Conversations as you Go

This is our second episode talking with Steve Addison about his new book, ‘Acts and the Movement of God’ . You are in for a treat as Steve takes us on a journey through the book of Acts.  Themes and structure of Acts Steve explains how the God movement started in Jerusalem but how the living God was always going to expand out as Jesus said it would. Right at the beginning of Acts, we s...

We have a treat these next two podcasts. Movements author and teacher, Steve Addison is sharing with us about the Book of Acts from his latest book. You can purchase ‘Acts and the movement of God’ here .  In this episode, Steve shares how he has learnt that the Book of Acts isn’t just about the Apostles or the Spirit. It is the acts of God. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The Word Steve teaches us a...

This episode, we hear from our Praxeis team in Western Australia (WA). Jill, Karen and Rowan share with us what they have been up to as they strategically pray across this vast state. Learn how to take on a region in prayer where God has called you! These guys give us some keys in how they have been not only praying across the city of Perth (WA) but the country towns of Australia’s biggest state....

It is essential to multiply workers if we are to see disciple making movements (DMM). Jesus himself tells us to pray for workers to be sent into his harvest (Luke 10:2).  Aung and Gabi are both multiplying workers and starting Discovery Bible Studies (DBS). They find themselves in the war torn contexts of Myanmar and Ukraine. Despite this ‘darkness’, as Aung describes it, they share some of the br...

We listen to Jerry and Esther share how they are engaging in spiritual conversations. Jerry is a GP obstetrician who, together with his wife Katie and children are catalyzing disciple making movement in South Australia. Jerry shares Paul Watson’s process of engaging in casual > meaningful > spiritual > discovery conversations. He also tells us how he includes his young family who he and Katie see...

Today we listen to Paul King from Northern England share how he is engaging his city and starting Discovery Groups. He shares with us the spiritual condition of his nation as the church is in dramatic decline. Paul and his wife Stella are pioneering in needy places amongst some of the poorest communities in England. Even here it can seem spiritually dry. However Paul sees it as his main job to fin...

Wondering how to start a Discovery Group? Listen to three fruitful practitioners in Mel, Steve (from North Queensland and PNG) and Mike (from Hong Kong). You’ll be practically equipped in learning how to start discipleship groups with lost people around you. Here’s some keys these guys are learning as they see dozens of groups multiplying in various contexts around them: Start and sust...

We listen in to what God is up to through a fruitful church planter, Ben Taylor in England. You’ll be inspired by how God is multiplying disciples and churches through the powerful stories Ben shares.  Ben encourages us to keep the gift of faith we have alive since this is what God wants to grow in us the most.  As he sees demons cast out and brand new churches being started around him recent...

In this episode, one of our leaders, Gabi from Hungary shares about how she is multiplying leaders in Eastern Europe. Focusing on the Roma Gypsy people, Gabi and her team are being swept up in God moving powerfully amongst these people. And all in the midst of the Ukrainian war. Since being invited to help see newly baptised gypsies discipled from Carpathia (in Ukraine), Gabi shares some of the ke...

In this podcast we talk to Lynda Wilson who leads us in a discussion about multiplying harvest prayer. She briefly talks about her rich history in church and prayer. Then leading us through an overview of scripture Lynda shares her journey of understanding this from a scriptural point of view. Some key pickups are Prayer is part of the going You multiply the harvest, you will multiply the prayer Y...

So what do we actually do once we find a person of peace? In this, our last episode of David Watson’s training, we are walked through some of the coaching and mentoring questions we can use when starting a movement. David emphasises how important it is to focus in on coaching the right people who are starting to facilitate Discovery Bible Studies (DBS).  David calls the facilitator of a group...

David shares with us a number of counter intuitive or paradoxical statements his church planters have developed when it comes to seeing movement. These include:  Go slow to go fast  Focus on the few (or one) to win the many Share only when and where people are ready to hear A new / inexperienced insider is more effective than a highly trained, mature outsider Start with creation not Chri...

David shares with us about finding People of Peace (POP) after sharing the Engage Africa ‘Person of Peace’ video. He gives us some characteristics to keep in mind when identifying POP within communities. We also hear of a story of a Person of Peace before David explains the difference between group and personal or mass evangelism.  Groups are vital when it comes to movement, howev...

This episode, David talks about the core values behind the Discovery Group process. He makes special mention of how we need to be builders of communities in our modern urban contexts since there is often a lack of community. He also emphasises the need for participation and no experts in the group for movement to happen.  Every culture, David says, has to develop its own response to love, car...

David Watson continues our summer series on starting a DMM. This episode, he starts by reflecting on the importance of prayer after showing us the ‘Prayer and Fasting’ clip from the Engage Africa video series (we recommend watching this before or after listening to this week’s episode).  Listen to David walk through one strategy of setting up a prayer network that can model prayer to others....

In this first of six episodes, we rewind the clock to April 2016 when we first had David Watson come visit Australia and train us in starting a Disciple Making Movement (DMM).  In this episode, David introduces the importance of the role of a coach in DMM. He begins by sharing with us how we need to have our favourite Christian beliefs challenged to embrace movements since everyone who wants...

Why the incarnation is the reason that we stand in wonderment and worship!

We jump into our second podcast with Rodrick. Here we discuss how to multiply workers for the harvest field.  To focus on Intentional training. This podcast is full of gold! ‘A disciple is not a disciple until they become a disciple maker’ & ‘to reach a great harvest feed you must create a great harvest force.’ I encourage you to take notes and go back over some of thes...

Dave is speaking from India to Rodrick, a movement leader who visited many of us in Australia back in 2012.  Rodrick firstly gives us an insight into what is happening today sharing about the spiritual darkness across much of the nation. He then dives into some of the reasons why movement is sparking. He highlights three areas:  The habit of long term prayer and fasting by exisiting believers. Thi...

We hear from Paul King in Middlesborough UK via a podcast done by Ben from Mission Somerset in England. As we join this podcast half way through, Paul is sharing how he is doing mission. There is so much here we can learn and be challenged to do as we listen to a sold out disciple maker share some great stories. Through the stories Paul shares, he emphasises the importance of being a ‘family...

Roger joins us again to share how he has stepped back into New Zealand (NZ) amidst the many challenges facing the nation. He speaks about the key lesson of starting with a team and how thankful he is to be on mission with others.  Some of the other building blocks Roger highlights to us include the importance of perseverance and patience when it comes to seeing movement in a western and often...

This episode we have the privilege of hearing the journey of Jesus calling Roger, our Praxeis New Zealand leader, to follow him. As a young man at age 17, God launched Rog into global missions. This saw him travel the nations of Asia with YWAM. We hear how God captured Roger’s heart as he started to reveal to him what he calls God’s ‘puzzle pieces’ along the way.  Roger reflects on how one of...

What are the irreducible elements of movements? How can we get started? Drawing on scripture, experienced movements trainer and researcher, Stan joins Dave to answer some of these fundamental questions. Stan begins highlighting some of the essentials of movements. Reflecting on his research of identifying 1,967 movements in the world today, Stan notices how movements often start movements. Perhaps...

We hear from Graham and Lynda Wilson from New Zealand (NZ) as they gather with us for Tribe Time in Canberra. Graham and Linda carry a deep heart for prayer and global missions. They are pastoring at GraceWay Church, Hamilton NZ. Graham is also on our Praxeis board.  You’ll be greatly encouraged by listening to the wisdom and passion these guys have for the lost. They take us back into a little of...

Aila returns this episode as he brings a training on starting churches as we gather for ‘Tribe Time’ in Australia. Listen to Aila share stories from East Africa on some of the key principles to seeing churches birthed that can multiply disciples. He says we need a paradigm shift. To move from focusing on the forms to the functions of church. We also need to not just engage with individuals but fam...