This is part of The False Promise of Discipleship blog series from The Bonhoeffer Project. Read the blog that came right before this one by clicking here. Bill recently taught in our (Brandon’s) church community in Long Beach. At the end of the message, he turned to the congregation and asked the people, “Okay, so…
The Relational Discipleship Network is leading a track called “Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture,” which focuses on making disciples in relational environments. We are called to make disciples of Jesus. This is done in the context Jesus modeled for us—making disciples in and through relationship—relational discipleship. Jesus’ teachings are sacred…
Should church multiplication be about planting bigger churches. Or, should church planting be about planting many small churches? Both are wrong answers. The true fruit of an apple tree is not apples (coverts in our churches). A better answer might be apple seeds, for the fabled Johnny to do his work. Instead the true fruit…
Navigator Church Ministries is leading a track called “Crockpot Church Cultures in a Microwave World,” which focuses on the long-term methods of making disciples in a world that values speed and efficiency over relationships. God starts with one. He always has. Whether it was Adam, Abraham, Moses, or Jesus, God makes movements from just one….
The Holy Spirit blesses church planting movements. While the twelve held council in Jerusalem, a bunch of un-named people planted churches in Cyprus, Cyrene and eventually in Antioch. From Antioch, the Spirit kicked off a church multiplication movement that would sketch the history of Europe and the Mediterranean. After the Goths and Vandals After Rome…
I sat through an interesting board meeting early this week. Church management underwent some healthy change. As we looked at our financial statement, someone voiced concern over some costly, “out-of-the-box,” expenses associated with an annual missions project. Specifically, moving resources through a certain country we “tip” officials at various checkpoints. The tips involve a lot…
by Ralph Moore I’m currently in the middle of a week spent teaching church multiplication to a “family” of church planters called, “Nexus.” I met the leaders at a recent Exponential gathering where we decided to team up. I am impressed with their vision and values. They’ve planted nearly 50 healthy churches. They, on the…
We filmed this video at Exponential West and wanted to share it with you! Enjoy this presentation by Bobby Harrington, Director and Co-Founder of Discipleship.org, as he discusses what discipleship looks like in the local church. For other blogs focused on “the church” at Discipleship.org click here.
[DOWNLOAD AUDIO] Craig Etheredge and discipleFIRST Ministries hosted the track called, “Transitioning a Church to a Disciple Making Focus” at the 2016 National Disciple Making Forum. Download all the breakout sessions for this track for free by clicking here. discipleFIRST Breakout Sessions: Breakout 1: Move From Addition to Multiplication Breakout 2: Move From Decisions to…
Inspired by discipleFIRST From our recent podcast interview with Craig Etheredge, the Lead Pastor at First Collierville and leader of discipleFIRST, I gained insight about how a pastor can create a church structure that supports disciple making. The problem is that many churches are not set up to facilitate disciple making in an organized way….
by Chad Harrington I don’t really like telling people they’re wrong. Those are the words I remember from my first ever conversation with Jim Putman. My father had asked me to pick him up and take him to a local discipleship training seminar near our house in Franklin, Tennessee. On the way, I asked Jim…
By Robby Gallaty Determine Where You’re Heading and How You Will Get There. It seems like everyone is talking about discipleship today. Pastors are preaching about it, conferences are devoted to it, and church members are interested in it. What is my response to the recent interest in making disciples? Honestly, I have mixed emotions. On the one hand, the…
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