How do we grow our members from converts to disciples? How do we lead our churches in the process of growing disciples? In the first part we said that this process is not automatic. If we don’t have a discipleship process/plan in place we are presuming that it will just happen. Many churches have yet [...]
March 24, 2009 – 12:20 pm
How do you grow your members from converts to disciples? We often think the whole process is automatic. People will find out for themselves how to grow in their faith. NOT! If we don’t have a discipleship process in place we are presuming that it will just happen. It’s as if our churches are on [...]
This is part three of implementing a Discipleship Design in your church. I would love to hear some of your thoughts and ideas! Here are some challenges we face as we seek to grow our discipleship ministry. I faced these as a pastor and believe they are germane to most churches. Hit or Miss Mentality [...]
In our last blog, we talked about three reasons to develop a discipleship strategy in your church. Reason one was…Jesus said so. Reason two…It Works. Reason three…It stops fall out by maturing your people. Now let’s look at some practical helps to jump-start your discipleship ministry. First, know that every discipleship strategy will look different [...]
“We desperately need more leaders working in our church today,” the minister of education complained at the Monday morning staff meeting at First Baptist Everywhere Church. “You are right on target; we’re burning out the 20% that are doing 80% of the church’s work,” chimed in the youth pastor. “My heart is burdened over the [...]
Today, I say hello as the new writer of this blog. Let me briefly share who I am. My role at the KBC is South Central strategist/discipleship/assimilation coordinator. OK it is a long, long title, but frankly I’m not in to titles and you probably aren’t either. Simply put, I am here to help churches [...]