Sydney radio station 2CH has invited back Bishop "Radio Rob' Forsyth to take over the Sunday night talkback slot.
The Bishop of South Sydney is looking forward to once again strapping on the headphones and getting behind the microphone as he fills in for Sunday night regular Ross Clifford.
"Talkback radio is a place where you have to publicly deal with people on own their own terms," Bishop Forsyth says.
"You have to engage in religious and non-religious discussion. You constantly flow across those boundaries."
Bishop Forsyth will present the Sunday evening program on Radio 2CH from 9pm to midnight for the next two Sundays (November 19 and 26).
The shows' regular presenter, the Rev Ross Clifford is away as he undertakes his duties as National President of the Baptist Union of Australia.
Bishop Forsyth says hosting 2CH's only talk back radio show is a great opportunity for moving from "preaching' to "interaction' mode.
"You have the situation of someone who normally talks in a church now talking to an audience one hundred times as large as any congregation," he says.
"It's a public conversation with a wide range of guests talking about more than just religious affairs so it's quite a challenge."
Bishop Forsyth was asked to host the show back in July when Mr Clifford took annual leave.
He says his most interesting guest was Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher.
"Our time together was good-natured and I think listeners enjoyed hearing us talking together."
"He came in, I asked him many questions and we brought out the similarities and differences between our denominations which was helpful for listeners."
Bishop Forsyth’s guests this Sunday will include the Rev Dr Gordon Moyes, discussing the Snowy Hydro and Emeritus Professor Sol Encel, discussing the history of retirement.
Bishop Forsyth says it's a "great privilege' to be able to talk to people in their homes but admits he will have to monitor his behaviour.
"Listeners are very interested in how you handle people in the public view so I will have to behave myself," he says.
"I can't afford to be some ecclesiastical shock jock, but I also can't be so nice that no one will want to listen."
