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Wayne Alcorn

Pastor Wayne Alcorn is the National President of the Australian Christian Churches, leading over 1,000 churches and over 3,000 pastors across Australia. Together with his wife Lyn, Wayne pastors the thriving multi-campus Hope Centre in the South-East corner of Queensland. He is one of Australia’s foremost Christian communicators and is committed to making disciples, building the Church and seeing lives transformed as people come to know Jesus. He’s recently released a book called, “My Father’s Son.” Wayne has seen the radical life-change that happens in men as they embrace the love of God the Father. And he has seen that love heal and transform men’s lives – his father’s, his own and the countless men across Australia he has talked to and helped heal. This book is about his – and their – story. And the story of how God’s love transforms generations. A story that just might change your life.

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Henry Olonga

Henry Olonga is a Former Zimbabwe cricket international. His international career came to an end in 2003 after Olonga and teammate Andy Flower wore black armbands during an international cricket match in the 2003 Cricket World Cup to “mourn the death of democracy” in Zimbabwe. He made it to the battle rounds on the Talent show, “The Voice,” in 2019, and has released a number of albums. He is also an author, a commentator and an evangelist. Listen in to his story!

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Don Hardgrave

Revd Dr Don Hardgrave has served as a pastor, church-planter, denominational leader, author and educator since 1974. His passion for spiritual awakening has contributed to the revitalisation of numerous congregations and the commencement of more than 30 new churches in Australia. In this interview Matt and Don also discuss the Youth camps Don has been involved in, they also chat about the Camp where Matt gave his heart to the Lord!

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Brad Huddleston

Brad Huddleston is an internationally respected speaker, consultant, teacher, and author on important issues such as technology and culture. He has worked with universities, schools, churches, and law enforcement. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands worldwide on the advantages of well-used technology tools and the dangers of the growing trend toward technology addiction. Brad has an ongoing collaboration with the Bureau of Market Research (BMR)—an independent company—and its Consumer Neuroscience Division at the University of South Africa. Brad has a degree in Computer Science and a Diploma of Biblical Studies, as well as being a credentialed minister in the Acts 2 Alliance (A2A) movement in Australia. He’s also a frequent guest on radio and television and author of Digital Rehab: Learning to Live Again in the Real World., Digital Cocaine: A Journey Toward Balance, and The Dark Side of Technology: Restoring Balance in the Digital Age. Brad and his wife, Beth, live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the United States.

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Liesl Field

Leisl Field is an Author and a Singer/Songwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally from South Africa, Leisl shares about her faith journey and about her passion for writing songs that impact people. She also shares about the pain she’s endured after suffering a miscarriage, and how the Lord has strengthened her and helped her through her trials.

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Naomi Reed

Naomi Reed is an is an acclaimed storyteller, speaker and author based in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in Sydney, with one brother, one dog, two cats, four hens, nine ducks and a turtle! She’s previously served as a missionary in Nepal, and she is the author of 10 books for adults and children, and she particularly loves to draw people back to the hope we have in Christ. She has also co-authored a book with Feby Chan, called “Walking him home.” This Book is about Feby’s testimony and her relationship with Andrew Chan. He was a member of the Bali Nine who had been in Indonesia’s notorious Kerobokan Prison for 10 years for drug smuggling, and was executed in April 2015. Listen in to this powerful interview!

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Glenn Bleakney

Pastor Glenn Bleakney is an author and speaker based in the USA. Having previously Pastored in both Canada in Perth, Australia, Glenn has a heart for the nations. He has hosted miracle crusades and Kingdom endeavours in Asia via both the Church and their own ministry network known as ‘Awake Nations’. The vision of Awake Nations is to take the Gospel of the Kingdom to the world demonstrating Christ’s love and power to those who do not know Him. Awake Nations does this with uncompromising conviction and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Many lives have been saved and transformed through the power of God manifesting through signs and wonders. Listen in to his story!

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Mark Matthews

Mark Matthews is the Empowered Faith Communities National Manager and Indigenous COACH Lead. Mark has worked in the social welfare sector of Melbourne for 30 years. He holds Diplomas in Social Science and Business and is trained in providing professional supervision and counselling. Mark’s work has involved providing direct casework to clients, leading teams of Social Work and Health professionals in service provision, and being instrumental in designing, developing and managing major crisis accommodation centres and housing programs across Melbourne. Since 2007, Mark has been responsible for the ongoing development of the COACH Community Mentoring program. Mark currently leads a community church in Rosebud (Victoria) that is offered to people who don’t feel they could easily fit within a mainstream church. Listen in to Mark’s story, and about his new Book, co-authored with Toby Baxter called, “Ordinary Mentoring for Extra-ordinary Transformation.”

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Darren Bennett

Darren Bennett is an Aussie author who loves to share a good yarn. In this conversation he shares about his faith journey and about some of his many zany adventures. Darren had to hang on for dear life in a cyclone that destroyed Darwin. He also lived to tell about his experience on a sinking cruise ship in Indonesia and survived an ordeal with wild buffalo in outback Australia. Listen in to his story!

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Daniel Sih

Daniel Sih is a Pastor, Author, coach and blogger from Tasmania. He is the Senior Pastor of Together Church and is also the founder of the Together Network, an ecumenical network seeking to equip everyday Christians to share the gospel. Daniel is passionate about training disciples, equipping leaders, and launching missional communities across the suburbs of Hobart and beyond. He is Author of the book,  “Spacemaker: How to Unplug, Unwind and Think Clearly in the Digital Age.”

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