Forgiveness means letting the other person off the hook for the pain they have caused you. The Mayo Clinic says forgiveness is “a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge.” Forgiveness is the necessary ingredient for salvation. But too many of us live in a state of unforgiveness. Unforgiveness does violence to…
It’s Sunday morning. You’ve just moved into a new community and you’re “church shopping.” Before visiting the next church, you check out its website. The website reads like a greatest hits collection of activities and programs. You’re overwhelmed by all the opportunities. Disciplemaking pathways sometimes resemble a greatest hits collection. We pull together all the…
As a lead pastor, grandfather, and national leader, I am becoming increasingly concerned about discipling our children. What is happening in North America with children is alarming! Like all lifestyle issues, the root solution is a focus on discipleship and disciple making. At Discipleship.org, we put children’s discipleship this way: THE GREAT COMMISSION before the…
This episode was Exponential’s first track session at the 2021 National Disciple Making Forum. Myron Pierce (founder and lead pastor of Mission Church in Omaha) spoke to us about multiplying disciples as the real way forward for church growth. Myron compares the “number approach” to gaining church members verses the “disciple making” approach as the…
What is Disciple Making, Precisely? It’s a question worth slowing down to answer. Because it takes time to be precise, and because the consequence of cloudy thinking is misunderstanding that leads to misnamed, or worse, misaimed ministry. So, what is disciple making, precisely? NOT discipleship, but disciple making? Consider the following shortlist of options: • Is…
Forming our lives around Jesus, so that we find salvation and kingdom life in him, is our focus. It is the heart of what it means to be a disciple and make disciples. Easter is a great time to pause and examine a very important foundation for discipleship in Jesus. According to Scripture, Easter and…
Marshall was a worship leader in his church, yet he knew he was missing something. He was new to Navigator staff, and he wanted to know how to help his congregation build a disciplemaking culture. Where should he start? What are the keys to seeing disciplemaking flourish throughout a congregation and spill out into the…
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. You know those missionary letters and updates you receive from people like me? We follow a simple formula describing a dramatic ministry success story that encourages you to keep praying and giving. While it’s important to celebrate God’s successes, we seldom talk about our missteps…
After you’ve determined the person God wants you to disciple, it’s time to ask if they’re interested. Specifically, you want to ask him or her to start meeting with you and a few others for the purpose of spiritual growth. Again, it’s best to follow Jesus’ example for this. Matthew 4.18-20 NLT says, “One day…
When I think about obedience, I think about training a puppy. My dog is handsome and when he was a puppy, he was adorable. He was also ruled by his needs and desires. He wanted to do exactly what came through his mind in the moment. We all, our family and the puppy, needed training…
It probably takes longer than you think, at least if you intend to make them as Jesus did. The details might disturb you. Let’s start by looking at how Jesus made disciples. Jesus spent at least three years (some scholars think it was closer to four) molding His team into the mighty disciple makers that…
It had been four years. Four years since I moved into our new neighborhood. I looked at my street and cul-de-sac where I lived as a great opportunity to love people and lead them to Jesus. I was excited for the opportunity in this new community and to start a home group soon. First, it…
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