Are our churches, groups, leaders, ministries, and organizational cultures reproducing healthy leaders? This is such a crucial aspect of disciple-making..Read more
Information alone won't lead to transformation. When you look at the equipping ministry of Jesus, and then consider common practices today.... Read More »
The Ignatians believed and taught that discernment (what to do and how to live within God’s mission) came out of an awareness of how God moved uniquely through their days, relationships...Read more
The life of a disciple who is committed to the mission of Jesus (making disciples in everyday life) is not one of addition but intention... Read More »
To help a community start to form a disciple-making strategy, we take our gospel foundation, gospel identity, and everyday rhythms and begin to put it all together.... Read More »
Jesus says it is by your fruit that you’ll know what’s going on inside your heart; it's out of the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.... Read More »
How do we learn to listen to the stories of the people God has put in our lives: our neighbors, coworkers, classmates, or those we do recreation with?.... Read More »
The first thing Jesus tells us to do when we make new disciples is to baptize them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit...... Read More »
Looking at Jesus’ life and the way He equipped His disciples for everyday ministry, we see that He didn’t merely inform but He taught in a way that led to transformation.... Read More »
Discipleship is a holistic enterprise. Any discipleship process that leads people to become more like Jesus will address the head, heart, and hands—what people know, what people feel and believe...Read more
Over the last few years, I’ve been increasingly convinced that forming resilient disciples in our culture is going to take a lot more than good Sunday services and healthy small groups...Read more
This five day “devotional” helps create a moment of pause and reflection with God while you consider your life within the church, listen to the Spirit, and ask: “What is God calling me to? How is He calling me to…
We don’t go to church; we are the church. Our goal is not to get people to just come to our church gatherings. Our goal is to remind and equip the Church, God’s people...Read More...
In Habakkuk 2:14, the prophet speaks of a day when “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”....Read More »
Over the years we’ve discovered that some key components to a good missional community are good collaboration and teamwork among a leadership team of at least four people...
Most communities do not have intentional conversations about how they are doing as a gospel community on mission, how they are growing, and how they sense God inviting them to grow in the coming season....Read more...
When coaching missional community leaders, it can be helpful to have a few good tools in your back pocket. We’ve made this “cheat sheet” to be just that...
The Strong Church video series and workbook are designed to assist you, a church elder or leader, in gaining holistic clarity about the state of your church....Read More »
A strong church is multiplying communities of disciples who know how to be with Jesus, are becoming like Jesus, and making disciples like Jesus in the everyday stuff of life....Read More »
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