LIFESTREAMS GLOBAL FAMILY (LGF) Report

In February 2023, we relaunched the new look Lifestreams Global Family (LGF) and spent considerable time building the foundation of this ministry over the next 10 months. This has provided a great platform on which to now grow the mission into the new year. We have come to adopt the expression that LGF is the Church Planting Movement of Lifestreams; One family, many locations. By God’s grace, we have networked 366+ churches in 7 different nations. Thank you to all who have prayed and sowed financially into the ministry of LGF.

HIGHLIGHTS & PRAISE POINTS

• Since 2012 we, together with our teams, have impacted the planting of 11 churches locally here in Perth: 1 has closed while 2 churches have moved to be independent of Lifestreams.
• We approved two new church planting grants for our two Movement leaders in Indonesia (Yusup and Andy).
• The LGF Focus Week held from 3-10 September provided us with great momentum as the leaders from LGF Nepal and LGF Philippines sowed the vision into our Aussie churches.
• Launch of our new look LGF eNews.
• Launch of our monthly LGF Online gatherings with all of our leaders.
• Ps Va Bi’s brain tumour was miraculously healed.
• The formation of our LGF Ministry Leadership Team to oversee the work.
• LGF Philippines planting three new churches amongst the unreached Subanen tribes.
• Our Christ-centred sacrificial engagement with refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo & Tanzania.
• The growth of our Lifestreams Bull Creek campus under Mel Crothers and the team.
• The releasing of Regional Area Coordinators (RAC) strategy for LGF Nepal (an RAC oversees 10 or more churches).
• Opportunity to discern new church planting partners here in Perth and several nations.
• The adoption of our LGF Australia vision to plant 32 churches by 2033.

PRAYERFUL PLANS FOR 2024

• LGF Summit scheduled for May where we will gather all of our 19 leaders in Singapore. An opportunity to work on a collaborative vision from Jesus for the next 10 years of our mission (2033).
• The chance to go to the field to meet our LGF Leaders in the Philippines, Nepal and Africa.
• The opportunity to discern new leaders and nations to join the LGF including:
• Tamil speaking leaders to plant a Tamil Church here in Perth;
• South Chennai, India – opportunity to start an explosive movement of many churches to be planted in village areas; and
• Kenya – to see a group of 6 churches explode into the beginnings of a Church Planting Church Movement (with training, they could double to 12 in the following year).
• Launching a school that trains LGF based church planters here in Perth that will enable us to reach our 2033 LGF Australian vision.

Daron Crothers

LGF Team Leader