The Australian Coalition of Apostolic Leaders (ACAL) is a network of Christian leaders aimed at fostering apostolic reformation, supporting church planting, and connecting leaders across Australia.
Led by National Convenor Paul Botha as of 2025, ACAL is part of the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders (ICAL), focusing on "5-fold" ministry, marketplace transformation, and regional roundtables.
Key Details and Structure:
Mission: To support the Australian church, steward the "move of God's Spirit", and provide networking for apostolic leaders.
Leadership: Paul Botha is the current National Convenor (taking over from David Balestri).
Regional Structure: ACAL operates through state and regional leaders, including representatives in Queensland (Phil Spence), WA (Pascal Michel), Tasmania (Richard Guy/Brian Heath), NSW (Donny McGregor), and Indigenous/Central Australia (Carl Musch)
Focus Areas: The coalition emphasises "5-fold" (Ephesians 4:11) ministry"marketplace" leaders, and the "New Apostolic Reformation".
Activities: They hold an annual national conference and promote "regional round tables".
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The group is non-hierarchical, acting more like a fellowship of equals than a governing body.
Paul Botha is the National Convenor
Paul is the Founding Apostle of One Church Perth and the One Church Network. He has pioneered multiple church plants in Africa, Asia and Australia. Through the influence of One Church Network, local church leaders have grown to become national church-planting network leaders.
Paul is a marketplace entrepreneur and leadership advisor across a wide range of sectors. He is an author (The West is Burning), organisational consultant, and public speaker.
His experiences in the military, marketplace and church provide Paul with an ability to speak into a wide range of topics with wisdom.
Paul is married to his wife, Trish, and they have 2 sons.
They live in Perth, Western Australia, where, together with the dolphins, they enjoy some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
ACAL Vision: Specialists and Partners in Training and Equipping the Ekklesia for their Work of Ministry
ACAL MISSION: To help see the church in Australia fulfilling her mandate as part of “…These Great Southlands of the Holy Spirit” (Pedro Ferdinand de Quiros in 1606). To help steward the move of God’s Spirit, this Apostolic Reformation, by providing:
Access: to growing Global Network Apostolic Leaders
Exposure – to proven Kingdom Ideas, Strategies & Procedures
Dialogue – with Fellow Members in a Global Conversation.
To establish a Network of Regional Round Tables and State Coalitions across Australia. And to culminate our activities with an Annual National Conference.
ACAL Vision: Specialists and Partners in Training and Equipping the Ekklesia for their Work of Ministry
ACAL MISSION: To help see the church in Australia fulfilling her mandate as part of “…These Great Southlands of the Holy Spirit” (Pedro Ferdinand de Quiros in 1606). To help steward the move of God’s Spirit, this Apostolic Reformation, by providing:
Access: to growing Global Network Apostolic Leaders
Exposure – to proven Kingdom Ideas, Strategies & Procedures
Dialogue – with Fellow Members in a Global Conversation.
To establish a Network of Regional Round Tables and State Coalitions across Australia. And to culminate our activities with an Annual National Conference.
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