Article by Ed Setzer, Taken From Christianity Today There is a lot of talk about discipleship these days—and it is about time. Jesus seemed to think discipleship was a big deal, putting it as the heart—and the verb—of the Great Commission to “make disciples of all nations.” Yet, it seems discipleship has fallen on hard…
by Trevin Wax Whenever Christians discuss the mission of the church, we tend to get mired in debates over the responsibility of local congregations to be involved in social ministry. Is our work in the world part of the church’s mission? Is the mission broad or narrow? Underneath these discussions, however, is a bigger question…
Who We Are About Discipleship.org Discipleship.org is a collaborative community of men and women committed to the discipleship lifestyle—being disciples of Jesus and making disciples of Jesus. Our Main Goal Our main goal is that people would become Jesus-style disciple makers. That’s why we host the National Disciple Making Forum every year. We know that it’s life-on-life interactions with…
An excerpt from Evangelism or Discipleship by Bill Hull and Bobby Harrington The root word for “evangelism” is euangelion. It is also the root word for “the gospel.” Euangelion simply means, “good news.” In a sense, evangelism is “good news-ing people,” telling them about Jesus, who is Himself, the “Good News.” Following this logic, evangelism…
An excerpt from Revisiting the Master Plan of Evangelism By Bobby Harrington and Robert Coleman Consecration is another way of saying we have to teach disciples to obey. In fact, that is spelled out in the Great Commission, not just to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but…
an excerpt from Evangelism or Discipleship by Bobby Harrington and Bill Hull Like evangelism, the word “discipleship” is not in the Bible. By adding “ship” to it, discipleship literally means “the state of learning” or “following a teacher.” Some people like to refer to it as apprenticeship, which we think is a good description. At…
An excerpt from Discipleship is the Core Mission of the Church By Bobby Harrington I am a relational person. Ask me what matters in this life and I will quickly tell you that, next to God, the most important thing to me is my family and friends. The thought of life without these relationships would…
by ROBERT GALLATY with ReplicateMinistries.org Even casual conversations with fellow pastors inevitably turn to the increasingly crucial topic of discipleship. While engaged in one of these with a fellow pastor of a larger church, he spoke about how he was indeed personally discipling a group of men in his church, but beyond that, church-wide disciple-making…
God created you to be like His Son, Jesus Christ, and He has a pathway for you to walk on the way to spiritual maturity. Nearly two thousand years ago, Jesus formed a community of people who could walk this pathway together and He called it a church. Today, spotting the globe are hundreds of…
DiscipleShift: Five Steps to Help Your Church Make Disciples Who Make Disciples (Zondervan/Exponential) by Jim Putman (with Robert Coleman and Bobby Harrington)! The signature book for Exponential ’13, DiscipleShift walks readers through five key “shifts” that churches must make to refocus on the biblical mission of discipleship: From Reaching to Making From Informing to Equipping…
Discipleship is a hot topic for many Christians right now. It is the new “it,” the “new trend.” This makes me happy, but I believe that it is more than a trend. I believe that from the beginning it was God’s plan that discipleship would be at the core of what it means to be…
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