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‘The time to persuade is over. It is now time to train those who want to see church planting movements!’ Steve Addison said this morning, as he welcomed 20 participants for three days of T4T (training for trainers) for movements. ‘I will trust God to see the book of Acts lived out in Australia.’ The [...]

Some are not sure that the gospel can be shared in western cultures – and some are still trying to perfect past methods. But starting with what God had placed in their hands – a small farm, horses, a workshop and a heart for young people – Jan Erik and Gunhild Hansen in Steigen in [...]

Check this book out! For as long as I have known Steve Addison (since about 1987), we have been talking church planting and movements. Now the book is here. This is ‘must’ reading for all leaders and planters who are serious about God’s kingdom. Check out the website – and get your copy of Steve’s [...]

We have just completed the second planting churches that multiply weekend at Revive church plant in Melbourne. We had 19 participants – and it was a great weekend. This was the fourth such conference I have shared in this year – including one for the Western Australian Adventists and another called Inspire, the first church [...]

Although Saia Vea would not see himself as a ‘pioneering church planter’, Adventist leader in Western Australia, Glenn Townend, has recently spent a weekend with him in remote Newman – and witnessed some dynamic things happening. There are now three Adventist church groups meeting each weekend. On Friday night, a group of Tongans meet for [...]

Each Monday The XChange planting team in Kariong (NSW) provides morning tea for teachers and staff of the Kariong Public School. ‘They love the goodies we provide,’ says planter Laurel Ansell – and have labeled it ‘munchy morish Mondays’.

When Phil Brown (church planting coordinator in Western Australia) and I visited the ACTS Club at Curtin University yesterday, one student told us how she has become a member of a ‘reading club’ on campus and this has opened the opportunity for her to suggest a book on spirituality that the group has decided to [...]

Revive (Melbourne, Australia) celebrated two years as a church plant by hosting a ‘church planting teams training’ event for 20 people representing six potential plants. To maintain church health and vitality a local church must be reproducing and multiplying – and Revive recognizes the need for new clusters, groups and churches. Currently they are supporting [...]

With the Jewish Passover day last week – and the feast of unleaven bread spanning the traditional Easter weekend this year – Living Waters Community Church hosted a Passover Brunch on Shabbat (April 11) for almost 100 people. Barry Buirski, from Celebrate Messiah, was the featured speaker – graphically illustrating the salvation provided by Jesus [...]

‘MORE than four in 10 Australians who don’t consider themselves “born again” nevertheless believe Jesus rose from the dead, while one in 10 doesn’t believe he even existed.’ Check out this survey report in The Age (Apr 7, 09).