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Conflict happens.  Even in the best of relationships, conflict is just a given. Good people who love God and want what’s best can still disagree. And when disagreement goes unresolved, it can erupt into full-blown conflict.  Chances are good that somewhere along the way, as you invest your life in people, you are going to…

If you attend the church where I pastor for very long, you will hear me say, “Everyone needs to be in a small group.” I’ve been making that statement for over thirty years and I believe it as much now as I did the first time I said it. Here are a few reasons that…

As a mostly isolated and unreached people group, the Pygmies of East Africa typically don’t associate with other people. There are often relational and cultural barriers built up, preventing a breakthrough of Disciple Making Movement work in this region.  However, we’re seeing God do amazing things as we first take steps of compassion. One of…

Do you remember Michael Buffer’s iconic hype introductions for fights in the ’90s and early 2000s? I’m sure you can hear his voice right now, “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!” His half-brother Bruce Buffer followed in his footsteps and now introduces UFC fights with, “It is TIME!” These men have helped set the tone and prepare the way for…

We are excited to continue our series of articles that will shine a spotlight on three additional tracks that will be offered by our partners at the 2023 National Disciple Making Forum. There are 15 ministry partners that will be teaching at the Forum this year. This week’s spotlight is on the teachings offered by…

A Hidden Key for Creating a Disciple-Making Culture Years ago, I heard Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz tell this story. He was preparing to preach on Love. He had studied all week, examining various passages. He had looked at the words for love in Greek and Hebrew. He, of course, had taught on love many times before….

Mike was a “spiritual orphan.” He was disciple of Christ. He had attended a theologically solid church for several years. But no one had ever put an arm around Mike’s shoulder and offered to walk with him, to help him become what God was calling him to become. Then a disciplemaker met with Mike and…

This article continues in a series of articles that will shine a spotlight on the tracks that will be offered by our partners at the 2023 National Disciple Making Forum. There are 15 ministry partners that will be teaching at the Forum this year. This week’s spotlight is on the teachings offered by Awana, The…

The year was AD 400, and Patricius resided in northeast England. The island had been home to the Britons, the Celtic people who populated what is now the British Isles. However, Patricius’s family was Roman, resulting from the Roman occupation of England. He was raised in an aristocratic family, well-educated, and Christian. He was baptized…

I know, I know Jesus said “Go and make disciples” not “Go and make disciple makers” but I believe that a disciple is a disciple maker. Here is why this is an important distinction followed up with why I believe Jesus intended us to not just make disciples but to make disciple makers. Why this…

 Making disciples the way Jesus made disciples works everywhere. Disciple-making literally transcends culture. When Jesus said, “make disciples of all nations”, he knew it would work in every possible location. The Jesus approach to helping untrained seekers become fully trained disciples works in first-century Jerusalem as well as in twenty-first-century North America. The disciple-making process…

An Avoidable Leadership Crisis I’ll soon be in Turkiye with 270 disciple-making leaders from approximately 120 nations for Concentric’s Global Disciple-Making Leadership Summit. Eight years ago in Israel, while at Concentric’s last Global Summit in 2015, Sonlife’s disciple-making leadership pathway was born. It was then that our leadership team wrestled through a simple, clear paradigm shift. Our…