If you are a rural church pastor, you may be wonder, “Can my church successfully grow generations of disciplemakers?” The question is understandable. Often, disciplemaking strategies are geared toward churches in urban settings where diversity and population density are significant factors in planning. While conversations regarding the urban church are vital, the rural church faces its own…
Discipleship.org, in partnership with Exponential, published the largest study to date on disciple making culture in US churches. A primary finding that resulted from the study, unfortunately, was that only 5% of churches are reproducing disciples—which leaves each of us asking one question… is my church one of the 5%? To help you understand where your…
This audio book shows that fewer than 5 percent of churches in the US have a reproducing disciple-making culture. These churches serve as models for others, but the study found a disappointingly low percentage with a culture and strategy for reproducing disciples. The study highlights the absence of viral-like disciple-making movements in the US, which…
This National Study was completed by a partnership between Discipleship.org and Exponential. The study was designed to identify the disciple making culture of a church – including the level of churches that reproduce disciples in their culture (Level 4) and the percentage of churches that multiply disciples in their culture (Level 5) in the United…
Many church leaders want to raise up true disciples of Jesus – and they want their whole church to focus on the goal. They know that discipleship in Jesus is not quick and it is not an easy numerical growth strategy. It requires key shifts in the culture of a church and courageous personal change. But…
How Discovery Bible Study Impacts Church Growth I was a man who trusted pastors rather than trusting in God. It all began with an invitation. Mariko invited me to a Disciple Making Movement (DMM) training in the village where I lived. The next day I attended the training, and we discovered a lot of things…
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That statement, attributed to the most influential management guru of our time, Peter Drucker, describes a reality church leaders must face in the pursuit of creating disciple-making churches. A disciple-making church culture is what your church actually does in disciple making; strategy is your plans on paper. Unfortunately, while we…
In the previous two blogs, we introduced a podcast with Bobby Harrington, Bart Shaw, and Renee Sproles on creating a disciple-making culture in a church. In the podcast, Bobby, Bart, and Renee discussed that culture eats strategy for breakfast. However, you have to have some sort of strategy to create a culture in a church….
In the previous blog, we introduced a podcast with Bobby Harrington, Bart Shaw, and Renee Sproles on creating a Disciple-making culture in a church. In the podcast, Bobby, Bart, and Renee discussed that culture eats strategy for breakfast. However, you have to have some sort of strategy to create a culture in a church. Bobby…
Multiplying disciples is the primary way churches grow and multiply. When you look at the early church, the disciples multiplied and the church grew. In (Acts 6.7 ESV) we read, “And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests…
Bobby Harrington recently sat down with Bart Shaw and Renee Sprouls on our Disciple Maker’s Podcast to discuss the importance of establishing a disciple-making culture in a rapidly changing world. You can listen to the Podcast along with other resources on our Disciple Making Culture Resource Page! Creating a disciple-making culture, much as it might…
There can be few things worse than someone needing help walking into a church and not being accepted. Trust me, it happens more than you can imagine. The very institution that should be the most welcoming and accepting of people can be the coldest and unwelcoming of people. That’s because churches are made up of…
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