Sunday Morning Together

Michael Foster is based in Ohia, USA. He is an entrepreneur and businessman, plus pastors the East River Church. He has been married to Emily for 20yrs and together they have seven kids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ray Badham was born on the mission field. He spent his first 15 years living the ultimate adventure in the jungles of Papua New Guinea before moving (with his parents and four siblings) to Townsville to finish high school and study music at university. A few years later he felt called to Sydney to study at Hillsong College. Before long, he joined the worship team and over the last 20 years has been part of the team writing and producing songs that many of us have sung at church. Today, Ray lectures at Hillsong College and is training the next generation who are writing worship songs. He is married and has two teenage kids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean W Smith is an internationally acclaimed Children’s Worship Leader, innovative Parenting Specialist and dynamic Generational Preacher. He specialises in powerfully connecting with children and adults to help build identity and teach key Biblical strategies to empower families to live in God’s best. He has spoken in more than 500 churches & schools across the globe, infusing faith into families and empowering the body of Christ to radiate Heaven!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ps Solomon Mwesige was born in Forte Portal, Uganda. He was born into a wealthy family of tea farmers. His father had trained in Canada and was an agricultural officer in the government. Solomon was born out of wedlock and his parents were never together when he was growing up. He had a minimal Christian upbringing but became a Christian at 20. He was kicked out of the family because of his conversion. His father was suspicious of Evangelical Christianity and afraid he would share bad things that were happening in the family. At this point, Solomon went to live with his mum, who was married to a Pastor. Initially, Ps Solomon worked with a ministry and later started his own ministry. He now pastors Good News Church in Beluga, Uganda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artie and Alana have been married for more than 20 years and have three children. Artie currently oversees the Next Steps discipleship pathways, Sports Chaplaincy, Hillsong Network connections, and teaches in the Hillsong College Brisbane Leadership Program, while Alana is the Families and Connect Groups Pastor. Both of them are passionate about building the church, creatively communicating the message of Jesus, and helping people discover God’s plan and purpose for their life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ps James Snare was born in Hobart but grew up in Melbourne. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne, where he became a Christian during his first year of study. James attended religion classes in primary school and always thought Jesus dying on the cross was worthy of respect, but never understood his own need for a saviour until some American students helping with a church plant told him about Jesus. James gave his life to Christ that day. A week later, he was baptised and a week after that was ushering in church. Since then, James has worked in university ministry and Foxtel’s business departed. He then went to an Anglican college and got ordained as a Presbyterian minister! James served as the assistant minister at Gosford Presbyterian for 6 years before moving to Queensland and becoming Senior Minister at Living Church in Carina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rev Graham Cole was a Uniting Church Minister in St George in the 80’s, before being asked to serve as a chaplain at Brisbane Boys’ College. He did this for almost three decades and was loved by the boys ? especially those in various sporting teams that he coached. He saw many come to the Lord, and he was asked to marry some of them as adults. Graham retired in 2019, but is still involved in chaplaincy in a part-time capacity, leading the Christian mission in four schools in Brisbane.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Abou-zeid was born in Geelong and grew up in a highly dysfunctional home. His t father had emigrated from Lebanon and was a third-generation compulsive gambler. Before Daniel was 12, his father had gambled away thirty homes. Daniel’s childhood was very scary, as he was constantly surrounded by compulsive gamblers, drug addicts and (in his words) 'really abusive, scary, Arabic guys'. Evenhough he was still a child, Dan had a lot of anger, hatred and rage in his heart. At around 12, Dan met a new friend at a local park. This boy’s mum was a Christian and started to take Dan under her wing and talk to him about Christianity. This caused him to open up to the things of God and ultimately led to him inviting Christ into his life. While there were some instant changes in his life (for example, he stopped swearing), he still held much anger toward his parents. Ultimately, God dealt with him on this issue, and he started to show his parents love and saw them both come to faith in Christ. Dan has been in ministry for much of his adult life. He has pastored in Adelaide, Ipswich and Geelong. He is married to Michelle and together, they have five boys.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bruce and Terri Connell are the founding Pastors of King’s Church in Kununurra. They have lived in the Kimberley since Feb 1996, after a prayer mission to Broome in 1994. Initially, they lived in Broome, where their three children all attended Broome Senior High School. Since 1999 they have conducted regular outreach meetings in Kununurra and relocated there full-time in Dec 2005. Along with pastoring the church, Bruce and Terri have also been running the award-winning Kimberley Cruise Centre for more than 20 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Naomi grew up on a quarter-acre block in Sydney with one brother, one dog, two cats, four hens, nine ducks and a turtle. One day at high school, a friend invited her to the Christian group, and she went along, hearing about the Lord Jesus for the first time. The Gospel seemed astounding to her then and has continued to do so ever since. At school, she also met her future husband, Darren, and they studied physiotherapy together and worked in Sydney hospitals before leaving Australia in 1993 to serve in Nepal with the International Nepal Fellowship. Naomi’s first book (My Seventh Monsoon) told of her experiences in Nepal. She has written several other books and recorded audio pieces since then. The most recent is a devotional book, ’A Time to Hope’ (released in December 2020). It is 365 short devotions covering the sweep of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Today she writes regular articles for Eternity News telling people’s stories of faith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Low is an ordained minister in the Uniting Church and has served as the Lead Pastor of Real Life Christian Church (formerly Logan Uniting Church) since 2015. Adam’s background is in business management, but he now has over 20 years pastoral leadership experience in a variety of settings. He has pastored in both large suburban and rural contexts, serving as a Youth and Young Adults Pastor, Executive Pastor and School Chaplain. Adam is passionate about church planting, next-generation ministry, leadership development and establishing mission-minded, disciple-making leaders who reproduce the same.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam ’Zazu’ Mesaric is a pastor at Liberti Church in Carrara on the Gold Coast. Zazu oversees Community and Care at Liberti. He’s been in that role for the past 2 years and prior to that, he was a lay elder for around 18 months. Zazu has been married to Jae for 14 years. Together they have 2 girls and 2 boys.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Elsmore has served in local church ministry for 27 years in NSW and QLD. He has been Senior Pastor of Gateway Baptist Church, in Brisbane, for 14 years. Jason is determined to do all he can to see the message of Jesus be real and relevant today in local communities, around the nation and throughout our world. He is renowned for his down-to-earth approach and commitment to welcoming everyone who comes through the doors of his church. Jason is the author of 'Jesus the Bloke' and speaks throughout Australia, encouraging men to introduce their mates to Jesus. He has been the Director of the Queensland Baptist Movement since 2021 where he feels very privileged to serve alongside so many godly leaders across the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Don Hardgrave spent four years teaching in both primary and high schools prior to ministry. He has lived (and trained) in Melbourne and Brisbane. He was involved with church planting ? and ’repotting’ - for over 30 Wesleyan Methodist, Nazarene, Baptist and Presbyterian churches. He also served as Qld and later National Wesleyan Superintendent untill October 2000. Since then, Don has continued training leaders and pastors in Brisbane and regional centres for the Baptist and Wesleyan denominations. Don has been married for 53 years and has two sons plus 3 grandchildren.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week, Phil Edwards has a different guest co-host join him on Sunday Morning Together. Today Robbo is standing in for Phil and his guest co-host is Karl Faase. The program was recorded on location after the Sydney Prayer Breakfast. Karl is a well known Australian Christian communicator. He is the CEO of Christian media company Olive Tree Media, through which he hosted and created the documentaries Faith Runs Deep and Jesus the Game Changer. Karl is widely known as the presenter of "The Daily Nudge" radio spots. Karl is in demand across Australia as a speaker, with a special interest in encouragement & motivation and communicating to those exploring faith. He is passionate about reclaiming the Christian Gospel as word as well as deed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week, Phil Edwards has a different guest co-host join him on Sunday Morning Together. This week Phil's guest is his own pastor, Mike Warman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Until the age of 19, Rob Buckingham was a self-professed atheist and didn’t think too highly of Christians until his life collided, literally. While hitchhiking around Australia, Rob had a near-death experience in a head-on collision in a truck that collided with another truck. This led to Rob investigating Christianity and he ultimately committed his life to Jesus. Rob has had a love of radio for decades! He hosted successful radio programs in Western Australia and Victoria in the 80’s and 90’s, interviewing the likes of Whitney Houston and Lionel Ritchie, plus many well-known community figures. He also got involved with Light FM in Melbourne when it commenced in the early 2000’s and worked as the music director for many years. He founded Bayside Church in the early 90’s and is still leading the church with his wife, Christie today. Rob married Christie in 1994 and they have three daughters, Georgia-Grace, Paris and Trinity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week, Phil Edwards has a different guest co-host join him on Sunday Morning TogetherSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week, Phil Edwards has a different guest co-host join him on Sunday Morning TogetherSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week, Phil Edwards has a different guest co-host join him on Sunday Morning TogetherSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.