Walking Where Jesus Walked

Walking Where Jesus Walked

Grant, Andrew, Geoff and Bill

Geoff Folland from Student Life reflects on his time in Israel learning more about the life of Christ in preperation to become a SHIFT:m2M Facilitator.

The tour was organized by Global Youth Initiative’s (GYI) Steve Hudson and Dann Spader. GYI is an umbrella organization that brings together several different organizations, such as Campus Crusade for Christ Australia, Josiah Venture (in Eastern Europe), J-Life (in Africa), Intentional Disciplesmaking Network (Indonesia & Philippines) and Sonlife Latin America, to sharpen each other’s thinking about how to build spiritual movements among young people. There were also several pastors from Southeast Christian Church (Louisville, Kentucky) and leaders from the Evangelical Free Church denominational headquarters present. With such a diverse group of leaders there was plenty of experience in many different settings to draw upon. This really enhanced the tour. Continue reading…

Youth Pastor Reflects on Shift:m2M


Sam Haddon

Sam Haddon

Recently, Northside Community Church in Sydney, experienced a paradigm shift when their focus changed to discipleship. Sam Haddon, Associate Pastor says “There’s a lot of talk out there, heaps of books trying to tell you how to do it right. But I really appreciated how Shift:m2M didn’t threaten or impose upon our church’s goals, it enhanced them. I was able to implement this in a practical way in our youth ministry. It’s transformed our perspective away from just program-oriented ministry to a youth movement.” Continue reading…