Discipleship is the Core Mission of the Church

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In this ebook we want to get at the heartbeat of what a church is all about. What does God want us to do? What is our purpose? Where are we going?

The challenge is that the Bible does not come out and state the one true mission of the church in a verse that everyone agrees is a mission statement. In truth, there are various aspects to any sense of purpose or mission for the church in the New Testament. While grasping these important nuances, we believe that relational discipleship is the best understanding of a church’s core purpose. In this ebook you will find that this concept of our mission can provide the best foundation for everything in the church. And when stated properly, discipleship gives room to emphasize the different shades or expressions of mission that emerge in different parts of the Bible and church life.

Bobby Harrington is the executive director of Discipleship.org. He is the founding and lead pastor of Harpeth Christian Church (by the Harpeth River, just outside of Nashville, TN). He is an experienced church planter, coach of church leaders (through many years of ministry with Stadia and Church Coaching Solutions), and he is the author of several books on discipleship, including DiscipleShift that he co-wrote with Jim Putman and Robert E. Coleman, Dedicated: Training Your Children to Trust and Follow Jesus and Discipleship That Fits: The Five Kinds of Relationships God Uses to Help Us Grow, co-written with Alex Absalom.

Bobby has studied at such places as the University of Calgary, Harding School of Theology, Regent College (in Canada), Asbury Seminary, and Princeton University. He has a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Consulting (under Thom Rainer). He and his lovely wife Cindy have two grown children who trust and follow Jesus.