Generations alive was the theme of November's Multiply UK conference. As Multiply Director Huw Lewis explained: "It's important that church gathers together, uses and needs all generations and that they are alive - all need to carry the life of God!"

To have generations, you've got to start having sons and daughters, according to Mick Haines, Jesus Fellowship Apostolic Team leader: "You must want spiritual children. If you don't care, you won't get them. Then select some to invest in: note those who respond to the gospel, who are particularly receptive to your teaching. And finally, check with your fellow leaders for witness!"

In the past few years Multiply Network has grown in Africa. Desmond Thomas of Ministry of the Word, Sierra Leone, shared some insights on fatherhood.

"We need to see the people we work with as capable - sometimes we won't know their potential until we give them something to do. Spend time with them - Jesus spent more time with his disciples than the crowd."

Iain Gorrie, Multiply Coordinator, reported back on the year - a busy one, with conferences in Sierra Leone and South Africa, two trips each to Slovakia and Switzerland, and the AMEN (Apostolic Men Empowering the Nations) conference.

The Multiply vision is mainly friendships among leaders, with support and whatever level of accountability is wanted. Leadership training, main Jesus Fellowship events including the youth event RAW, architects practice and music studio are just some of the other resources that are available to Multiply Partners.

During the day, there were reports on Jesus Centres, Switzerland visits, J Generation and RAW, plus contributions from other Multiply Partners.

One, Daudet Luwezo of Living Water Church, Gloucester, brought a challenge about whose weapons we use in the fight of faith: " If David went into battle with Saul's armour on, Saul could have claimed the glory for the victory… but God doesn't share his glory with anyone else."

Multiply is a rainbow movement, as Matthew Guest, King's Church, Chatham, pointed out in the final session: "Today we're celebrating what Multiply is all about - diversity, leaning on one another, a holistic body of kingdom people. In our church, we're 50/50 black and white, and look like dominoes on a Sunday. Church shouldn't be selective, but reflective of the society around. Just let the Lord do it. You're just a conduit for God's love to flow through."

Matthew then asked to borrow a shoe from Mick. "We're called to carry the baton from generation to generation - I can't do it in Mick's shoes 'cos they're too big… and he probably wouldn't like the style of my trainers! "For me, I couldn't take King's Church forward in the previous leader's shoes, and you know what God said? 'You don't have to, I've made a pair of shoes just for you.' I wasn't there by default, God had made shoes for me to stand and walk in to take the baton forward."