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- 1. Are You Actively Imitating the Life and Teaching of Christ?
- "My disciple leaders did not excuse where I was, but neither did they judge me." —Chad Hood In Christianity, disciple means a dedicated follower of Jesus. A disciple in the ancient biblical world actively ...
- Created on 01 April 2020
- 2. This Daily Spiritual Discipline Will Transform Your Walk With Christ
- Of all of the disciplines in my life, there is one that is more stabilizing, fortifying and invigorating than all the others combined. I have learned over the years the importance of eating in a healthy ...
- Created on 21 February 2020
- 3. 4 Ways Leadership Should Support Your Church Discipleship Team ...
- One of the more common roles in a church is discipleship leader. A few years ago, as I was updating Planting Missional Churches for its next edition, Daniel Im and I listed discipleship coordinator as ...
- Created on 18 February 2020
- 4. The 2 Roles You Must Embrace to Fulfill the Great Commission
- What does it look like to save the lost? Is it evangelism, bringing the life of our risen Savior to those still dead in their sins? Or is it discipleship, teaching rescued souls how to live abundant lives, ...
- Created on 28 January 2020
- 5. These Spiritual Disciplines Will Position You for 2020 Victories
- January is a strategic month in a believer's life. It is an opportunity to begin again, to renew one's commitment to ministry and to ask God for new vision. January presents the hope that certain things ...
- Created on 09 January 2020
- 6. Why We Should All Join Team Kanye West
- I am not a divider, but I diligently try to be a uniter. I refuse to be a critic, but I will always choose to be an encourager. I endeavor, especially on social media and in my writing, to be a voice of ...
- Created on 21 November 2019
- 7. How You Can Beat the Technological Age of Outrage
- ... to this change. There is a technology discipleship gap between the importance of technology in our daily lives and how effective Christian leaders are at discipling their people in proper technology usage. ...
- Created on 11 November 2019
- 8. 3 Major Changes That Stewardship Can Make in Your Discipleship ...
- Discipleship and stewardship are terms we hear often in church. But they aren't often used together. There's a link between discipleship and stewardship, however, and it's not one to miss. Greg Ogden expla ...
- Created on 05 November 2019
- 9. 3 Ways to Move Your Congregation to More Effective Evangelism
- Too often, people view the connection between discipleship and evangelism in one of two ways: Either they inseparably lump them into one category, or one gets relegated to the wastelands of our faith life. ...
- Created on 08 October 2019
- 10. How Is Your Church Mobilizing a Spiritual Army?
- Every week, you have an audience who gathers to worship, listens to preaching and considers being on mission in the community and around the world. However, it's not an audience you need. To impact your ...
- Created on 18 September 2019
- 11. How Your Church Can Make Men Feel Like They Belong
- ... ministry. A philosophy of ministry that says discipleship is your portal priority puts first things first and encourages you to always focus on discipling men's hearts instead of correcting their behavi ...
- Created on 17 September 2019
- 12. 9 Things to Do When a New Believer Comes to Your Church
- ... y levels: Establishing follow-up discipleship of that new believer. Developing a new believer follow-up process in your church. Training others how to disciple new believers. This is worth your time, so ...
- Created on 05 September 2019
- 13. Why the Church Needs to Invest in 'FAT' Men
- ... cares for those threatened by death. He feeds the hungry. This passage illustrates a basic rule for discipleship: Love your weak men, and disciple the strong. A good shepherd goes after those that are thr ...
- Created on 27 August 2019
- 14. 7 Reasons Small Groups Lose Their Original Focus
- My evidence is anecdotal, but my experience is that many, if not most, Sunday school classes or small groups turn inward at some point. Even those that start with the strongest outward focus sometimes ...
- Created on 23 August 2019
- 15. Survey: Few Churchgoers Read the Bible Every Day
- Christians say the Bible is God's Word, but even among Protestant churchgoers only a third spend time reading it every day. The 2019 Discipleship Pathway Assessment study from Nashville-based LifeWay Researc ...
- Created on 08 July 2019
- 16. Pastors, This Must Be the Main Goal of Your Preaching
- Would you agree that preaching and teaching can make or break a church? Preaching is the most powerful tool for directing a church, for creating health, for encouraging vitality and for promoting growth. ...
- Created on 03 July 2019
- 17. Churchgoers Disagree on How Visible Their Faith Should Be
- Spiritual topics aren't a part of regular conversations with fellow believers for many Protestant churchgoers, but most seem at least somewhat confident others know they're a Christian. The 2019 Disciplesh ...
- Created on 25 June 2019
- 18. 7 Ways to Prepare a Spirit-Anointed Training Encounter for Your Small Group
- Let's discuss how to prepare for a Spirit-anointed class time and the seven ingredients within a Spirit-anointed small group meeting. If I can identify and define these steps, I can pursue them. I don't ...
- Created on 10 June 2019
- 19. Study: Most Churchgoers Build Relationships Without Discipleship ...
- Building relationships with other believers seems to come naturally to Protestant churchgoers, however, for many, those relationships are built apart from Bible study and spiritual growth. The 2019 Discipleship ...
- Created on 20 May 2019
- 20. Why the Church Cannot Survive Without the Older Generations
- In 1 Kings 12:1-15, King Rehoboam sabotaged the nation of Israel when he rejected the advice of his elders and instead only listened to his young friends and advisors. Kevin Jessip recently said on The ...
- Created on 07 March 2019
