The trip from Narrabri to Rockhampton is long; it is a full day. We leave at 7 am and arrive usually by about 6 pm. The rain slowed us down, and we didn’t arrive until 6.30 pm. It was a rush to get into the apartment, get some dinner and then to the church by 7.30 pm.

As usual, we had lunch at Condamine. This used to be a sleepy little place where nothing happened, apart from occasional gigantic floods. It seems to be going ahead, and these days a coffee and donut van comes every Thursday. The freshly cooked donuts are delicious.

At the church, we sat not far from the Coopers. Both Danielle and Evelyn enjoyed dancing to the upbeat music.

We quickly caught up with old friends, including Suresh and Jonthi from Hyderabad. I think the highlight of the Summit each year is renewing friendships with people from all over the country and around the world.

Here are my notes from Session 1, much of which consisted of video interviews between John and David Alley.

Video interview between John and David Alley

John talked about the origins of the Apostolic Summit. John originally thought it would be a gathering of apostles but it hasn’t always worked out.

It’s a place for teaching of revelations from Scripture e.g. it was thought that there were no modern apostles but we now know Scripture does not teach this.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Truth passes 3 stages

1. It is ridiculed

2. It is violently opposed

3. It is accepted as self-evidently true.

Apostolic movement is about bringing church to maturity.

People assumed it was about gifted leaders, but apostleship is an anointing not just leadership.

In Revelation the church of Ephesus was commended for testing so-called apistles and finding them false. So how do we test apostles? The various tests we can use are described in the book, “The Testing of Apostles.”

Two kinds of tests:

1. Those Christ puts them through in order to bring out the qualities necessary for the ministry.

2. Tests the church must apply to weigh up whether a person is a genuine apostle.