Liam and Rachel

BabySafe

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:05:31 +0000

Rachel works with BabySafe who are working to counter a growing trend of Baby abandonment, abuse and neglect in South Africa. Rachel along with NomZamo lead the Masiphumelele team. As a last resort for desperate mothers, a BabySafe device was invented that ensures safe anonymous abandonment. BabySafe then cares for the baby for the short term, partnering with Abba adoptions in South Africa to see the baby placed in a safe and loving family.

Mentoring Mothers

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:52:34 +0000

Rachel co-ordinates BabySafe’s ‘Mummy Mentoring’ initiative which helps connect isolated and struggling mothers with ongoing support. The ‘Mummy Mentoring’ Team invests in these at-risk mothers to create nurturing environments for their children and to give hope to their families, with a focus on finding employment and properly caring for their babies, and successfully breastfeeding.

Evangelism

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:59:26 +0000

Most of our days are spent in Masiphumelele, a predominantly Xhosa tribe settlement on the southern tip of Cape Town. We talk about Jesus and facilitate discovery bible studies in ways inspired by Jesus’ directions in Luke 10. We believe God has prepared leaders for his people amongst the lost and we are discipling and encouraging them into that. Our dream is that leaders and simple churches will be raised up and sent near and far to neglected peoples and Unreached, unengaged people groups in Southern Africa, and this has already begun happening!

MoBible

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:58:59 +0000

Liam is leading a team that is developing a mobile application for basic mobile phones, to help local people facilitate Discovery Bible Studies and help ignite movements of local people following Jesus. Statistics and our experience have shown that even in the most remote places everyone has access to a mobile phone. Here in South Africa there are more registered sim cards than people!

Because of our value of simple churches that multiple we want to design a tool that enabled local leaders to multiply and train others in the community to discover Jesus.

Local Church

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:59:46 +0000

As well as our work in the townships here, we serve the Church Planting community here in a number of ways;

We are active in leading times of Worship and gatherings.
We are helping to pioneer a simple church in our small town of Kommetjie that is aimed at the lost.
We help co-ordinate All Nations receiving short term volunteers.
We are also co-ordinating strategic group for All Nations Internationally to develop ways to plant healthy churches in 2013.

Into Africa

liambyrnes — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:00:17 +0000

Part of our vision working here locally ties in with the vision of our church planting community, All Nations. Together with our community we are committed to raising up local African leaders to be sent to Unreached, Unengaged People Groups. We have already seen 5 African, be discipled, trained and sent as church planters be sent to Zimbabwe and Malawi. From our community in Cape Town we have already sent long term plants in Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, the limpopo region of South Africa, and sensitive countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

Why and How we Go – David Watson

liambyrnes — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:10:44 +0000

Here in Cape Town we are longing to see disciples making disciples, planting Jesus amongst those who don’t know him. Last year I was able to sit in a workshop with David Watson and hear his take on planting Jesus amongst the lost in such a way that it is multiplied into a self perpetuating movement. If you have 15mins it is well worth your time to watch him speak here, hearing the motivation for us to Go, and some principles rooted in scripture for how we Go.

Returned from Malawi

liambyrnes — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:53:19 +0000

If you missed it, Here is a video about why I just went to Malawi and back.

I also sent an update from my phone http://www.liamandrachel.com/update-from-malawi-1/”>you can read here before reading below.

We are celebrating here in Cape Town – I just got back to Cape Town a few days early thanks to some expedient travel on the way back down from Malawi. Rachel and I want to thank so many of you that committed to praying for us over these last couple of weeks, both of us remarked on what a grace was over the things God had called us to do for those 2 weeks.

We are also celebrating as an All Nations community, there is a distinct feeling we have been caught up in an amazing plan of God with our recent malawi trip and the discipling and sending of African missionaries to a muslim area of sub saharan africa.

This morning as I was, with my 2 counterparts, sharing about our time in Malawi, It was not the great commission that came to my mind but the oft quoted John 3:16 – For GOD so LOVED the WORLD that he GAVE/SENT his only SON. In the same way as Jesus was sent as a once and for all sacrifice, God is calling us to be FILLED with the Spirit of Jesus, so that we can be GIVEN/SENT to the WORLD that he so LOVES.

We truly believe these obedient, kingdom-filled african friends and the gospel they carry and embody in their lives are a gift to a culture which is burdened with sin and brokeness and we are so blessed to have been a part of sending them, and our All Nations community is continuing to commit ourselves to them in prayer, visitation and resources. This is our heart and vision to see freedom through the gospel for africa, and we are convinced one of the best ways for this to happen, is africans captured by the beauty of Jesus being sent into Africa proclaiming Good News for the poor. Lk4:18

Im hoping to write down some more stories from the trip, but for now Ive uploaded some photos and a couple of fun videos for you to get a feel of the trip…

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE TRIP:

A VIDEO OF A LOCAL MALAWIAN BIBLE STUDY AS THEY WORSHIPPED

A VIDEO OF OUR ALL NATIONS CHURCH COMMUNITY WORSHIPPING AS WE SENT OUT THE MALAWIAN TEAM

Update from Malawi #1

liambyrnes — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:13:20 +0000

Hello from Malawi, this one is sent from my phone so pictures of beautiful Malawi this time I’m afraid.

We’ve been here for the last couple of days settling in with the team in mangochi. Oliver and Rhoda have moved into their house and are excitedly collecting furniture for it and making preparations for their children to join them from the north.

Blessings was met by his wife and son who he had not seen for 2 years! We also arrived to see Jonah who is delighted to finally be amongst his team.

The last few days we have been spending time doing DBS with the team, praying, worshipping and encouraging them and sharing on the areas we feel are important for them as a missional team. The last couple of days we have shared with one another about perserverance in the face of dissappointment, being full of the holy spirit and asking for spiritual gifts.

Our travel up to mangochi was good overall. We managed it in 3 days straight, with a slight holdups with crazy border issues… we then spent a hot and tedious wait on the Zimbabwe side. As we drove the 7hrs through Zim we were stopped 5 times by police looking to extract fines from us through intimidation, but everytime we had favour as we explained what we were doing. Every policeman asked for a bible and we asked if we could pray for some of them.

With the holdups we just missed the closing time for the Mozambican border but managed to find a cheap place to stay just next to the border.

The next day was another 4hr border crossing process trying to navigate the autheorities and then those who are there to make money from unsuspecting malungus!

We made good time through mozambique even though the road turned into constant deep potholes and made it to the Malawian border.

We were ready for the Malawian border guards to unpack the quantum of all the stuff when mike came across a friendly believer customs agent. He allowed us to pass when he heard about the team and we were able to give him a bible.

In mangochi jonah has already started a DBS with men from his yard and everyone has been cheering and welcoming Oliver and Rhoda remembering them from their time here in CPx. Blessing went to get his bike fixed and is excited by the friendship he is making in his first day here.

Overall everyone is excited, God has an amazing destiny for mangochi and we believe these malawian church planters from all nations are those God has annointed to see a move of God in this place.

Pray for Oliver, Rhoda, Blessing&wife, and Jonah.

Liam&the team

Sent from phone

En Route to Malawi

liambyrnes — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:05 +0000

This morning, Liam with 5 others left for their 2 week trip to Malawi…you can see the 7500km round trip route below..or click here

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