Disciple Making in the Swamp
I had the opportunity to lead a group of forty University of Florida students in a time of disciple making training. It was an awesome time, and my wife and...
Six Priorities of a Disciple Making Pastor (Continued)
Disciple making pastors live by six major priorities. These six priorities are modeled by Jesus and the pattern for every pastor. The first three were explained in the previous post,...
Four Questions That Will Change Your Church
Most church leaders I talk to truly want the churches they lead to be effective at fulfilling the mission of Jesus. The problem is, they don’t really know where to...
Furniture Store Disciple Making
I had another "first" a few weeks ago. I was asked to lead a short Bible study in a furniture store where an elder in our church is employed. It...
Moving the Core to the Called
If I have heard it once, I have heard it a hundred times: “We need more leaders!” This is the cry I hear from pastors all the time. Almost every...
Moving the Community to the Core
I know lots of churches that are doing a good job assimilating people into community, but very few churches are good at moving people into a disciple making core. In...
Disciple Making in the Dominican Republic
After spending a week of training pastors and leaders in disciple making, I can tell you that the Church in the Dominican Republic is hungry to make disciples. Rarely do...
Moving the Crowd to Community
I’ve met some pastors over the years that seem content with drawing a crowd. If they have a good weekend service with plenty of people present, they have hit their...
Moving the Culture to the Crowd
There seems to be a lot of debate in the church world about the best way to reach people. The crazy thing is that the more we debate, the less...
It Really is Simple
Making disciples that make more disciples is not easy, but it's also not that complicated. In fact, one of the hardest things you will ever do is to try and...