Connect and Move: Discipleship Essentials
Connect and move are discipleship essentials. They are the heartbeats of discipleship. Stop and consider your discipleship and disciple-making efforts.
Category: Assimilation Helpful tips on connecting newcomers and new members to the life of the church.
No Engagement = No Disciple-making
Engagement is all about care. Jesus cared for his disciples & challenged them/us to love one another. He modeled agape love beyond culture in life & death.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 3
In some churches half of members are inactive disciples. Many have not attended in years. I will share steps in the effort toward restoration.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 2
Agree upon definitions for inactive church members. Then raise the spiritual temperature in the church for restoration of them.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 1
In some churches half of members are inactive disciples. Many have not attended in years. As a result, access to these individuals is frequently difficult.
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 2
Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. A planning team is needed.
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 1
Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. A planning team is needed.
Increasing the Likelihood of Guests to Return
Would you like to increase second time guests? I read new member survey results from some Georgia churches in another denomination. The survey asked the question, “What brought you back to the church for your second visit?” Here were the responses: 44% said it was the warm inviting nature of…
Discipling Those Who Irregularly Attend
How do you disciple people who don’t show up? How much can preaching, Sunday School, or small groups help new Christians and disciples grow when they are irregularly present? Commitment is a sign of maturing but is often missing today. In Why Church Members Are Attending Less Frequently, Thom Rainer lists…
Evaluation of New Member Assimilation
Simply stated, assimilation is the process of new people becoming part of a group. Assimilation efforts begin with relationship-building and evangelism efforts prior to joining a church and continue in connecting, discipling, and mobilizing efforts as part of the body of Christ. So new member assimilation begins the moment a…
Order Copies of Discipling and Caring
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.
Helpful tips on connecting newcomers and new members to the life of the church.
No Engagement = No Disciple-making
Engagement is all about care. Jesus cared for his disciples & challenged them/us to love one another. He modeled agape love beyond culture in life & death.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 3
In some churches half of members are inactive disciples. Many have not attended in years. I will share steps in the effort toward restoration.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 2
Agree upon definitions for inactive church members. Then raise the spiritual temperature in the church for restoration of them.
Restoring Inactive Disciples, Part 1
In some churches half of members are inactive disciples. Many have not attended in years. As a result, access to these individuals is frequently difficult.
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 2
Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. A planning team is needed.
Discipleship Planning Team, Part 1
Too often churches enlist a key leader, such as a discipleship director, to do all the discipleship work. A planning team is needed.
Increasing the Likelihood of Guests to Return
Would you like to increase second time guests? I read new member survey results from some Georgia churches in another denomination. The survey asked the question, “What brought you back to the church for your second visit?” Here were the responses: 44% said it was the warm inviting nature of…
Discipling Those Who Irregularly Attend
How do you disciple people who don’t show up? How much can preaching, Sunday School, or small groups help new Christians and disciples grow when they are irregularly present? Commitment is a sign of maturing but is often missing today. In Why Church Members Are Attending Less Frequently, Thom Rainer lists…
Evaluation of New Member Assimilation
Simply stated, assimilation is the process of new people becoming part of a group. Assimilation efforts begin with relationship-building and evangelism efforts prior to joining a church and continue in connecting, discipling, and mobilizing efforts as part of the body of Christ. So new member assimilation begins the moment a…
Order Copies of Discipling and Caring
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.
