When we first launched Multiply Movements, we had no idea what the journey ahead would hold. We began with five small churches and a deep conviction that God was calling us to multiply disciples and churches across our region. Three years later, that number has grown to more than fifty.

“To be in Christ is to be shaped by the narrative of Christ’s self-giving love, a narrative that always takes the form of the cross. Cruciformity is the reenactment of the story of Christ in our lives, a life of faithful obedience and self-emptying love for God and neighbour.” — Michael J. Gorman, Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross 

There’s a powerful moment in the New Zealand film Whale Rider that captures a quiet but courageous kind of leadership.