What a gift to the Body of Christ! The message of God Conversations has been ‘in season’ for us, reminding us to be people who listen to the Spirit and do what He says.” (Major Kim Haworth, Assistant Chief Secretary – Mission, Salvation Army Australia)

Click here to find out more about Tania Harris and what she offers.

NICK KLINKENBERG

Being an external advisor to several churches is fun, plus discipling leaders in this stage of life is hugely satisfying. I say discipleship as discipleship for me is about the whole of life. 

My wife Karen and I have been in ministry activity for as long as we have been married, which is 47 years. Together we have led churches, large and small, planted churches, supervised churches, written books, part of a national leadership team plus led a movement for a few years; and were missionaries in Europe. So, we’re passionate about ‘growing fruit on other people’s trees’.  What a privilege. 

We work very relationally. First, before we get to talking about a person’s church or leadership responsibilities and challenges, I want to find out about them, their gifts, strengths, weaknesses, family, challenges, and so forth.  

I am convinced that as it goes with the leader, so it goes with their leadership of the church. Healthy leadership is out of a healthy relationship with God and healthy emotional health. Leadership is never apart from who we are. 

I also believe that church is not complicated, but it’s not easy – in the West we seem to complicate church so much. Leadership conferences, the latest management techniques and books, strategic meetings, planning, policies, procedures are all good. 

But really, is it that complicated? and even necessary, when many churches have an attendance of 100 or less and many Pastors are bi-vocational, which is great. What’s the secret. There are none. 

To come alongside, encourage and serve, helping them find direction, passion and vision is extremely satisfying. We all need trusted others on the journey of life. 

 Click here to find out more about Nick Klinkenberg and what he offers.

STEVE MORRISON

Ministry is sacred, life-giving work—but it can also be deeply isolating, exhausting, and at times overwhelming. After 30 years of ordained ministry, I understand those unique pressures firsthand. 

I’ve served in small and large churches, in schools and in the marketplace, walking through seasons of joy and fruitfulness as well as times of deep challenge and personal cost.

Today, as a counsellor, transformational life coach and fellow minister, my passion is to walk alongside you. 

I offer one-on-one coaching and counselling that is personal, faith-informed and tailored to your season—whether you’re facing burnout, transition, leadership strain, personal challenge or questioning your ’next’.

This isn’t about more pressure or performance. It’s a safe and supportive space to process, recover and rediscover your calling.

You don’t have to carry it all alone. Contact me for a confidential conversation. Let’s talk about what support could look like for you.

Click here to find out more about Steve Morrison and what he offers.

MIKE MURPHY

Helping Lead Pastors Double their Churches through dialled in Spirit fuelled Discipleship since 2000. 

After over 40 years in ministry—helping establish Hillsong in its formative years, serving as Senior Pastor of Horizon Church for 18 years, and leading as Chair and Chancellor of Alphacrucis University College—I’ve seen firsthand the tension pastors face: 

The call to grow… without burning out. 

The desire for fruit… without losing the soul. 

To Double your Church by actually Discipling people. 

That’s why we started Leaderscape. 

Over the past decade, our team has quietly partnered with over 750 churches & resourced 10’s of thousands of others across the globe to strengthen the health and disciple-making capacity of their church. 

We help senior pastors implement a closed-loop discipleship system—a Spirit-empowered model that: 

• Onboards every guest with clarity and warmth 
• Empowers every believer to become a disciple-maker 
• Aligns Sunday services, leadership pipelines, and culture 
• Fosters sustainable momentum without exhaustion 

At Leaderscape, we don’t offer hype. We offer holy clarity—through coaching, collaboration, and strategic partnership. 

If you’re a pastor navigating vision, structure, or simply longing for traction again, I invite you to connect with our global community of senior leaders. 

This is not a transaction. It’s a shared journey. 

One that honors your unique calling… and helps you finish strong. 

Let’s build together—with wisdom, pace, and faith. 

Click here to find out more about Michael Murphy and what he offers.

VICKI SIMPSON

Hi, I’m Vicki Simpson — prophetic voice, church consultant, and long-time friend to the local church.

After decades of ministry across Australia and internationally, I’ve seen one issue arise time and again in churches of all sizes and stages: a lack of clarity.

• Where are we going?
• What is God saying to us now?
• Why do we feel stuck — or stretched?

As a Church Clarity Consultant, I help pastors and leadership teams answer these questions with confidence.

Whether you’re navigating transition, growth, replanting or experiencing spiritual opposition , I come alongside to bring prophetic insight, strategic perspective, and Spirit-led discernment.

My work is not about imposing a model — it’s about helping you hear more clearly what God is saying to your church in this season.

Through prayerful consultation, collaborative conversations, and prophetic input, I help define your now and identify your “next” as a church.

If your church is at a crossroads, in a fog, or just ready to move forward with sharper focus, I’d love to help.

Let’s discern what God is doing — together.

Click here to find out more about Vicki Simpson and what she offers.

DR TINA WALDROM

Evangelism Coaching with Dr. Tina Waldrom
Are you ready to see real momentum in your personal or church outreach efforts? With nearly 30 years of pastoral experience – specialising in outreach and evangelism – Dr. Tina Waldrom offers tailored coaching that helps pastors, evangelists, Christian leaders, and outreach teams grow in clarity, confidence, and effectiveness.

Tina is the founder of Evangelism in Australia and holds a Doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Her decades of church leadership, from small local congregations to megachurch settings, give her a grounded and practical perspective on the challenges of evangelism today. 

She has also worked with influential organisations like the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Alpha Australia, and Olive Tree Media.

Tina’s coaching is the fast track to growth—providing a space to think, reflect, and make informed decisions that lead to real impact. Whether coaching one-on-one or in groups, face-to-face or online, each session is tailored to your unique context and goals.

Expect to:

• Clarify your evangelism goals
• Uncover challenges and identify new opportunities
• Build effective, sustainable outreach strategies
• Grow in your ability to communicate Christ with wisdom and relevance

If you or your team are seeking fresh vision and practical steps to be more effective in sharing Jesus, coaching with Tina offers the guidance and momentum you need.

Click here to find out more about Dr Tina Waldrom and what she offers.

STEVE WHITE

Steve has been in pastoral ministry for over 32 years as a church planter, senior minister, overseer, area director, denominational executive member, college lecturer, church health advocate and conference facilitator. More recently, since transitioning out of senior ministry, Steve has been engaged in pastoral supervision, facilitating group supervision and conducting spiritual formation retreats.

Steve is an accredited Professional Pastoral Supervisor and has post graduate qualifications in theology and Christian leadership.

Steve’s passion is to walk alongside ministry leaders with a view to seeing healthy local churches led by healthy local leaders who are equipped to navigate life and ministry transitions with sustainable discernment and grace.

I am also a member of AAOS (Australian Association of Supervisors), CA (Chaplaincy Australia), ACMN (Australian Christian Mentoring Network) and remain an ordained itinerant minister with C3 Australia.

Click here to find out more about Steve White and what he offers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of church leadership services are available? These experts offer pastoral supervision, church consulting, leadership coaching, evangelism training, digital ministry guidance, and specialized support for church growth, revitalization, and pastoral health.

Are these services suitable for all church sizes? Yes, the consultants work with churches of all sizes, from small congregations under 100 to large churches, and understand the unique challenges facing bi-vocational pastors and various ministry contexts.

How do these experts help with church growth? They provide proven strategies including discipleship systems, outreach programs, leadership development, conflict resolution, and organizational health assessments tailored to each church’s specific needs and context.

What qualifications do these ministry consultants have? The featured experts hold advanced degrees, pastoral supervision accreditations, decades of ministry experience, and specialized training in areas like counseling, church health, evangelism, and organizational development.

Can these services help with pastoral burnout and ministry challenges? Absolutely. Many consultants specialize in pastoral health, offering support for burnout prevention, ministry transitions, work-life balance, emotional health, and sustainable ministry practices through professional supervision and coaching.