Dear Discipleship-First Friends, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” This statement is 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….
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” This statement is 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,…
Continuing with our Disciple Making Culture Podcast series, Shodankeh Johnson, Bobby Harrington, and Matt Dabbs discuss their respective roles and strategies in implementing a disciple-making culture in their lives and organizations. They discuss the importance of disciplined daily prayer, devotion, and deepening one’s relationship with God to truly become a follower of Jesus Christ that…
A couple of weeks ago, my 16-year-old son went to Mexico on a mission trip with our church. They were heading to minister at a local church on the Baja Peninsula, where they would engage in various church projects, lead services, and support the local pastor and his team in their ministry. They left on…
The process of disciple making that Jesus laid out in the Great Commission is linear. That is, the steps follow each other in a predictable sequence. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the…
“Hello, is this Donnie Hoover? You don’t know me, but a friend of yours from Clemson recommended that I call you. My name is Pat Batchelor. I am moving from Texas to Atlanta to start a church.” That’s how our relationship began back—with a simple phone call. Pat was a 25-year-old mechanical engineer, who, along…
January is a great time to make or renew priorities for church leaders. The New Year is a perfect time to establish or renew the priorities that will help you make the most of the next twelve months. Every leader should consider making seven priorities a part of their plan for being a better leader….
By Bobby Harrington and Curtis Erskine If you’ve been acquainted with Discipleship.org for a time, you will know that we regularly publish our list of the top 10 discipleship and disciple making books from the previous year (2023) in January of the new year. In the publication, we include two related, but different categories: 1)…
Disciple Makers Podcast SEASON 12 Disciple Making Culture Also available on: The 2024 National Disciple Making forum is focused on Disciple Making Culture. Our newest podcast season features interviews with key speakers on the topic of Disciple Making Culture. This landing page will feature resources that will help you understand how to create this kind…
Luke 19.10 ESV says, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” The metanarrative of the Bible — the sweeping panoramic view of Scripture — is that we were created for community with God and with each other. However, that community was ripped apart by sin, and Jesus came to…
The second phase in Jesus’ disciple-making process was to call people to a commitment and connect them with other believers. After his rejection in Nazareth, Jesus relocated his ministry base of operation to Capernaum, a thriving city on the north shore of Galilee. During this time, John the Baptist was arrested by Herod Antipas. The…
The church’s mission is clear – make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). The church’s target is equally clear- make fully trained disciples (Luke 6:40). The question now is whether or not the church’s focus is clear. The mission tells us what we do: make disciples. The target tells us how to do it, from…
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