In this episode we conclude our series from our Launch 24 program with an awesome word from Pastor Graham Wilson, one of our Praxeis board members. Graham speaks into our sense of 'ordinariness' and feelings of disqualification compared to the greatness of Jesus and his great commission.  “When we look back on our lives, God has been relentless about his purposes being worked out in our lives despite our own sense of ordinariness.” Prophetic words from Launch 24 “Worship...

We continue our series from the Launch program with Dave sharing this episode on the power of prayer in seeing breakthrough for our cities. Be inspired to prioritise prayer afresh as Dave calls us to be part of the ‘Pray for 8’ vision God has for our cities as we gather this Pentecost weekend (17-19 May).  Building an alter of prayer Drawing from his past frustrations and experience, Dave paints the somber picture of the spiritually dry landscape of Australia (and the west). The...

As we listen to episodes from our Launch gathering in Melbourne, we continue the second of a two podcast series with Roger, Praxeis New Zealand leader as he shares on building teams in the West.  Roger continues sharing stories of how he has sought to see teams birthed. Principles of forming team We’re to expect opposition when we start teams. How we operate as a team is what we’ll reproduce. Teams need to have a culture of learning.  Work with what...

Join us as we continue this series of episodes from our Launch event in Melbourne. Hear Roger, Praxeis New Zealand leader in this first of two podcasts sharing his thoughts on building teams in the West.  Building teams is crucial. If we cannot build teams, we won’t see movement. Roger will reflect over these next two podcasts about the positive experiences he has had as well as the disappointments that he has faced.  Many years ago a multiplying movement happened amongst the...

In this episode, we will hear from Brian and Klaus from when they shared at our February Launch gathering. Brian begins by sharing the current picture in Canberra. It feels bleak as they look at the numbers of people attending church. It is an even more despairing picture when they look at the number of people actively engaging almost lost people as disciple-makers.  But God has given them a vision and has been taking the whole church on a journey, challenging their understanding of...

We catch up with Brian and Klaus from Grace Church Canberra at our Launch gathering in Melbourne to hear their journey of the paradigm shifts that they and their local church has gone through as they completely embrace DMM.   View this interview as a video here. These guys represent the Crosslink network of more than 160 churches around Australia and have a vision as a local church of seeing the whole of Canberra reached.  They share how their journey into...

We reconnect with Mike Hey at our 'Launch 24' gathering in Melbourne. In this episode Mike shares with us some of his history, serving with OM and highlights some of the principles of seeing DMM catalysed in a multicultural city like Adelaide. To see this podcast as a video, click here Seeing DMM in Adelaide Mike has a vision for Adelaide as a house of prayer for all nations. He shares how planting simple and reproducible churches starts with prayer....

Today we hear from 'Simon', a movement catalyst in central India. You’ll be moved to pray for India and respond afresh to the Great Commission as Simon shares how he is seeing movement amongst severe persecution. After sharing how he got caught up in what he calls a great commission ministry, Simon shares his three main practices:  Multiply disciples  Multiply leaders  Multiply churches  These practices have produced over 8 generations of disciples...

This is our last episode with Stuart on his latest book, Prayer Power. Stuart encourages us to desperately seek to engage in persistent prayer and multiplying disciples.  “God doesn’t expect the impossible from us but for us to expect the impossible from him. He wants us to see the face of the nation in the next disciple we minister to.” 

In this, our second last episode with Stuart, he talks about the vital importance of raising prayer support. This is for every single one of us who are making disciples (whether we are so called ‘full-time’ or ‘bi-vocational’).  Stuart refers to forming three important prayer groups:  A core group of personal prayer intercessors who pray regularly for you A wider group of committed intercessors who are also praying frequently  And regular team prayer with those...

In our fourth episode with Stuart, we continue exploring his book Prayer Power.  But what about when it feels like God doesn’t answer our prayers?  Stuart shares a personal story of how he persevered in prayer for his family to come to faith. We hear how God wants us to have his best in his grace and timing, not always what and when we want it.  We can keep our faith alive by simply finding one or two other believers and pray with them. 

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 discipline and God’s grace. 

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 outback places where there is just a group of little faithful people who are praying and...

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 power of prayer, seeing tens of thousands amongst this UPG coming to faith. The result was 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 - waiting in his presence A - aligning with his purpose L - loved and loving  K -...

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 amongst unreached people groups as the director of OM’s ‘Doulos’ ship, working amongst...

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 Jesus’ looks at the simple yet profound calls Jesus made that framed his own...

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 deep sense of satisfaction in the goodness of God after going through the last four...

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 would make disciples. He encourages us to remember the ‘MAWL’ (Model, Assist,...

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 Carla during college in the late 90s, his call to missions was confirmed from these encounters....

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 how God’s kingdom is advancing today among the poor, prisoner, blind and oppressed...

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 help those in need, we help him (Matthew 25:31-46). Chris sums up those in need in...

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, Chris describes how God gave him and the church leadership a new God sized vision for the next...

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 which has seen her serve with YWAM for more than 30 years, along with her husband Todd in...

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 grew up in the nations with her father serving as a diplomat. As a 17 year old...