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…
“Too many Christians have accepted an improper definition of spiritual maturity, rather than understanding God’s definition. And this improper definition is only causing frustration, disappointment, and chaos in their lives, not to mention the lives of those they are discipling.” I’m sure some of you may consider this a bold statement, and wonder how I came to…
Share your story in a compelling way. The Apostle Paul was on trial for his life. The charges against him were telling people that Jesus is King and calling everyone to trust and follow Him. However in a day when Caesar demanded ultimate loyalty, Paul’s message was a dangerous one. Standing in chains before King…
This is part of a two-part blog series. If you haven’t yet read Part 1, which contains trends 1-5, read it by clicking here. As I mentioned at the open of the last blog — the first five trends in Part 1 — we’ve seen some great, encouraging, and inspiring trends over the last year among…
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