Discipleship That Leads to Transformation
Information alone won't lead to transformation. When you look at the equipping ministry of Jesus, and then consider common practices today.... Read More »
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Missional Examen
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
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Reading God’s Word
This video provides an example for how we might train people to read God’s Word with a gospel paradigm... Read More »
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Listening to God
This video provides an example for how we might train people in the practice of listening to God... Read More »
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BLESS Rhythms
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 »
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Gospel Identity in Everyday Rhythms
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 »
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Fruit to Root
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 »
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Listening to Others’ Stories
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 »
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Jesus as Hero
As we’re establishing disciples and equipping them to be disciples who make disciples, we need to train them in how to tell their story....Read More »
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Gospel Paradigm
Giving disciples of Jesus a strong gospel foundation is crucial, and that includes helping people form a biblical worldview... Read More »
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Gospel Identity
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 »
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Gospel Power & Purpose
As you think about building your discipleship pathway, one of the most important things is laying a strong gospel foundation.... Read More »
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DEEPER Training
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 »
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Disciple-Making Pathway Overview
One of the most important things for a leader to think through is the process of making new disciples of Jesus Christ..... Read More »
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Overview
12 session video series to build a discipleship pathway in your context. Learn More
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Head, Heart, & Hands Discipleship
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
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Rhythms for Intentional Discipleship
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
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Spirit Lead
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…
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Gospel City Hubs
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...
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Part One
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 »
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Part Two
We believe that the vision of gospel saturation will best be served through the formation of a gospel saturation hub.....Read More »
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Part Three
As we look to form gospel saturation hubs in cities and regions, we realize not all of them are going to look the same. ....Read More »
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Finding Jesus in the Waiting
This Advent, we invite you and your community to work through the “O Antiphons” during your weekly community gatherings. ....Read more...
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4 Leadership Perspectives
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...
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Community Health Exercise
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...
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Coaching Cheat Sheet
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...
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Strong Church: Overview
15 session video series + workbook to strengthen your church towards greater faithfulness and fruitfulness.
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Introduction
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 »
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Jesus Centered
A strong church is founded on Christ and the Apostles’ teaching.... Read More »
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Theological Vision
A strong church is consistently reinforced by a clear, theological vision throughout the culture.... Read More »
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Spirit & Prayer
A strong church is growing in Spirit-dependence and corporate prayer....Read More »
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Mission
A strong church is equipped, accountable, and fervent in reaching not-yet-believers through corporate and personal evangelism.... Read More »
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Leadership Development
A strong church is developing an increasingly godly, diverse, and competent leadership core.... Read More »
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Contextualized & Diverse
A strong church is contextualized and diverse, reflecting the community where it’s planted....Read More »
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Missional Communities
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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Sunday Gatherings
A strong church is exalting Christ and equipping the saints in regular worship gatherings built on robust gospel liturgies....Read More »
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