Category: Discipleship
Fear
by Craig Etheredge: Fear can hold you back, but the Spirit can make you bold. Probably the biggest excuse that keeps us from talking about Jesus is fear. We are afraid to talk to someone we don’t know. We are afraid of how they will respond. We are afraid of […]
Why Do Small Groups Exist?
by Justin Gravitt: Recently I’ve been using two sneaky questions to ask pastors and small group participants why small groups exist at all. The question I ask pastors is, “I know nearly every church has them, but what Scriptural examples are there of small groups?” Most take me to Scriptures […]
Essentials of Discipleship Groups: Reproduction and Commitment
by Dylan Young: My grandmother used to make a seriously delicious barbecue sauce. It has been used in many meals for years and years in the Young household. Everyone in the family loves that sauce and Praise the Lord my dad made sure he got the recipe from her before […]
What Should I Do When I Disciple Someone?
by Justin Gravitt: Do you struggle to know what to do with the person you disciple? Most do. To solve the problem many people simply work through the hottest discipleship curriculum. After that the disciple is challenged to find someone else to “disciple” (i.e. go through the curriculum with). All […]
How Do You Plan to Make Disciples?
Home > Blog > How Do You Plan to Make Disciples? January 15, 2020 How Do You Plan to Make Disciples? By New Churches Team In Constant Pursuit Chris Hruska co-pastors City Life Church in Omaha, Nebraska, with Gavin Johnson. Both Chris and Gavin got their start in college ministry. […]
Pastor, Are You Making Disciples?
by Impact Discipleship Ministries: Here is one question every pastor ought to ask: “Who are you discipling?” If the mission of the Church is to make disciples, then every pastor ought to be making them. Every pastor ought to be personally engaged in the mission of making disciples. Why are […]
The Paradigm Shift of Disciple Making
by Craig Etheredge: Dietrich Bonhoeffer grew up in an upper middle-class German family of doctors and scientists. So when he told his parents that he wanted to study theology, they were not that excited. Dietrich later became one of the world’s foremost theologians and thinkers of the 20th century. He […]
Metrics That Matter in 2020
.et_post_meta_wrapper God did not bring us this far just to bring us this far. by Portable Church Industries: While we are humbled by the impact we have made for the Kingdom over the last 25 years, we are pumped about what God can do through us over the next 25. […]
Three Ways for the Church to Seek Peace
Home > Blog > Three Ways for the Church to Seek Peace Three Ways for the Church to Seek Peace By Josh Laxton The influence of Christianity upon Western society seemingly has become a past experiment. As the Enlightenment experience failed—failing to eliminate all societal ills and bring about a […]
Dangerous Disciples
by Impact Discipleship Ministries: I don’t know about you, but I want to be a dangerous disciple. I want to be the kind of disciple that Satan hates to see coming, the kind of disciple that the demons are trying to figure out how to slow down. I want to become […]