Six Discipleship Practices
I challenge you to evaluate your discipleship practices with these six. Where do you need to strengthen your practices?
Tag: multiplication
What Is Missing from Our Disciple-Making?
Today I am reviewing a book that had a strong impact on my paradigm for disciple-making and Sunday School. The book is T4T: A Discipleship ReRevolution by Steve Smith and Ying Kai. The book is about evangelism, disciple-making, and church planting. My review reminded me how frequently we try to…
Help Your Disciple Begin Discipling
You have invested months in your disciple. You have gotten to know and trust each other. You have walked through life experiences together. You have have seen your disciple grow in his/her relationship with God and his/her understanding of being a disciple. Now what? Before you release your disciple hoping…
Sam Newman: A Disciple-Making Story of Two Bens, Part 1
Want A Sandwich? Since becoming more intentional in making disciples that make disciples, God has blessed me with twelve guys to do life with one-on-one. He has also blessed my wife and me with two different couples that we have worked with together couple-to-couple. Two of the twelve guys share the…
Toby DeHay: How Discipleship Is Impacting Concord, Part 1
Toby DeHay Testimony Multiplication: We are starting to see the fruit of multiplication through discipleship. Multiplication does not happen until the third generation and we have seen some of that at Concord. We have several men and women who have been discipled, and have discipled, or are now discipling, someone…
Sam Newman: A Disciple Making Journey, Part 2
Sam Newman Testimony During the fall of 2014, I then began to pray for a group of 10 or less Christians in my church who had servant hearts and were teachable and open to learning how to disciple someone one-on-one to the point where their Timothys would go out and…
Are You a Convert, a Disciple, or a Disciple-Maker?
From the beginning, let me be clear. I am not trying to judge or brand anyone. I am simply asking a question for mutual self-assessment. Allow me to clarify the terms: CONVERT. The root of the word points toward “one who turns” or “one who changes.” A convert has turned…
Boldly Go Where Others Have Gone Before Us
During the National Disciple Making Forum earlier this month, I attended four conferences led by Craig Etheredge, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Colleyville, TX. In those conferences, he shared his experiences which formed seven steps (bold moves) necessary to transition a church to become an intentional disciple-making church. Those seven…
Where Does Evangelism End and Discipleship Begin?
Where does evangelism end and discipleship begin? Some would say the dividing line is salvation, but check out the Great Commission where Jesus says, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching…
A Test of Our Disciple-making: Multiplication
What is the fruit of our disciple-making efforts? Are we bearing fruit? Are we bearing good fruit? Are we bearing much fruit? In my study today, I ran across a passage from which I have preached. One verse began to echo in my mind: Every tree that doesn’t produce good…
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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What Is Missing from Our Disciple-Making?
Today I am reviewing a book that had a strong impact on my paradigm for disciple-making and Sunday School. The book is T4T: A Discipleship ReRevolution by Steve Smith and Ying Kai. The book is about evangelism, disciple-making, and church planting. My review reminded me how frequently we try to…
Help Your Disciple Begin Discipling
You have invested months in your disciple. You have gotten to know and trust each other. You have walked through life experiences together. You have have seen your disciple grow in his/her relationship with God and his/her understanding of being a disciple. Now what? Before you release your disciple hoping…
Sam Newman: A Disciple-Making Story of Two Bens, Part 1
Want A Sandwich? Since becoming more intentional in making disciples that make disciples, God has blessed me with twelve guys to do life with one-on-one. He has also blessed my wife and me with two different couples that we have worked with together couple-to-couple. Two of the twelve guys share the…
Toby DeHay: How Discipleship Is Impacting Concord, Part 1
Toby DeHay Testimony Multiplication: We are starting to see the fruit of multiplication through discipleship. Multiplication does not happen until the third generation and we have seen some of that at Concord. We have several men and women who have been discipled, and have discipled, or are now discipling, someone…
Sam Newman: A Disciple Making Journey, Part 2
Sam Newman Testimony During the fall of 2014, I then began to pray for a group of 10 or less Christians in my church who had servant hearts and were teachable and open to learning how to disciple someone one-on-one to the point where their Timothys would go out and…
Are You a Convert, a Disciple, or a Disciple-Maker?
From the beginning, let me be clear. I am not trying to judge or brand anyone. I am simply asking a question for mutual self-assessment. Allow me to clarify the terms: CONVERT. The root of the word points toward “one who turns” or “one who changes.” A convert has turned…
Boldly Go Where Others Have Gone Before Us
During the National Disciple Making Forum earlier this month, I attended four conferences led by Craig Etheredge, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Colleyville, TX. In those conferences, he shared his experiences which formed seven steps (bold moves) necessary to transition a church to become an intentional disciple-making church. Those seven…
Where Does Evangelism End and Discipleship Begin?
Where does evangelism end and discipleship begin? Some would say the dividing line is salvation, but check out the Great Commission where Jesus says, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching…
A Test of Our Disciple-making: Multiplication
What is the fruit of our disciple-making efforts? Are we bearing fruit? Are we bearing good fruit? Are we bearing much fruit? In my study today, I ran across a passage from which I have preached. One verse began to echo in my mind: Every tree that doesn’t produce good…
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.
Order Your Copy Today!