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India); Pascal Orome (Ivory
Coast); Satish Chettri (North-
West and Central India); and
Stephen Mwakibinga (Zambia).
Daniel Grimmer (U.A.E),
who wasn’t able to attend the
conference, is also a designated
Multiply Apostolic Leader.
Stephen, on his second visit,
was challenged by the Jesus
Centre vision: “What kind of
church would Jesus have if He
had a church? Would He be waiting
six days for a person to come
back on Sunday? I don’t think
so. If Christ would have pastored
a church, people would have
followed Him everywhere as He
was preaching, healing, feeding,
listening. That’s what I’ve seen
in Jesus Centres and that’s what
church needs to be.”
In the midst of the hectic
schedule (if it’s Monday it must
be Leeds!) Certain aspects were
constant: thought-provoking
AMEN carried
the spirit of
openness and
transparency
among
leadership
which I think
is absent
among
leaders today
AMEN delegates worship in a Jesus Fellowship community house
devotionals, lively discussion,
provocative questions, and
refreshment in the form of ‘skyjuice’
(water) and an ever-flowing
and deepening fellowship.
Multiply Director Huw Lewis
noted: “The interaction and
friendships that the leaders
developed, such as Stephen linking
up with Daniel soon after the
conference, were very significant
– the group themselves were
building their own identity.” One
direct outcome was the cooperation
over the forthcoming Pan
African Conference, which is
being shaped by the group rather
than just one person.
“This week has been very
inspiring and very challenging,”
said Gregory. “It is a week that
has caused us to come out of
our own shoes and into neutral
shoes, where everyone else can
fit because we have different
leadership styles.”
“A vision transfer conference”
is how Desmond described it,
and the traffic was very much
two-way. As Huw said: “We
were learning and receiving
from them too, deepening our
own understanding of what is
happening in the nations.”
“AMEN carried the spirit of
openness and transparency
among leadership which I think
is absent among leaders today,”
concluded Desmond. “It explained
servant leadership and
the spirit of sacrifice to a common
cause which is necessary
for the fulfilment of every vision.
“And it demonstrated that the
above is not only reachable in
the UK but can also be reachable
in the areas we all came from.”
Amen to that!
The next Multiply
International Leaders
Conference is in June 2008
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