Conversations as you Go

Stuart continues to talk about persistent prayer, persecution and poverty being the three common threads of seeing explosive church growth around the world.  We hear of his experience in China, seeing passionate and persevering prayer amongst desperate locals.  Referring to seeing prayer at Crossway birthed, Stuart shares how starting a culture of prayer is a mixture of personal discipli...

In this second episode of our summer series with Dr Stuart Robinson, Stuart reflects on international revivals that were sparked by prayer.  “We can work, but unless we’re working with God, its just us working. But when we pray, God works.” “The history is very clear, when God’s Spirit comes to revive an entire nation, seldom does he come to the big watering holes. He comes to the little outb...

For this summer series we are talking with Dr Stuart Robinson about his book, ‘Prayer Power: Changing The World Around You’ . Stuart begins by giving us a little backstory of how he has come to deeply value prayer. After seeing breakthrough amongst an unreached people group (UPG) overseas, Stuart and his wife Margaret came back to Australia. They arrived carrying a personal experience of the...

This is our second podcast with Mike Hey. In this episode Dave finds out what Mike Hey tick. Dave looks at the Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:1-4) and how it is connected to the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:2-12) with Mike. We listen to Mike’s reflections on these two passages and how they have helped him to pray. Acronyms Mike loves Mike shares his ‘WALK’ acronym for prayer: W – wa...

During our next two episodes, Dave catches up with Mike Hey in Salisbury (Adelaide’s northern suburbs). Mike is a mature practitioner and is part of Operation Mobilisation’s (OM) international leadership.  Brief background Mike shares a little of his and his wife, Ann’s background including serving with OM since the 1970’s in India. Since then they have focused on catalysing disciple making amongs...

We catch up with Phil Brown from Oikos Australia who shares about his new book release, ‘The Seven Calls of Jesus’.   Phil’s story Phil begins by giving us some insight into how he has become involved in disciple making movements. He carries a passion of seeing ordinary people empowered to creatively take the Gospel into every nook and cranny of Australia.  Phil’s book ‘The Seven Calls of Jes...

This week we speak with Steve Addison. Steve has recently said goodbye to his wife, Michelle, after her struggle with cancer. We catch up with Steve to not only see how he is going but to hear from him how the Gospel is true and real in the hardest of times and places. He shares what the Gospel means when we face the reality of life and death.  “We made it!” Steve starts by saying how he has a dee...

We continue our conversation with Ian Kristofer in Mozambique. In this episode we hear about what Ian has been learning as he sees movement take off around him in various unreached contexts of Mozambique.  Reaching the Shona “We disciple in everything” During the forming stage of seeing movement amongst the Shona people in central Mozambique, Ian shares how God refined him to make disciple that wo...

Over the next two weeks, we’ll hear from Ian Kristofer, missionary and author of the book ‘Making disciples and leading others to make them’ * Ian’s story – from the US to Africa In this episode, Ian shares his story of growing up in the US. He comes to faith in Jesus through his father’s bible study and then has two radical encounters with God as a teenager. After meeting his wife Car...

We hear Dave’s latest sermon at Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne. He draws from familiar themes and stories from those like Wilson and Roy Moran that we have heard recently in this podcast. Get ready to reproduce and multiply as a disciple maker. God doing a new thing – do we perceive it? Be inspired as you hear how God is doing a new thing (Isaiah 43:18-19; Mark 1:15). Dave describes ho...

This is part 2 of our two part series with Chris Galanos.  People of peace (in a western context ) Chris shares how he came to realise the significance of the person of peace by sharing a powerful story from an access ministry his father was part of in a local US gaol.  Engaging with ‘ PIPSY’ people Chris encourages us to join God where he is already working. Jesus tells us when we hel...

Chris Galanos joins the conversation over the next two episodes. In this podcast, Chris starts by sharing the challenging journey of his successful Texan megachurch in the US switching to embrace a vision for multiplication.  From 10,000 to 1 million – compelled into multiplication by a God sized vision After reaching their ten year vision to reach 10,000 people in just eight years, Chr...

Today we hear from movement catalyser and author, Cynthia Anderson who joins the conversation to share about her book, ‘The Multipliers Mindset: Thinking Differently about Discipleship’. Be equipped as you listen to Cynthia share some of the paradigm shifts needed to release God’s movement based from her own story as a disciple making practitioner.  Cynthia carries a deep passion for the unreached...

In this episode, we hear from Mary Ho, the leader of All Nations which has a special place in our hearts as Praxeis. Many of us know All Nations from Floyd McClung’s visits * to us in the late 2000s. Floyd poured into us and set us up to run the race of making disciples.  Listen to Mary share her story and the good things God is doing with All Nations… Mary’s story Born in Taiwan, Mary...

In this second podcast with Wilson from Uganda, we hear of how the beginning of Wilson’s story ended up birthing not only a movement in Uganda but multiplying movements.  Watch part 1 and 2 of this interview with Wilson here : https://vimeo.com/852884075/0a973688f8?share=copy “Discipleship is not talking but modelling” We hear of Wilson’s personal suffering through beatings, robbery and stra...

Over the next two episodes, you will hear Wilson’s story. It’s sure to inspire and challenge you! Click on this video to see Wilson’s interview (or listen via the podcast): https://vimeo.com/852884075/0a973688f8?share=copy Wilson works with ‘ All Nations ’ in Uganda. All Nations helped birth us as Praxeis through Floyd McClung’s multiple visits over a decade ago. Growing up in Uganda,...

Dr Aila Tasse first received Jesus’ forgiveness as a teenager and is now catalysing movements across Africa. He has seen 42 movements* birthed across east Africa with over 18,000 churches being planted. In this podcast, Aila shares his story and shares some of the keys to seeing movement happen. He finishes by encouraging us in the West to humbly pray and intentionally obey God to see him move in...

This is part 2 of our two part podcast with Roy Moran. In this episode, Roy shares about the challenges of seeing movement in the West and finishes by sharing what hybrid church* looks like in his North American context.  To watch part 1 and 2 of this interview, click on the video below: https://vimeo.com/911028633/fc15fdd38f?share=copy Why not the West? Roy’s gives some great insights into how we...

Please note: this recording was done from back of the hall where the Catalyst camp was held. The audio has been affected as you will hear by the surrounds of heavy rain on one side and people on the other.   We hear from movement leader Roy Moran, the author of Spent Matches which many of us have read. In this first of two podcasts, Roy shares a little of his journey to becoming part of DMM (...

This is our third Nairobi Gathering podcast. In this episode, we will hear a case study from Rwanda. Justin shares about a God movement that has been birthed in his nation.  The start of Justin’s journey Since coming to Christ, Justin always carried a call to go from house to house and share the Gospel. Justin became the bishop of his church. He held a big vision for the Gospel to spread acro...

This is the second podcast from the Nairobi gathering. We go wider still as we hear Stan share what God is doing around the whole world.  We have created a video that goes with this podcast here : https://vimeo.com/841504361/b9f6b25981?share=copy This gives a visual of all the figures you’ll be hearing.  Be deeply encouraged as God calls you afresh to buy into his big picture of what he is do...

Over the next few weeks, we are going to listen to some talks that have come straight out of the DMM (Disciple Making Movement) Global Catalyst Camp* in Nairobi, Kenya.  Today we will listen to the introduction to the whole gathering by Dr Aila Tasse. Aila reflects about his previous struggle to believe that God would move amongst the 14 Unreached People Groups (UPGs) in his own context of No...

This week we are in for a treat as we hear from Keith in New Zealand share his story of being called into planting seeds across Asia with the vision to seeing movements. Excitingly, movement is now happening! The call We hear how God called Keith and his wife Joy to Thailand after living their whole life in New Zealand until their 50s. Keith poured himself into training people across Thailand and...

Today Dave is sharing a great sermon he heard recently from Dave Ferguson who was speaking at Crossway Baptist Church. You can access the sermon here (or just listen to this podcast!). Dave (Ferguson), who has helped plant over 9000 churches last year, talks about the ideas of apprenticing, hero making and kingdom building . Jesus is asking us, “will you follow me and change the world?” (Matthew 4...

We have launched our Praxeis online training! Vicki joins the podcast to share how the training has been developed and shares its purpose.  We hear how the training is for everyone, everywhere. In fact, that’s the very reason behind it. As the network grows around us, we see the need to equip people all across the world who might not be able to meet face to face. Vicki shares how this online...