Discipleship-First Friends, As our team at Discipleship.org has been working with national and international leaders on the key elements of disciple making movements and disciple-making cultures, we learned a strange fact: Even though there are over 330 million people in the United States, there are no clear disciple making movements in our country at this time. We use…
Dear Discipleship-First Tribe, Jesus has given us the most important mission in the world – to be and make disciples. That is why we at Discipleship.org champion Jesus-style disciple making. We won’t stop functioning as an organization until disciple making movements are the norm in homes, communities, and churches in North America. Why? Because the difference we’re…
Before you dive into making disciples in your church, let me encourage you with a few Do’s and Don’ts. Often pastors, in their zeal to make disciples, inadvertently do things that actually make it harder for them to do so effectively. So here are some practical warnings. Don’t start casting vision about disciple making immediately….
It’s that time of year again; family obligations and frustrations, Santa and shopping, no room at the inn, or in our schedules or in our hearts. We adhere to traditions we once treasured, but are now more mandate than merry. We’ve exchanged the holy night for a frenzied life. We remind ourselves, “Keep calm and…
When I talk to leaders about personally investing in people, I often get a bit of push back. For some reason there is a resistance when it comes to personal investment in people. When I first became a pastor, I didn’t know much about how to invest in a man’s life. Most of my training…
I find that people who often have the hardest time becoming relational are those who have been in church a long time. If you ask personal questions, they don’t want to talk. They will often point to the Bible and say, “This is all we need for spiritual growth. Read it. Study it. Learn it.”…
The Reverse Adoption Agency It was a unique idea. But then, Mack Fuewl was anything but ordinary. He stood 6’7” and carried 340lbs, but always called his wife Sonia to kill spiders. He loved kids, but never wanted any of his own. Mack’s heart matched his size and gave birth to his vision. Mack and…
I listen to quite a few podcasts, and one of my favorites is a podcast called Church Leadership Podcast with Mark Gainey and Andy Frazier. You should check it out sometime. The other day while running, I was listening to Mark and Andy interview a man named Robert Coleman, the author of The Master Plan of…
Obeying Jesus means living a holy life. The term holiness has fallen on hard times these days. Just try avoiding something that might be morally questionable and wait for it. People will say you have a “holier than thou” attitude or will call you a “holy roller.” The word “holy” itself is often misunderstood. What does it…
I recently spent a week in San Diego, where we partnered with Exponential (church multiplication network) in training church planters and denominational leaders. My friend Ralph Moore shared some really helpful material on disciple making, and I want to share it with you this week. Ralph is the founder of the Hope Chapel movement, which…
Discipleship-First Friends, Thanksgiving is an important day on many levels. We are committed to helping you be a disciple who makes disciples, so we know it’s important to “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess. 5:18). A thankful disposition is fundamentally important as a spiritual…
I had another “first” a few weeks ago. I was asked to lead a short Bible study in a furniture store where an elder in our church is employed. It was an awesome time sharing God’s Word with a dozen people in the market place. The Bible study took place early on a Friday morning…
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