Miles Toulmin on Planting a Resourcing Church in Malaysia, How He Spots Young Leaders & Cultivating Contentment in God Given Assignments
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In today’s episode, Miles Toulmin, Executive Director of Alpha Asia Pacific and Vicar of Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang (HTBB), sits down with Jason for an insightful and rich discussion on church planting and leadership.
His church is a plant of Holy Trinity Brompton, where he served under Nicky Gumbel for seven years. He shares with Jason the differences of moving to Kuala Lumpur and leading in a predominately Muslim nation. The church started like many, as thirty people in a home, but grew to now meet on top of a mall in the center of the city. Miles’ heart for the church is to truly be a resourcing centre for the city, which he explains often means giving away your best leaders and sacrificially serving others. Thankfully, our God will replenish what we release to Him and even though it can be hard to be a church that gives away, it’s always worth it Miles reflects.
Some of the key pieces to leading in Malaysia are the consistent Alpha courses every season and embracing what Miles sees the Asian Church doing incredibly well: praying. These simple practices have led to a phenomenal number of baptisms as people encounter the grace of Jesus, even in a country where it can be illegal to leave Islam or evangelize.
Jason also asks Miles about dealing with the weight of responsibility as a leader, what he looks for in young leaders, and how to be content in the season you are in as a leader. Miles shares his thoughts on the joy and peace we can find as we take the right heart postures in regards to these areas.
We hope you’re encouraged to trust God in greater ways from this conversation with Miles Toulmin.
“It’s a principle of the Kingdom to ‘give away’. Unless you’re giving away, your hand’s not open. You can only give with an open hand. So if you give and your hand is open that also means your hand is open to receive more.”
Miles Toulmin
Miles Toulmin is the Executive Director of Alpha Asia Pacific and Vicar of Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang (HTBB), the church that is the home of the Alpha Asia Pacific Hub in Kuala Lumpur. Miles is married to Sarah, and together they served under Nicky and Pippa Gumbel for 7 years at Holy Trinity Brompton in London, before moving to Malaysia to plant HTBB. Miles and Sarah have three children.
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