Zach Medlock (above) is mobilising students to multiply disciples and churches in Memphis. Find out more about what God is doing in Memphis. BTW Zach, that's not how you swing a cricket bat.
Mike Shipman multiplies movements of disciples and churches among Muslims. In this interview Mike explains how a simple understanding of the Great Commission is at the center of everything he does. Mike is the author of Any 3. In the interview he refers to the "Three Thirds" process of T4T. You can read more about that in the book by Steve Smith and Ying Kai. Mike has a new book coming out later in 2015 entitled: Plan A: Simply Disciple the Whole World. "Any 3: Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time: Lead M...
Fred shares the second part of What it will take to reach a city? Here's a link to the first part. Fred mentions sharing God's story in your story, Ray Vaughn shows how to do just that. What Jesus Started has more on Discovery Bible Study, T4T, the Three Thirds process.
We listen in as Fred talks to a group of practitioners about what it takes to reach a city. Part two will follow in the next episode.
I recorded this interview with Bryan Entzminger (above) for Engaging Missions. You'll hear some of my story and the lessons God has taught me about life, leadership and [of course] movements.
Jeff Sundell on the story of emerging church planting movements in the US.
Today we talk to Berk Wilson about multiplying movements among students.
Twenty-five years ago Curtis Sergeant saw his first church planting movement in China. Then he began training others. He’s seen movements in India, among Muslims and now in North America. Curtis talks about how he trains workers to multiply disciple and churches in the US and around the world. To get in touch with Curtis and find out about his training visit www.metacamp.org UPDATE: Bryan Entzminger at EngagingMissions has just released his own interview with Curtis Sergeant.
Ron Surgeon (left) shares his story, and what it’s going to take to see “no place left” in Memphis. UPDATE: I've improved the volume of the podcast and reloaded the file. Thanks for some helpful tips on improving audio quality from Bryan Entzminger at EngagingMissions.
I had the honour of interviewing George Patterson. He served for over twenty years in Central America. The simple methods and practices he developed have since spread around the world as best practice for church planting movements.
David Broodryk interviews author Jerry Trousdale about his book Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims Are Falling in Love with Jesus. Visit David's website and register to gain access to other outstanding interviews and resources from around the world on disciple making movements. Jerry's book: Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims Are Falling in Love with Jesus
Following the theme of helping existing churches fuel disciple making movements, Nathan Shank talks to Steve about his experience in North India.
Peter Snyman is the senior leader of the Lighthouse church in Cape Town, South Africa. In the dark days of apartheid Lighthouse was one of the first churches in South Arica to open its doors to all nations. Despite being a church of over 2,000, God gave them a vision to reach the unreached. With the best intentions and many attempts they weren’t able to turn the vision God gave them into reality. Then in 2010 God brought David Broodryk along. David introduced Peter Synman and the Lighthouse lead...
In this episode Don Waybright shares how Sugar Creek Baptist (Houston) has become a catalyst for multiplying disciples and churches. Their reach extends from their backyard to to the ends of the earth. Visit t4tusa to access the resources and training Don refers to. For more on Fred Campbell...
We normally think it's our job to reach the immigrants God brings to our shores. Jeff Sundell thought differently. What if God had brought African immigrants from Nigeria, Togo and Ghana to Charlotte, North Carolina so they should reach Americans? In the second half the interview (first half), Jeff reflects on what he is learning about helping churches multiply disciples. You can access Jeff Sundell's resources at t4tusa. Chuck Wood's resources are at the Jesus Up In Out network site.
We normally think it's our job to reach the immigrants God brings to our shores. Jeff Sundell thought differently. What if God had brought African immigrants from Nigeria, Togo and Ghana to Charlotte, North Carolina so they should reach Americans? The amazing story of pastor Qwesi and the Global Harvest Family Church. NEXT: In the second half the the interview, Jeff reflects on what he is learning about helping churches multiply disciples.
Five years ago Jeff Sundell (above) set out to see if the principles and practices of church planting movements could be applied in the US. For the first time since he began that journey, Jeff is seeing third and fourth generations of new disciples, groups and churches across a variety of locations and people groups. In the second of a two-part interview Jeff Sundell talks to Steve about what it takes to get to four generations of new disciples, groups and churches.
Five years ago Jeff Sundell (above) set out to see if the principles and practices of church planting movements could be applied in the US. For the first time since he began that journey, Jeff is seeing third and fourth generations of new disciples, groups and churches across a variety of locations and people groups. In the first of a two-part interview Jeff Sundell talks to Steve about mobilising existing believers and churches to multiply disciples and reach new communities. Next: Getting to f...
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. William Bridges Most change ventures fail when leaders think only about the change to be introduced rather than the people who need to embrace it. In this interview, David Broodryk talks about helping churches embrace and adopt the principles and practices of disciple making movements. David is a trainer, coach and catalyst for disciple making movements. You can register online to access his resources. NOTE; I had planned to release this...
Three presentations from the CRM World-wide Conference. I'm first up with my story of moving from an expert to a practitioner. Then Norris Williams combines his life as a cherry farmer with his calling to fuel disciple making movements in an entertaining presentation. Finally, Joe Reed asks, "What comes first — community or making disciples?" You'll be surprised by his answer. Each of these presentations can also be viewed as videos on the movements blog.
On our way to London we dropped in on Grant Morrison in the Solomon Islands. Grant shares how the gospel is advancing across the South Pacific.
Steve interviews Dave Lawton, founder of Praxeis, a crazy bunch of people out sharing the gospel, making disciples and planting churches. Listen to previous interviews with Dave here.
Here's my interview with Peyton Jones and Pete Mitchell of Church Planter Magazine. We talk about church planting from a movements perspective and how God shapes the heart of a pioneer.
Chuck Wood (2nd on the left) picked up a copy of Discipleship ReRevolution by Steve Smith and Ying Kai. As he began to read, Chuck heard a voice in his heart say, “Humble yourself and do this.” Chuck had read hundreds of books on discipleship. He wasn’t about to just drop everything he knew and blindly start doing what the latest book taught. But the voice would not go away, and finally he accepted it was the Holy Spirit. Listen in to the Movements podcast to learn how God gave Chuck a vision an...
David Garrison talks about his new book, A Wind in the House of Islam. God is drawing Muslims to faith in Jesus Christ all around the world. David's book examines 45 Muslim movements to Christ. He helps us understand what God is doing, and shows us how to get involved in reaching the world's 1.6 billion Muslims. "A Wind in the House of Islam" (David Garrison) David also mentions: "Camel How Muslims Are Coming to Faith in Christ!" (Kevin Greeson) "Any-3: Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime -- Win Muslims t...
Co-author, Steve Smith, debriefs Ying Kai's case study of a church planting movement. Jeff Sundell shares how CPM principles are being applied in the US and leads participants in applying the principles in their world. Follow to the link to Jeff Sundell's resources. The recording was made at a Mid-level Trainers' event in Houston Texas in December 2013.
For security reasons we can't show you Ying Kai's face. But you can listen to him share about a church planting movement in East Asia that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of new disciples and thousands of new churches. The video above is an interview Ying Kai did with Rick Warren. The podcast recording was made at a Mid-level Trainers' event in Houston Texas in December 2013. Ying Kai and Steve Smith will be training again in Houston, March 4-7, 2014. "T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution: Th...
God has brought the world to Nashville Tennessee. James Harvey and David Kaufmann talk about reaching immigrant populations through disciple making movements. What they had to say rocked my understanding of how we train workers for the harvest. Download their resources at t4tusa.com Contact James and David about training at citychurchmovement.com
David Broodryk on what a movement catalyst does. How he finds them. How he mentors and equips them.
David Broodryk is a practitioner, trainer, coach and strategist for disciple making movements. I met David at a gathering of CoNext partners a few hours out of Kiev in the Ukraine. David shares describes what a movements are and looks specifically at disciple making movements. As you listen you can follow the presentation.
