Movements With Steve Addison

Session 1: In Matthew 28 disciple-making assumes, or is even initiated by, the acceptance of Baptism. In today’s study, we survey post Pentecost examples of Baptism. As we consider these examples, we intend to wrestle with three key questions; who received baptism? When was baptism performed? And finally, who gave baptism in each example? As you consider the NT examples, how do your own thoughts or commitments to practice Baptism come into view? Are there reasons we diverge from NT precedent? Are we free to adapt, or wise to consider universal examples across the NT?Session 2: Matthew 28 sets a high bar. We are to teach our disciples to “obey all that Christ has commanded.” Amidst the breadth of the NT where might we begin? Today we celebrate the example of Acts 2:42 where new disciples “devoted themselves to the apostles teaching.” Have you considered the personal disciplines initiated in the first churches of Jerusalem? These personal disciples observed in the obedience of the 3000 baptized in Jerusalem wer

Nathan’s first study examines a survey of passages across the New Testament to clarify the Biblical Gospel. What could be more important than sowing the right seed? Our goal is to answer the question, what do we say? Answer: the core elements of the Gospel must be our message. Considering the biblical Gospel, how might you revisit your seed sowing to ensure fidelity to the message that gives life?Second session: As we seek to share a biblical Gospel, we ought also to allow the New Testament to instruct us regarding the right response. In today’s study we survey a variety of passages to consider the call to respond. Have you considered the variety of terms used in the NT? How might the variety of terms used relate or support each other? As you go about Gospel ministry, which of these passages inform or provide questions worthy of attention in your seed sowing?Third session: As we go about seed sowing we are fully dependent on God to give life. Today we have gathered various verses describing the power of the G

We continue the series with Nathan Shank on Discovering the Missionary Task.In today’s study, consider a survey of Old and New Testament descriptions of the targets of God’s mission. If sin causes separation, missions cross the resulting barriers to initiate God’s mission. Were there passages or promises you considered for the first time? As we examine our own targets how do they compare with the consistent message and targets of scripture?In the second look at the empty field, we consider God’s investment ahead of our missions efforts. How might we join him as we cross barriers and mobilize our disciples to follow his lead and fish for men? Consider with us passages across the Gospels demonstrating Jesus’ sending of his own disciples amidst towns and villages “he himself was about to go.” What principles or patterns might we discern, how do these examples compare with the tools and ideas we employ for engaging new fields?Watch the series on Youtube: youtube.com/@DiscoveringtheMissionaryTask

This is the first installment in a series on Discovering the Missionary Task by Nathan Shank. You can listen to the audio on the Movements podcast. If you’d like to view and work through the content as a team, the video is available on Nathan’s Youtube channel.This first video sets the stage for the series. Objectives are clearly detailed along with suggestions for format as you gather your disciples to study God’s word. As detailed in this video the series is intended to assist you as you: define core convictions in missionary practice, focus on Biblical priorities for mission, examine assumptions and traditions, and equip your disciples wherever you engage mission.Watch the series on Youtube: youtube.com/@DiscoveringtheMissionaryTask

A conversation with Charlie Burke of Exponential Australia about my book, Acts and the Movement of God.youtu.be/UEym347gOxU

Cynthia Anderson talks about her new book, The Multiplier’s Mindset. She unpacks the shifts in our thinking we need to navigate as we pursue movements of disciples and churches. Cynthia is a trainer, coach, podcaster and friend.Linksmultipliersmindset.comMindset questionnaireDare to multiply podcast

A conversation with Zeth and Hannah Hill about their calling to London.

David Cervenka felt like he was hitting his head against a brick wall until a phone call sent him on a journey of discovery and breakthrough in Japan.

A conversation with Jacob Boss about trends across Europe.

A conversation with Frank Schattner about his journey from pioneering movements among the Hmong people to the Joshua Project and now the Fidelis Project. Fidelis provides online training and higher education for movement catalysts.LinksFidelis Project: fidelisproject.comJonathan Project: joshuaproject.netHill 111: hill111.com

For centuries Spain has sent missionaries to Venezuela. This is the story of Gabo and Barbara Ayala, called by God out of Caracas, Venezuela to Granada, Spain.Find out more: movimientotrestercios.es

A conversation with Joe Stewart and Ron Johnson in Denver, Colorado about multiplying disciples and churches from where they are to the ends of the earth.Links: simplechurch.globalchasm.solutions

My third and final author interview with Josh Howard on my latest book, Acts and the Movement of God.We talk about the spiritual battle and how the church in Jerusalem became a multiplying movement of disciples and churches.Find out more at: movements.net/actsBuy @ Koorong Australia: koorong.comBuy on Amazon: amzn.to/3MVjvbK

My second author interview with Josh Howard about my new book, Acts and the Movement of God.We discuss the church in Jerusalem as the role model for every church. We learn that discipleship and church formation are two sides of the same reality. We identify the pattern of engagement in Acts between the movement of God and a lost world. We see how the movement advances through both miracles and martyrdom, signs and suffering. We hear how the movement of God is advancing today in the redlight district of Mumbai and an Islamist-controlled neighborhood in the Middle East.Find out more: movements.net/actsBuy your copy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/42IWrCr

I talk with Josh Howard about the release of my latest book: Acts and the Movement of God: From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth.We discuss how Luke wrote to help us bridge the gap between our experience and the movement of God in Acts. We talk about how Jesus launched a missionary movement that was under the authority of God’s Word, dependent on the Holy Spirit, and on the way from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth with the gospel. Finally we ask, What can Acts teach us about the people God uses to fulfill his mission?Download the Acts Discovery Worksheet: bit.ly/4-FieldsDiscoveryActsGet your copy of Acts and the Movement of God: https://amzn.to/3nOYEgr

Kevin Weigelt talks about his story of pursuing NoPlaceLeft in Romania.Find out more: europemultiplyteam.com

A conversation with Jake and Stacy Jarrell about their calling to Spain.

Russell Godward leads a conversation on the journey from established church to movement.Visit Russell’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@russellgodward8500

A conversation with Nathan Zziwa about the progress they are making towards NoPlaceLeft in Uganda.

A conversation with one young couple called by God to pursue movements of disciples and churches in South Asia.