Most churches do a great job of making partially trained disciples. Only a few make fully trained disciples. In fact, I’m guessing only a few churches even understand the concept of a “fully trained” disciple. Let’s start with the words of Jesus in Luke 6:40: “A...
The answer is “yes!” Your church can be a multiplying movement. In my last blog I discussed four essential questions you need to ask concerning your church. The first question was whether or not your church was a movement of addition or multiplication. To be clear,...
Good leaders understand a necessary part of their job is leading change. They understand the need for change and they have the desire to lead it, but often they face major obstacles in bringing it about. Barriers to change can cause even the best leader a great deal...
Prior to His ascension, Jesus gathered the eleven disciples to a mountain in Galilee to give them final instructions. These instructions were simply a commission to make disciples by teaching people in all nations to obey the commands of Jesus and be baptized after...
Summits are meant to be climbed. They are meant to be climbed up and climbed down. Once you have made it to the top of the Summit and accomplished your goal, you have to make your way back down the mountain and begin a new goal. This past week many of you came to the...
My first real experience with disciple making came in my early twenties. I had been asked to lead a beach retreat for the youth group my girlfriend (now wife) was leading. It was an incredible week and a true revival broke out in that small group of a few dozen young...
