Rewind to 2014 and delve into the planting history of Soul Revival Church and how it moved to a larger venue. The move to a new venue and the importance of Oldenburg's Third Place Theory influenced the design and architecture.

Joel and Stu reconvene to discuss the development and growth of Soul Revival Church in 2013. They look at the two service teams that were integral to that time - Welcoming and World.

The decision to plant Soul Revival Church's first gathering on Saturday night was borne from the lessons from the 20 years of youth ministry…

Joel and Stu get back together to discuss what happened as Soul Revival Church was preparing to launch and how the Shock Absorber principles influenced that stage of the church planting process.

Joel and Stu kick it off by discussing the very beginnings of Soul Revival Church and how the learnings of 20 years of youth ministry were used in deciding how to do it.

We are coming back with the second season of The Shock Absorber podcast!

Stu and Joel discuss the principles of the Shock Absorber that been developed over first 20 years of Soul Revival at Gymea Anglican Church.

The generational shift from the 1990s to the 2000s brought a real test for what Soul Revival had been originally built on. This period inspired the three main tenets for the Shock Absorber as a framework for intergenerational ministry.

After establishing a theological foundation, Soul Revival felt it was important to express Jesus' community not just within a local church context but also amongst other churches and ministries.

This is passage that has, and continues to have, a huge impact on the Soul Revival model of ministry. In this short talk, he explores the idea of the Shock Absorber and how important we feel it is to have an all-age, all-stage approach.

After growing and establishing itself as an effective ministry, it was time for Soul Revival to develop more structure and solidity, and most importantly, a theological perspective.

What resulted was a huge growth in the ministry as new Christians joined the community and energised the Christians that were already part of it. But with that fast growth came conflicts and controversies!

Following the Jesus Movement, the church had moved to the Homogeneous Unit Principle, where churches had unintentionally widened the generation gap even further.

After realising a paradigm shift in how they could do ministry, Stu was able to use his studies of the 1960s to create a new form of youth ministry that focused on living out a Jesus-led community rather than attempting to be relevant to multiple generations across the church.

Joel and Stu delve into the beginnings of the Soul Revival ministry. Triggered by a desire for an adventure and a paradigm shift in their thinking, four people in a dumpy garage created a new way of doing youth ministry and laid the groundwork for the Shock Absorber.

In the debut episode of the podcast, Joel and Stu dive straight into the Shock Absorber and how it can be a framework for churches to biblically adapt to the changes in society.