Conversations as you Go

Listen to Dave share on God’s vision for lostness from his second sermon at Crossway Baptist Church. Dave reflects on miraculous and inspiring stories from his and Colleen’s missionary training in Mumbai. He asks how we will respond to Jesus’ perspectives in Luke 15, describing heaven’s celebration of the lost being found. Referring to the urgency of mission in Luke 14 and 16, Jesus leaves us with...

Jesus’ final words to His disciples were, “Go into all the world and make disciples…”. More than just a statement to those present at the time, His words commission every believer throughout the ages. This episode, we hear Dave share at Crossway Baptist (where Praxeis was birthed out of) on how Jesus left His mission in the hands of ordinary people so that every one of us g...

We hear from Steve and Mel Behrens this week. They share how they are flying in and out of indigenous communities on the Cape (Cape York, in Far North Queensland). Discovery Groups are starting that are multiplying out. They share about how they are initially connecting into these remote places. The Behrens set up what they call ‘fire-side yarns’. These are gathering where they seek to...

This is our final episode with Ralph Moore as he looks at some of the keys for multiplication in the West.  Ralph gives us a picture of how our ecclesiology (understanding of church) is what often stops multiplication. Recognising and validating simple models of church is essential. He also shares on the importance of church leadership and what qualifies someone to be a leader of a church.&#1...

Ralph joins us again and shares with us this week about what it practically looks like to make disciples and helps us answer the question, ‘what does New Testament church look like in the West?’. He unpacks what he calls the disciple making continuum where people are asked three simple questions:  What is God saying?  What will you do about it?  How can we help and pray for you?  Ra...

Over the coming weeks we have the privilege of listening to Ralph Moore. Ralph is an American church planter and multiplier. In 1971 he started Hope Chapel in California with just 12 people. Since then up to 2500 churches have been planted through his ministry with now a quarter of a million people in churches. Ralph gives us great insight into what movement in the West looks like. Today we will h...

A really great follow up podcast with Aila Tasse from Kenya as he opens up to us the importance of prayer, the role of the Spirit and forming church to see movement. He is also speaks to many of us who finds ourselves in Western contexts.  Aila shares how crucial it is to be designing our personal lives around the areas of what he calls continuous, concentrated and scheduled prayer. He then p...

We have the privilege to hear from Dr. Aila Tasse from Africa over the next two podcasts. Many of us have heard Aila share as part of the ‘Engage Africa’ training videos. Today we hear him share part of his story of seeing movements birthed in Africa.  After meeting Jesus as a Muslim teenager in northern Kenya, God soon called Aila to 14 unreached people groups (UPGs). This was through a burning b...

Mike (from Hong Kong) catches up with us again this week. I (Dave) was meeting online with him recently and wanted to record his reflections on his time in Germany with his family. Compared to the mostly ‘non-Christian’ population of Hong Kong, Mike found himself engaging with mostly ‘post-Christian’ Germans on this recent trip. He realised there was a whole different numbe...

It’s really great to have Simone Smith share some of her journey with us. Simone is from Echuca in regional Victoria, Australia. Simone carries a God given vision for her country town. She paints a picture of how God called her to be part of his mission force. Something she didn’t expect to happen as a younger person. Simone draws out the significance of God shifting her from what she calls egocen...

This week we have the joy of hearing from Nazar. He is part of the Iraqi team in Sydney’s western suburbs. Nazar recently shared his story with us as part of a Praxeis ‘Reaching Refugees’ training. He carries a vision for his own Iraqi people, especially those with disabilities. This is a story of how Jesus has called Nazar to be his disciple. Nazar speaks openly about the challe...

This is part two of our conversation with Prof Jacqualine Grey (Professor of Biblical Studies at Alphacrucis) as we continue our series on Courageous Women. In this episode, Jacqui shares about how Jesus counter culturally treated the women of his day. We’ll see for example, how radical it would have been for Jesus to include women as his disciples. Like in the story of Mary and Martha. The New Te...

We continue our series on ‘Courageous Women’ as we seek to affirm and encourage women on mission. We’re diving deep over the next two weeks as we look at a biblical perspective on women in ministry. It’s great to have Rev Prof Jacqueline Grey with us from Alphacrucis University College. Jacqui shares some of her own background as a woman in the church who has sought to stud...

Over the coming weeks we will be hearing from varioius women on mission. We will hear their stories. How they overcame difficulties and blockages.  Join us as they speak into the challenges of being in ministry and leadership. Hear how they are catalysing other women to reach out. To break through the barriers they face to follow God and his call.  We will also dive deeper into understanding a bib...

Praxeis worker, Karen shares with us about how God is powerfully working in her home country of Sri Lanka. Karen shares of how God has changed her heart and called her and her husband, Spenser back to Sri Lanka.  As you listen, you’ll be moved by the stories. From a nation currently suffering from economic collapse. Yet hope is being planted in households. From a team of local women seeking t...

This week we catch up with our Praxeis leader Gabi. She has been ministering amongst Gypsy refugees from Ukraine. Gabi shares how her team has been practically serving the Gypsy people since the war broke out. They have been providing emergency food relief to 177 refugee families (representing over 1000 people) across Hungary and Ukraine through the ‘love project’. Listen to Gabi share...

This is part two of hearing from Wolfgang Simson. This week Wolfgang answers the question: what is the gospel? Get ready to hit ‘reset’ in your head and heart as Wolfgang challenges us to live by what he calls ‘the constitution of the Kingdom of God’.

This week we have Wolfgang Simson from Germany share with us his powerful story and insights into church. Coming from a Lutheran church background, Wolfgang speaks about his deep discontentment with the status quo of the Christianity around him as a young man. Carrying a passionate heart to see justice, he talks about his search for answers in communism. Finally he encounters an angel as a taxi dr...

This is part two of a conversation with David Broodryk. David shares about the importance of not only lostness but also brokenness when identifying multiplying leaders. He speaks into what to look for in potential leaders. Let your faith be fuelled this week to embrace the passions God has placed on each of our hearts.

Many of us have been inspired by David Broodryk and the vision he carries. In this first of two episodes with David, we hear more about his story. David talks openly about the radical shifts that God did in his life. These include some very personal shifts of placing significance in ministry position. Or as David says, “in the work of God versus the God of the work”. David speaks about the tactica...

We continue to engage with what movements look like in the West. This week we hear from David Milne, a movement catalyser and coach from the ‘steel city’ of Wollongong, Australia. Since carrying a burden for his generation in his young adulthood, Dave has increasingly dived into participating in and studying movements. Dave shares with us some of his learns over the years. Including th...

For this episode we have Brian Medway from Canberra share with us. Brian is a seasoned disciple making practitioner and church leader in Australia. He has carried the lost close to his heart since being transformed by Jesus as a younger man. If you find yourself in a Western context, you will be deeply encouraged by Brian to obey and share. Get ready to be challenged by Brian’s uncompromising pass...

This is the second part of an interview that ‘Uncle Victor’ did with me (Dave). We talk with practitioners from India and Europe with the focus on movements in the West. What are the challenges of making disciples in the Western context? What is bearing fruit?

This week we listen to an interview that ‘Uncle Victor’ did with me (Dave). This is the first part of 2 podcasts. We talk with practitioners from India and Europe with the focus on movements in the West. What are the challenges of making disciples in the Western context? What is bearing fruit?

We hear from Jill Birt from Western Australia. Jill shares some recent stories of how her disciple making teams are intentionally engaging with areas of brokenness and lostness. Some of the Perth teams are learning to follow relational networks into regional areas of WA. Be inspired to take bold yet simple steps as disciple makers in engaging with the felt needs of those around us. Learn how Jesus...