Author: Darryl Wilson
Simple Four-Step Conversational Disciple-Making
Too frequently I find church leaders complicating the simple. Disciple-making is one place where I see complexity too often. Keep it simple! I want to suggest four simple steps for a disciple-maker to invest in his disciple(s) one-on-one or in D-groups (discipleship groups no larger than 5 including the leader).…
Consumption Is Not Discipleship
In their book, Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development, Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck focus on the importance of leadership in and through the church. They believe leadership development requires a strong conviction to develop leaders, a healthy culture for leadership development, and helpful constructs to build leaders…
Disciple-Making Encounters Releases Today
My book, Disciple-Making Encounters: Revolutionary Sunday School, released today. What does a book about Sunday School have to do with discipleship? Sunday School and small groups are a natural part of a church’s discipleship strategy. We should strive to lead our groups to be as effective as possible in making…
Which Is Better: 1-on-1, D-Group, or Small Group?
Kandi Gallaty about What Is Discipleship
4 Chair Discipling, Dann Spader, April 20
Holy Spirit POWER in Discipleship
In Appendix 2 of Dann Spader’s book, 4 Chair Discipling, Dann shares five phases of Jesus’ ministry and their implications for ministry (and discipleship) leadership. The five phases include Phase 1: Preparation Period Phase 2: Ministry Foundations Phase 3: Ministry Training Phase 4: Multiplied Outreach Phase 5: Movement Expansion. In…
Three Results of Discipleship
I am reading a short book by Will Mancini entitled Innovating Discipleship: Four Paths to Real Discipleship Results. Chapters 1-3 are available here. In chapter two, Mancini shares about three kinds of results and his definitions Input results: focused on the number of people and dollars that come into a…