Releasing Every Believer — Evangelism & Disciples Who Make Disciples
The team at Together for the Illawarra were excited to coordinate the Evangelism Breakfast Forum, which featured two amazing gospel ministers who shared how to activate ordinary believers to share the love of Jesus and disciple the lost. Dale was one of the key speakers.
📅 Tuesday 30 September 2026
📍 Figtree Anglican Church, 4-10 Gibsons Rd, Figtree NSW
This message was recorded live on the morning at Figtree Anglican Church.
Ps Dale Stephenson — Senior Pastor, Crossway Baptist Church
Ps Dale Stephenson pastors the largest Baptist church in Australia. He is committed to seeing Australian Christians empowered with simple and replicable means of empowering “Disciples that Multiply.”
Dale’s church is living the dream with 31% of the Church actively involved in discipling someone on a journey to Jesus. He has an enthusiastic approach to making disciples with a contagious delight in Jesus.
Currently, Crossway Baptist Church is working with 18 denominations in the nation, across three disciple making movement initiatives: Building a Discipling Culture, COACH Network and Empowered Faith Communities. Crossway, through its networks, has seen over 20,000 churches planted internationally amongst the least unreached people groups of the world.
Dr Stephenson is a Doctor of Divinity and has a Master’s Degree in Church Leadership. Dale and Edi live in Melbourne and have been married for 40 years. They have four adult children and six grandchildren.
Our Vision — Every Person in the Illawarra
The team at Together for the Illawarra has been inspired by the Reaching Australia 2033 Vision Statement.
Our simple goal is that churches in the Illawarra will grow and that more people will find God’s love through Jesus. Our objective is that everyone in the Illawarra will have the opportunity to hear about and follow Jesus Christ by Pentecost Sunday 2033. Our role is to serve as strategic facilitators to help release ‘every-believer evangelism’ in every church in the Illawarra.
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Hosted by Together for the Illawarra. This video is presented in collaboration with Canberra Declaration.
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