The Danger of Leadership Development
A common response to lacking leaders is to provide leadership development. But training leaders should ideally follow disciple-making.
Category: Leadership
Discipleship Consultation: Your Next Step
Because the needs and availability of pastors, discipleship leaders, and churches vary, the ways that a consultation can be delivered must also vary.
Discipleship at EQUIP Tour 2019
Would you like to improve your overall church health? Do you need help equipping leaders? EQUIP TOUR 2019 will help you sharpen your leaders’ effectiveness.
The Fruit of Your Disciple-making
Let me ask three questions. First, what is the fruit of an orange tree? In groups, I have heard answers of “an orange” and “seeds.” Some might also say that the tree produces leaves, shade, and a little windbreak–so these would be fruit of sorts. And each of those answers are at…
Disciple-making Vision
Do you have a personal disciple-making vision? Does your church have a disciple-making vision? Vision starts with God.
What Is Your Disciple-Making Mission?
What Is Your Disciple-Making Mission? Would you mind pressing the pause button long enough to write down an answer to the title’s question? For what did God place you on earth? To whom has God sent you? What is your purpose? For what has He prepared you? For what has He…
Is What You Are Doing Contributing to Disciple-Making?
I ask this question with full intention for it be applied in two directions. First, what are you personally doing that is contributing to disciple-making? Jesus’ command to “make disciples of all nations” applies to you and me as well as to the church as a whole. A corollary question…
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 3
In this three-part series, I have introduced and explained the value of a discipleship planning team. In Part 1, I suggested scaling the planning team down or up to your church size. I also shared six key planning team focus areas: community relations, first impressions, new members, group connections, serving together,…
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 2
In this three-part series, I am introducing and explaining the value of a discipleship planning team. Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. The work is often too large for one person. In Part 1, I mentioned scaling the…
Just Start Discipling
What is the key missing ingredient in disciple-making? Is it lack of leaders being discipled? Is it a spiritual problem? Is it sin? Is it lack of good materials? Is it lack of a reproducible model? Is it the lack of a strategy? All of the above contribute. But I…
Disciple-Making Encounters
Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.
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Discipleship Consultation: Your Next Step
Because the needs and availability of pastors, discipleship leaders, and churches vary, the ways that a consultation can be delivered must also vary.
Discipleship at EQUIP Tour 2019
Would you like to improve your overall church health? Do you need help equipping leaders? EQUIP TOUR 2019 will help you sharpen your leaders’ effectiveness.
The Fruit of Your Disciple-making
Let me ask three questions. First, what is the fruit of an orange tree? In groups, I have heard answers of “an orange” and “seeds.” Some might also say that the tree produces leaves, shade, and a little windbreak–so these would be fruit of sorts. And each of those answers are at…
Disciple-making Vision
Do you have a personal disciple-making vision? Does your church have a disciple-making vision? Vision starts with God.
What Is Your Disciple-Making Mission?
What Is Your Disciple-Making Mission? Would you mind pressing the pause button long enough to write down an answer to the title’s question? For what did God place you on earth? To whom has God sent you? What is your purpose? For what has He prepared you? For what has He…
Is What You Are Doing Contributing to Disciple-Making?
I ask this question with full intention for it be applied in two directions. First, what are you personally doing that is contributing to disciple-making? Jesus’ command to “make disciples of all nations” applies to you and me as well as to the church as a whole. A corollary question…
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 3
In this three-part series, I have introduced and explained the value of a discipleship planning team. In Part 1, I suggested scaling the planning team down or up to your church size. I also shared six key planning team focus areas: community relations, first impressions, new members, group connections, serving together,…
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 2
In this three-part series, I am introducing and explaining the value of a discipleship planning team. Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. The work is often too large for one person. In Part 1, I mentioned scaling the…
Just Start Discipling
What is the key missing ingredient in disciple-making? Is it lack of leaders being discipled? Is it a spiritual problem? Is it sin? Is it lack of good materials? Is it lack of a reproducible model? Is it the lack of a strategy? All of the above contribute. But I…
Disciple-Making Encounters
Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.
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