Dear Friends of the Discipleship-First Tribe, At Discipleship·org we are fanning the flames of disciple-making ministry partners. We believe the vision to “make disciple making the norm” for churches in North America will require many networks, leaders, and organizations. Our vision is that we all work together to champion Jesus-style disciple making. One of our…
By Dave Clayton In February 2016, Sydney and I began a friendship with a couple named Muriithi and Carol Wanjau and their three amazing children. I could fill an entire book with stories about this incredible family, but for the sake of time and space, I’ll share just one. The Wanjaus have been positioned by…
I tend towards a try it, do it, fix it mentality. My wife says my mode is ready-fire-aim. One of my business colleagues used to quote General George Patton who S. said . . . “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” And another of my favorites, this one attributed to Sam Ewing, says…
At last year’s National Disciple Making Forum, Shodankeh Johnson poignantly described how prayer and fasting has fueled a rapidly growing disciple-making movement in West Africa. His stories were incredible, and many of us walked away convicted. As American leaders, we also walked away wanting to lead our churches to start fasting and praying like the…
January is always a time for us to reflect on the year gone by, and determine what we want to achieve in the year to come. I hope and pray that you have this same mindset when it comes to disciple making. Don’t forget about our Great Commission as you are looking at your personal mission and goals for the…
This is Part 2. To read Part 1, click here. Towards a Definition of “Disciple Making Movements” We now want to discuss definitions of disciple making movements. Is there a basic definition of a Disciple Making Movement? Various definitions already exist: When a disciple-making process expands to four generations consisting of 100 groups over a short…
Once you have a good idea about the product and process of disciple-making (see more about this in the “Week Three” section of Investing in a Few), it’s time to get down to the practice of making disciples. How do you make a disciple? Where do you begin? You may have never invested your life in another…
“Let the pure gospel go forth in all its lion-like majesty, and it will soon clear its own way and ease itself of its adversaries.” —Charles Spurgeon New Testament scholars agree that Jesus spoke about the kingdom of God more than anything else during his earthly ministry—more than one hundred times in fact. He used…
Movements “A movement is happening,” declares the subject line in a recent email. It doesn’t take but a few active brain cells to see the prolific use of this term, movement. Somewhere along the line the word movement has become the essential label for anything in the Christian world that represents itself as significant. This backdrop is critical…
Only Jesus can change a life. Do you remember the first time you heard the Gospel? I was in church nine months before I was born. That means church attendance was always a part of my life. I’m sure I heard about Jesus in the church nursery and in Sunday school as I was growing…
“As egg-headed as it may sound, our basic problem is our theology. The problem is our doctrine of salvation.” —Dallas Willard Why must we define the gospel today? Let’s start with a common scene that takes place in the counseling chambers of hundreds of pastors every day. Someone comes to the leader’s office and says,…
Discipleship-First Tribe, Last week we promoted an illustration about Jesus-style disciple making. We had a graphic designer modify an image that we had seen, but we could not remember where we had first seen it. With no trademark on it, we just assumed that someone created it for generic, personal use. With that assumption, we…
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