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What the Navigators Have Learned in 85 Years of Making Disciples

What the Navigators Have Learned in 85 Years of Making Disciples

To the Discipleship-First Community, Disciple making is the greatest mission in the world. Yet it is also a tricky and sometimes difficult one. That’s why we should always look to those who have been doing it for a long time. They have much wisdom to offer. Dawson Trotman founded the Navigators in 1933 with the single…

Evangelism and Discipleship: Can They Effectively Work Together?

Evangelism and Discipleship: Can They Effectively Work Together?

The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Evangelism or Discipleship. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. “The simple program of Christ for winning the whole world is to make each person He touches magnetic enough with love to draw others.” —Frank Laubach1 Over the years of doing and leading ministry…

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Fill Your Seats. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. Mention the word “discipleship,” and we come out of the woodwork. We hear things like, “Check out our tool,” “We have an incredible course,” “Read my book,” or “Follow our process.” All good…

Learn More at this Year’s Pre-Forum Gatherings  Copy

Learn More at this Year’s Pre-Forum Gatherings Copy

  Influential leaders have compelling beliefs, convictions, and a vision for God’s church. Networks are started by influential leaders with a broad reach. Think of people like Alexander Campbell, John Wesley, or, in our time, Shodankeh Johnson (in Sierra Leone). These are visionary men, strong, bold and full of faith. They are essential for large-scale…

If you had no fear, how would you go make disciples?

If you had no fear, how would you go make disciples?

The prospect of making disciples of Jesus fills many people with fear, and if we’re honest, many ministers and pastors feel the anxiety in themselves, too! I know I’m sometimes tempted to be afraid… whether because of past hurts or struggles to get through or various other challenges. We know that many of our unchurched…

4 Crucial Qualities of a Small Group Leader

4 Crucial Qualities of a Small Group Leader

Small Group Leaders play a vital role in accomplishing the mission and vision of your church. They help create and develop environments in which members can connect with God and each other for the purpose of discipleship. They present an example and model of what being a disciple of Jesus looks like in action. Because of the influence they have,…

Shifting From Inviting To to Inviting Along

Shifting From Inviting To to Inviting Along

The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Inviting Along. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. We are only able to understand what someone is communicating to us by using the way of thinking and understanding that comes naturally to us. We process through our current paradigm, not the paradigm…

How Do We Facilitate Unity Among Christians?

How Do We Facilitate Unity Among Christians?

Our mission is to help people like you to understand and practice Jesus’ style disciple making in their context. I was surprised to discover, shortly after we started Discipleship.org, that with this focus, we had started a unity movement. Let me explain…. …people from all denominational backgrounds easily rally together around Jesus’ method of discipleship….

Shifting from Discipleship Programs to Purpose

Shifting from Discipleship Programs to Purpose

When Jesus said to go and make disciples, he defined his methodology by his own example. Jesus’s methods were more involved than just standing up in front of people and teaching them biblical truth. He walked alongside people – holding conversations with them through the course of the day. He held them accountable and demonstrated truth to…

Discipleship that Works – with Robby Gallaty

Discipleship that Works – with Robby Gallaty

Robby Gallaty PhD, is a popular speaker, author, and the founder of Replicate Ministries (a discipleship ministry). He also is the lead pastor of a church with over 8,000 people in attendance each week that increasingly is focusing on disciple making. Pastor Robby will discuss the practical ways churches can implement effective disciple making that…

Shifting From Having Answers to Asking Questions

Shifting From Having Answers to Asking Questions

The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Inviting Along. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. Martin B. Copenhaver wrote a book called Jesus Is the Question. The premise of this book is simply that Jesus asked questions approximately 10 times more often than He gave answers. His disciple-making efforts…

Limited time: 50% off the National Disciple Making Forum tickets….

Limited time: 50% off the National Disciple Making Forum tickets….

Our churches are often suffering from a lack of fully-formed disciples because, in part, there is a large divide in our thinking — a divide between evangelism (the announcing that God has made a way back to him) and discipleship (the intentional guiding of others’ lives to trust and follow Jesus). We believe this is…

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