This episode is about Jim Putman’s story as a disciple maker. He grew up as a pastor’s son. His father was a church planter, and Jim started to notice the people in the churches his father led. They didn’t seem like they were the real deal to him. So I asked Jim when he realized that he…
by Bill Hull A Faith That Saves This quite familiar text asks the relevant question. “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?” [1] The obvious answer is no, it is not a faith that saves because…
by Dave Buehring What Most of The People Do Most of The Time At the very core of the life of Jesus is His love relationship with His Father. The overflow of this passionate, self-‐sacrificial and unwavering love for His Father is a life of obedience. A quick sampling from the scriptures reveals this: Jesus…
by Brandon Guindon I love watching just about any documentary or educational program on wildlife. When perusing channels I rarely pass by something produced by National Geographic. One of my favorite specials is on the African lions. Let me set the scene for you. It’s the classic African Serengeti landscape. Heat waves rise from the…
The local church in America is realizing she needs Jesus-style disciple making. Leaders know they are in trouble without it. Jesus commanded it. And everyday Christians are increasingly expressing their need for it. There already exists an unorganized group of men and women committed to this focus in America. They bleed for the cause of…
By Alex Absalom — www.dandelionresourcing.com Meet Molly! She is our 3 years old chocolate Labrador. Molly’s world is centered on a busy, noisy family — Hannah and myself, our 3 teenage sons, an assorted range of their pimply friends, increasing numbers of well-groomed long-haired girls, along with neighbors, members of our missional community, people from…
A Simple Discipleship Principle You Can Implement Immediately by Robby Gallaty Volumes could be written about the discipleship principles Jesus employed. But here is one principle you can implement immediately. Dependence upon the Father Jesus’ devotion to the Father came, in part, through his consistent prayer and his teaching others to pray. Jesus prayed that…
by Jim Putman Many know me as one who cares very much about discipleship and they would be right. But after several years of training churches and speaking about discipleship, I realized that I have somehow missed emphasizing a point. Jesus’ method was based upon relationships. But Jesus did not use relationship to make disciples…
Content channels moderated by field experts will aggregate high-quality thought leadership specifically geared to church planters This week, Exponential debuts a new website strategy, bringing together quality thought leadership from respected partner ministries known in their field—experts Exponential is calling Channel Curators. Links to the different channels including Church Planting, Culture, Discipleship, Leadership, Missional, MultiEthnic,…
By Shad Berry At Downline Ministries, we define discipleship the way Paul defined it in his letter to the Thessalonians, as “truth and life transference in the context of authentic relationship” (I Thess. 2:8). Truth and life transference in the context of authentic relationship. That’s Downline’s mission, hope, and its reason for being. Our hope…
By Bill Hull Heretics One and All We call ourselves The Bonhoeffer Project in honor of Bonhoeffer’s masterwork, The Cost of Discipleship, and his life as a testament to the fidelity of his faith, a faith that embraced discipleship. He was also a heretic, not in the classical sense, but one who had the courage…
We are grateful for the opportunity to begin our Discipleship Learning Community with the first webinar this week (Thursday) to introduce the discipleship concepts to be explored and Randy Pope’s book, InSourcing. Even if you aren’t available this week there’s still time to register to join us in January in Atlanta for two days at…
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