Dear Discipleship-first Friends,
Would you like to sit at the feet of leaders from some of the top disciple making churches in the USA? Would you like to learn their best practices?
If so, read on…
Five years ago we published a national study that demonstrated less than 5% of churches in the United States have a disciple making culture (see the report). Since that time, we have sought to identify that small percentage of churches which truly are disciple making churches. In 2024 our team initiated a national search to objectively identify them. We are using the objective standards established in the national study (click here if you want to take the assessment). The results are coming in and we have been both fascinated and encouraged.
We have found some churches that are hitting the ball out of the park when it comes to Jesus’ mission.
We have found highly effective disciple making churches lead by people like Joey McLaughlin (the lead and founding pastor of Elevate City in Atlanta, GA), Ed Kang (point leader of the Acts 2 Network), and others that we will be telling you about soon. At the 2025 National Disciple Making Forum, they will be joining international disciple making expert practitioners like Josh Howard and Shodankeh Johnson, and previously identified North American exceptional practitioners like Jason Shepperd, Jim Putman and Lori Arnold. They each have incredible stories that you will want to hear… and principles and practices you will want to learn about… and emulate.
CLICK HERE to register for the 2025 National Disciple Making Forum
At this year’s Forum, our four main stage sessions will be led by these leaders as they will focus on their best practices…
Practice #1 – Convictional Ownership: the church and her leaders bleed disciple making, it is their core conviction and imperative at every level.
Practice #2 – Contextual Model: each church focuses on a clear, simple, and focused disciple making model (we will feature four of these models in our breakouts).
Practice #3 – Core Expectations: everyone in the church is held accountable to and practices commitment to the mission of personally making disciples.
Practice #4 – Cultural Alignment: everything – at every level – is aligned around disciple making, this includes every person in leadership, every line item in the budget, and every strategy.
In an upcoming newsletter we will tell you more about the unique breakout sessions at this year’s Forum, where we are bringing in some of the best-of-the-best disciple making organizations. But for now, we want to encourage you with our mainstage focus.
This is a national disciple making forum that you do not want to miss!
For King Jesus,
