Conversations as you Go

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 driver one night. From then, he passionately follows Jesus, still struggling to find answers in traditional church structures. He starts learning that he needs to join in what God is doing in Muslim and then Hindu contexts.

Wolfgang confronts our religiosity as he asks us whether our church planting is helping or in fact contributing more to the problem? He has carried a strong apostolic and prophetic voice to us as the church over many years.

Get ready to be challenged. To model a type of church that is worth multiplying. To follow and obey Jesus in every area of life.

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 tactical shifts that the Discovery Bible Study uncovered. The impact of David Watson and the strategic shifts he instilled. Many of these were changes God was making in some of us in Australia at the same time.

Be inspired by David as he encourages us to keep stepping out beyond our fears of failure. To take risks and even be willing to fail many times in order to see God move and change us as leaders and the world around us.

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 the importance of seeing disciple makers belonging to a wider team. For the coaching of workers to pray and sow widely. How vital it is to journey with each other to overcome difficulties and go through paradigm shifts. These are some great insights for us to grasp from Dave who continues to empower and up-skill many across various contexts to share with others and not give up.

Be spurred on as you listen to Dave's longing for us to keep pressing into God and to maintain our focus on reaching the lost.

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 passion for lost people. Brian confronts us with this question as believers: 'What are we willing to sacrifice in our church culture to make disciples that multiply?'

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 calls us to follow him along relational lines to those who are hungry. Jill encourages us to pray the ‘BLESS’ prayer for others. A prayer strategy that is producing some exciting fruit over in the West!

Be encouraged as you listen to stories from the harvest! Ron and Paula share how they empower others to make disciples. We can all do this! Those who start groups and make disciples don't need 'deep' theological knowledge or have special training. One of the vital keys in movement is empowering everyone to 'go'. To reach relational connections and start groups right where they are. Without this incredibly important principle we won't see movement take place. You will also hear many important principles of running discovery groups (DBS). Ron and Paula invite others into their lives as they model what discipleship looks like and coach others to run discovery groups. Intentional prayer, being spiritually open and finding 'people of peace' are strategies that open communities. 'The value of one can multiply to many'. In this podcast Ron and Paula share many principles to unleash possibilities for disciple makers.