Photo	Report
	This is the entrance to The Perla Marina Hotel in Nerja where we all stayed. The accomodation, meals, staff and environment were excellent. We arrived by plane, bus and car, and gradually got used to the Spanish schedule during the day. Boy, they really love to party until the early hours of the morning!
	This is the hotel's balcony, which literally overlooked the sea and the beach was a few feet away. You can tell we were really slumming it! (not). Many found the times of fellowship around tables was great as we got to know folk from Finland, Sweden, Holland, South Africa,Ireland, the UK, Spain and the USA.
	Much of our time was given to sharing our simple church journeys, and experience in our cultural settings. Time was given to discuss problems faced and needs and there was prayer, prophecy and words from the Lord.
	It was a real joy to meet and chat with Gary Bishop and the IMB teams working in Birmingham and elsewhere. The Church Planting Movements movie that I use in all our Luke 10 training is produced by the IMB. I was disappointed that we did not have time to learn of their work amongst people groups in the UK
	Jeff Gilberston joined us from House2House and brought some good insights and resources and Felicity's latest book "An Army of Ordinary People". This is a snap I took of him relaxing with a drink. It really was non-alcoholic so I cannot use it against him!
	It was a real joy for me to finally meet and have some time with Bernard Sanders from the Uk who is a practitioner of simple church planting, his teams working in 70 countries. I had several meals and conversations with Bernard and his friend James from Durban. I did sneak away, though, to watch England beat Austria one nil to qualify for the World Cup.
	Much of our real times of sharing were over meals during the lunch period and "siesta".I also bumped into Henk Vink from Holland at Malaga Airport on my way home and we had a good time of sharing over a sandwich. How amazing that the Lord is showing His people the same things all over the world!
	As well as the fellowship with God's people it was also thrilling to share the love of God with people that we met. I shared God's love with a Spanish Janice Battersbey look-a-like, a couple from Coventry, a girl from Derby, and a retired couple from Birmingham.

If I was summing up, and that is very hard to do as lots was happening all the time, I would highlight the following:-

• The emphasis needs to be teaching, demonstrating and seeing the Kingdom of God. This is far bigger than church and church planting, as Christ brings His Rule into all areas. Our burden should be to disciple people, reach the "not yet believers", and work closely with all the Body of Christ in an area. We are not "placing flags" and enlarging our "name" but sowing seeds and honouring God. We should beware idolatry and other works of the flesh and the devil. Leaders are servants, not controlling hierachical rulers.
• We need to do as Jesus did, the Father's works in the power of the Holy Spirit, to see people truly converted to God, healed and set free from sin and the devil.
Whilst traditional churches may have been "visible" for a long time, the love of God flowing in God's kingdom is powerful. If we lift up Jesus He will draw people. It is a good method, when discovering a need, to volunteer to pray for that person there and then on the spot if possible.
• Church is Simple and Organic. We need to keep it that way, allowing Christ to create churches within people groups rather than "Westernised" clones. We also must avoid "clergy" "laity" divisions and concepts and leave unhelpful "clutter" behind us. Jesus did not say "Do not lead", but He said, "lead in THIS way..". Church" is a NOUN, Church is not what we DO but what we ARE. Jesus never once asked us to build His Church, He said HE would! His commission was not for us to plant churches, but preach, teach and show His Kingdom and make disciples, churches are the fruit of us obeying God. The "church" in the Wilderness is reactionary and wanders, in the Promised Land God's people are on a journey of discovery.
• Simple churches and "Networks" need to find Ephesians four ministries that lay the Foundation, and perfect God's people for ministry and maturity. Ministries give "life links" and "ligaments" to the Body. This enables churches to be healthy, mature and growing which includes mulitiplying. We do not have a bigger church by having more in attendance, church is "where two or three are gathered in Jesus Name" or many more, but it is still church. The model of New Testament church is Family. It is relational, some grow up, leave and start their own family.