On Nov 10, 5-8 PM at Cold Spring First Baptist Church, DNKY has invited John McClendon to share from his book, The Disciplemaking Dashboard, before a panel discusses disciplemaking cohorts. John has served as discipleship pastor, consultant and trainer for Lifeway, and executive director for the national organization, Disciple Leaders Network.
What is the source of your doctrine? It is a catechism, statement of faith, or a trusted pastor? No matter the source, I encourage you to compare it to the ultimate, trustworthy source for doctrine: God’s Word.
This year’s Boomer & Senior Celebrations will inspire you in worship and entertain you with storytelling. The workshops will lead you to live out the theme, Paying It Forward. Bring a friend and come join us!
Terminology confusion abounds related to discipleship, discipling, and disciplemaking. Can you communicate the differences between the terms?
When you read Romans 12:1, what does it mean to present your bodies as a living sacrifice? Here is the verse:
No matter what you are teaching or modeling for your disciple, using review can take your efforts to the next level. Too often, review gets a bad rap. Review and testing were used so frequently during school years, that the mention of either may get groans from adults. So don’t…
If we want our church and Bible study groups to focus on reaching people far from God, we must create a culture that encourages and celebrates reaching people. Identify and remove obstacles from reaching your community. Discover attributes and actions of a reaching culture. Receive ideas for helping people turn…
In many of our churches, 80% of those who join disappear within 6 months. They visited and joined our churches with eagerness and enthusiasm. Some of these came to us from other churches. Others realized their need for Jesus as Savior and Lord. But something was missing. In the absence…
For the last five months, I have been serving as the Interim Discipleship Pastor for a nearby church. In that capacity, I recently led a five-week discipleship group through The Forge Bible Study on Wednesday nights. On Sunday following our final study together, I had arranged for 75 church members…
In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus commanded His disciples (us) as we are going (in the marketplace and life) to “make disciples of all nations.” Then He defined “make disciples” as (1) “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” and (2) “teaching…
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.
In John 13:34-35, three times Jesus said, “Love one another.” Your group is the ideal place to practice and launch the kind of love for one another that shows the world that we are His disciples.