Money Matters: An Important Discipleship Issue
Money matters. Don’t worship it! Take the time to get this right. It will change your discipleship. It will change your life!
Online Discipling When Live Is Impossible
Sometimes the leader has to travel or the disciple is sick. My question in this day of technology is why cancel? Why not consider online discipling?
Difficult People to Disciple
Discipling requires relationships, and relationships can be messy. That means some efforts to disciple will be with difficult people. Don’t give up.
Adding Another Disciple
What can you do when you receive an request for adding another disciple and your schedule is already full? What are the options in order to ensure the disciple does not lose interest? How can you avoid spreading yourself too thin? Options Several options come to mind. Consider the following:…
The Danger of Leadership Development
A common response to lacking leaders is to provide leadership development. But training leaders should ideally follow disciple-making.
Atrophy Evidence in the Church Body
While recovering from atrophy is time-consuming and painful, it is worth doing. Ignoring atrophy results in permanent loss.
How Do You Measure Surrender?
Even the losing side can win through surrender. Fighting ceases. Healing is possible. Recovery begins. Redirection of energy and resources starts.
Disciple-Making Evidence
What evidence would you expect to find that a person has become a disciple of Jesus Christ or in assessing spiritual progress?
Discipleship Equation: Relationship + Skills >>> Character + Obedience
What discipleship activities would feed this equation? What church programs provide opportunities for these elements to feed into disciples’ experiences?
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.
