Welcome to Catalyst Ministries’ website!
A dictionary definition of a catalyst is ‘a person who causes or promotes change by their presence in a situation or their input into it’. It involves getting things started, initiating, pioneering, starting a chain reaction.
We do change, hopefully always for the better. But the one who does the work, and on whom we build our lives and ministry as catalysts, does not. Jesus never changes and it is a joy for us to do what God has called us to do and inspire, help and encourage others, and empower people to be all He has called them to be.
In a word spoken over our lives a number of years ago, God told us we would pass on ‘a flaming torch to others, training some and envisioning others, that we will send many into the harvest fields in His power and anointing.’
As catalysts, our vision wherever God has sent us is to see the brokenhearted healed, and people set free and empowered through preaching, teaching, discipleship, training and compassion, and whatever means the Lord gives us.
Recognising that the Kingdom and Mission of God encompasses all of life, we seek to empower Kingdom mission engagement in every sector and sphere of society (e.g. family, education, the arts, health, business, etc), in spiritual and practical ways which reflect God’s will and intent for ‘shalom’ peace, prosperity and human flourishing (Matthew 6:10).
This includes coaching, facilitation, debriefing, and producing empowering training resources.
We seek to catch God’s vision and pass on the flaming torch.
We seek to empower revelation so that people can see what they couldn’t see before.
Our Mission
- Setting people free and empowering them to advance the Kingdom of God (Great Commission)
- Reaching out to the hurting, traumatised, and disadvantaged with the love of God (Great Commandment) – turning Disadvantage to Advantage (D2A)
- Cross-cultural focus: China & Native America
Catalysts for World Mission…Kingdom Mission…God’s Mission!
About Us
Stuart and Michelle have served with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in China, Thailand, Canada, the USA, and their native England since 1995. They are currently based in West Wales, UK. In 2003, they co-founded Catalyst Ministries. They have three grown-up children and nine grandchildren.
Stuart is a fifth-generation believer and has been teaching the Word of God for over 30 years. Since quitting his career as a corporate administrator with a top 100 UK plc, he has been involved in full-time, cross-cultural ministry in 6 countries on 3 continents.
As well as being an apostolic teacher, he seeks to act as an empowering catalyst to believers and churches for effective Kingdom and world mission engagement. He is the author of several books including 7 Keys to Unlocking Your Life P.U.R.P.O.S.E., Empowered! Discovering Your Place in God’s Story, and Kingdom Mission: A Call to Disciple Nations (co-authored) and was the lead actor in the award-winning Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) award-winning docudrama, Breakthrough: The Story of James O. Fraser and the Lisu People.
He is a trained life coach, a natural ability consultant, and ordained through Church for the Nations, Phoenix. Stuart has a bachelor’s degree in business and a doctorate degree in Christian Ministry, with a specialisation in Cross-cultural and Kingdom Mission.
www.kingdompurposecoaching.com
Michelle was radically saved and delivered from the trauma of a broken home, alcohol, and heartbreak in at the age of 20 under the powerful ministry of evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke.
Her life and work as a missionary in five countries and her passion for people to live a healthier lifestyle, earned her a Doctorate in Cross-Cultural Missions with a specialism in Natural Health & Nutrition with Phoenix University of Theology, Arizona, and ordination through Church for the Nations, Phoenix.
Her book, Surviving Trauma, Crisis & Grief (available in English and Mandarin Chinese) is highly endorsed by the esteemed late Dr H Norman Wright, Christian counsellor, traumatologist. Michelle is certified in grief, crisis & trauma counselling with the H Norman Wright Institute of Grief, Crisis & Trauma Response, and certified in Animal-Assisted-Therapy. From working with traumatised orphans in Asia to children of divorce in North America, her life is a testament to the transformative power of compassion and resilience. A master of transition, survivor of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), and at the forefront of piloting her course, “Trauma Awareness & Care Training” (TACT), her experiences of trauma from a broken home and spiritual abuse to the damage caused by eating disorders and cult influence, have given her wisdom, insight and a heart to help others inside and outside the church to understand their own and others’ trauma.
Her expertise in natural health lead her to advocate for a holistic and healthy way of living and inspire people to treat the temples of their bodies with greater respect and wisdom. She is host of The Christian Wellbeing Show, a podcast where she talks about trauma, natural healthy living, empowering women, a fit and free Christian life, church and world issues, the topics often ignored, encourages and inspires faith and hope, and reads scripture for people who enjoy listening to the Word of God.
Communicating through writing, speaking and song, she loves to exhort others in faith and in the heart of God. She is also author of Take Courage: Finding Courage in God for Life (the first of a series of four books).
Stuart & Michelle enjoy hiking, especially with their rough collie dog, Rosy, have begun organic gardening, and love nature, music, travelling, & learning more about healthy living, as well as watching British detective series and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
I can think of no better example of sacrifice than the two of you . . . When you look back across the continents and see the lasting seed and fruit that you have left, this is the sign of true apostles going out and making a difference. – J & S. D.
You have been an inspiration to us since we first knew you. – D & J. P.
Without your pioneering spirit, without you stepping out of the boat and trusting God for everything, I would not have been able to go to [city in China], where I saw my own and others’ lives transformed . . . your faith and courage has made an exceptional difference in God’s kingdom and in the lives of many individuals such as mine. – S. C.
I salute them for their faithfulness to the gospel of peace. – T. C.
You really are empowering believers through your material, to see that each of us are ‘ministers’ and have a part to play in fulfilling God’s dreams. May the Lord open more and more doors of opportunity to share this. – Empower seminar feedback