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The blueprint for developing leaders like Jesus How did Jesus train up and develop Self-Leaders? We see this most clearly n the…

I Don’t Need You… I will admit that I am not very prophetic. I have apostolic and evangelistic gifts, but I don’t…

Why many Christians hesitate to share their faith Sometimes Christians are reluctant to talk about their faith with other people because they’re…

If Jesus were telling this story, it might have been a parable. I realized we had something to learn here, beyond just…

Do you know what road you are on? It was 7:30 on a crisp, cool Sunday morning. Fishermen were already orking the…

The misconception that holds leaders back Some leaders reject the disciple-making ministry of Jesus as the model for the local church for…

Dear Discipleship-first Friends, Do you ever feel like something is missing from your mission? Or that we are busier and busier with…

Dear Discipleship-first Friends, Have you ever noticed how often the word disciple is used in churches today? It’s become a buzzword—but what does it actually…

At the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus instructed the disciples he had made to “go and make disciples of all nations,…

The Church is operating in an ever-changing environment of upheaval and profound change (economic, political, and social) that’s deepening by the week….

The purpose of the church is clear The church, as Jesus envisions it, exists to make disciples. That’s its purpose, which is…

We’ve complicated disciplemaking. Somewhere along the way, we turned it into a checklist, a curriculum, or a job description. We started believing…