Craig Westhoff shares about how Jesus illuminated the darkness in his own life and helps others transform shame through God's presence.

Craig is a missionary with 24-7 Prayer USA, Spiritual Director and host of the Illuminated Soul with Craig West podcast helping people in their emotional, mental, and spiritual health and well being.

Craig's Podcast:
Illuinated Soul with Craig West

Craig's Website:
www.illuminatedsoul.org

Craig's Recommendations:
Franciscan Prayer by Ilia Delio
Proverbs

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In this episode we have a conversation with Cath Livesey around building a healthy prophetic culture, hearing God's voice, and becoming friends with the Holy Spirit.

Cath Livesey leads Accessible Prophecy (accessibleprophecy.com), working with churches across the world to develop a healthy and mature prophetic culture that both resources discipleship and empowers mission. She is the author of My Sheep Have Ears and The Prophecy Course and has many years’ experience of teaching and training people to grow in hearing God’s voice and using the gift of prophecy. She is also a team member of 5Q, an organisation that unlocks and releases the potential of five-fold ministry in the body of Christ. She loves living in Sheffield (UK) with her family and being part of the leadership of St. Thomas’ Church Philadelphia.

Cath's Book:
My Sheep Have Ears

Cath's Recommendation:
Our Eyes Fixed on Jesus by Guy Chevreau

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Michael Beck joins the podcast and talks about what church in the wild looks like, recovery from addiction, what AA can teach us about community, and Jesus' mission to seek and save the lost.

Michael Adam Beck is Director of Re-Missioning for Fresh Expressions US, Cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, and Director of the Fresh Expressions House of Studies at United Theological Seminary. Michael serves as co-pastor of Wildwood and St Marks alongside his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, an interracial unity movement, and a network of thirteen fresh expressions that gather in tattoo parlors, dog parks, salons, running tracks, community centers, burrito joints, and digital spaces. Michael has led a series of revitalizations each involving the integration of recovery fellowships into the inherited congregations. He is the author of seven books, his latest, Painting with Ashes will be released January 31st.

Get Michael' latest book: Painting with Ashes

Michael Recommends:
E. Stanley Jones

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In this episode Emma Cotterill talks about an anti-trafficking model that can multiply, empowering others into Kingdom work, collaboration and bridge building, giving others a voice, and APEST thinking.

Emma is Swedish and a Human Rights Lawyer who has worked in the NGO community against human trafficking for 12 years in the UK and Sweden. She and her husband Mark have planted a missional community in Manchester, UK and are currently planting a missional community in Helsingborg, Sweden. Emma and Mark have also founded a network for pioneer leaders called Venture12.

Emma's Recommendation:
God, Sexuality, and the Self by Sarah Coakley

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Pam Arlund discusses missions to the least reached people of the earth, utilizing a prophetic voice, and we even do some listening prayer in the middle of the conversation!

Dr. Pam Arlund is on the International Leadership Team at All Nations. Pam spent ten years in Central Asia as a church planter and Bible translator working among a previously unengaged people group. Along with others, she was able to help lead people to Jesus and train them to lead their own churches. Pam trains local churches and missionaries around the globe on effective disciple making principles. She received her PhD in Linguistics in 2006. She is the author of many articles and books on missions. She travels widely, training and encouraging local churches, missionaries through on-site trainings and Perspectives classes.

Pam's Book Club Reading Missionary Biographies

Connect with Pam: [email protected]

Pam's Recommendation:
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson

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Peter J. Farmer talks about multiplication movements, discovery Bible study, gathering others to discover Jesus together, the necessity of five-fold ministry thinking, and following the lead of the Holy Spirit.

For 10 years Peter J. Farmer has been involved with hosting 'Newforms Gatherings' in the UK - connecting, resourcing and mobilizing those involved with new forms of church including simple, organic, missional and micro-expressions. Through 'Mission Britain' he sought out 'John-Knoxers' who were saying 'give me this region or we die' and hosted 'Strategy Co-ordinators Communities of Practice' sharing best practices in our pursuit of multiplication movements. Peter writes and connects at his blog: peterjfarmer.co.uk

Peter's Recommendations:
The writings of:
John Wesley
Catherine and William Booth
George Fox
Mike Breen
Alan Hirsch (Listen to Alan's episode of this podcast)
Neil Cole (Listen to Neil's episode of this podcast)
Wolfgang Simson
David Watson
Steve Smith
Ying Kai
Steve Addison
David Garrison

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Shaila Visser redefines evangelism for us, talks about Jesus being good, following Him being rich, and finding hope in Him.

Shaila Visser is the National Director of Alpha Canada and the Global Senior Vice-President for Alpha International. She is the Executive Producer of both The Alpha Youth Film Series (2013) and The Alpha Film Series (2016), and currently holds positions on the Board of the Damascus Road Foundation and on the Board of Regent College-an International Graduate School in Vancouver.

Shaila has a heart for people coming to know Jesus and is passionate about helping the local church flourish. She is a gifted communicator who is known for her strategic leadership as well as her ability to bring people together. Shaila is recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in Canada. Shaila lives in Vancouver BC with her husband, Ryan Visser, a Vancouver Police Officer, and their four-legged family members, Talon and Benny. You can reach Shaila on Twitter or Instagram @shailavisser

Shaila's Recommendations:
Think Again by Adam Grant
Live No Lies by John Mark Comer
Deliverance: A Journey Toward the Unexpected by Jon Thompson

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In this episode, Alan Briggs talks about the importance of slowing down, gaining clarity in the midst of any circumstance, and finding healthy rhythms to sustain you for the long haul.

Alan Briggs is the founder of Stay Forth Designs, an organization that helps leaders get healthy and reach more impact. Alan is a mountain guide for the leadership journey. He loves outdoor adventures, but the greatest adventure of his being a father and husband. Alan is crazy about helping hungry leaders conquer overwhelm and navigate with courage. He serves leaders and organizations around the country through coaching, speaking, consulting, designing experiences, hosting mastermind groups, writing his own books and ghostwriting for others. He co-hosts Right Side up Leadership Podcast and regularly writes for Outreach and Field Notes . 

Alan's Recommendations:
Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less - Here's How
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
New Power: How Anyone Can Persuade, Mobilize, and Succeed in Our Chaotic, Connected Age

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In this episode, Kevin King talks about his journey to working with internationals in the U.S., the importance of worldview, and living your faith out loud.

Kevin King is the President of International Project, an organization focused on initiating church planting movements through diaspora unreached people groups in ethnic communities and on university campuses. International Project’s focus is to mobilize and train teams of church planters who will start simple multiplying churches. Kevin’s vision is to see a movement of churches started among unreached people groups starting with diaspora communities here and spreading to least evangelized countries. You can learn more about his ministry at www.internationalproject.org

Kevin's Recommendations:
The 3D Gospel by Jayson Georges
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes
Ephesians 4 and APEST

Joshua's Leadership Accelerator around APEST starts January 18th!

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We have a great conversation with Peyton Jones around missional engagement, church planting, and the power of focusing on Jesus and the Gospel and letting the rest happen.

Peyton Jones is the author of Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, Reaching The Unreached: Becoming Raiders Of The Lost Art, and Church Zero: Raising 1st Century Churches From The Ashes Of The 21st Century. He began ministry serving at a megachurch in Huntington Beach, CA before embarking to Wales, UK for 12 years. After serving as the Evangelist at Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s church Sandfields, and as a church planter, and network leader he founded New Breed Church Planting Network which continues to train front-line 1st century style apostolic church planters, and has trained multiple church planters across the globe. In the 25 years that Peyton has been in ministry, he has served in almost every incarnation of church, context (urban, rural, University Town, Industrial) and across multiple denominations. He is a veteran church planter, and expert in the field of missional engagement strategy. One of his passions is starting churches in public spaces. He writes regularly for Outreach, Leadership Journal, and Christianity Today. He blogs regularly at Peytonjones.ninja. He founded Church Planter Magazine, and hosted two podcasts associated with it Church Planter Podcast and Hardcore Church Planting. Both are frequently in the #1 spots or in the what’s hot category. Peyton received his MA Theology: Pastoral Studies in 2010 from W.E.S.T. in the UK and has taught both Old Testament and Church Planting at the graduate level at two different Universities. He lives in Southern California with his family. Twitter: @PeytonJonesPunk Facebook: Facebook.com/peytonjonesninja

Peyton's Recommendations:
A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne
Simply Anglican by Winfield Bevins
The Office

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