Movements with Steve Addison

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 four generations.

 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 in two weeks' time, but David's insights are so important I hit "publish" as soon as it was ready to go. I think this interview will form the basis of a whole chapter for my next book on movement leadership. It fills in the missing pieces on helping existing churches play their part in disciple making movements. A game changer for me. Thanks David! UPDATE: Interview with Peter Snyman.

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 and a strategy for reaching his city and training others around the world. Chuck’s website is loaded with great resources and training opportunities.

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 to Christ Now!" (Mike Shipman)

  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: The Story Behind the World's Fastest Growing Church Planting Movement and How it Can Happen in Your Community!" (Steve Smith)

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