Disciple Making Shift #3 – From Professionals to Everyone Reaching the Lost
In our last post, we discovered the second shift to Jesus-style disciple making: from going to church to going to lost people. In this post, we’re going to discover Shift […]
Disciple Making Shift #2 – From Going to Church to Going to Lost People
In our last post, we discovered the first shift to Jesus-style disciple making: from seeing our identity as church members to seeing our identity as disciple makers. In this post, […]
Disciple Making Shift #1: From Church Members to Disciple Makers
Here’s the introduction to this series on 5 shifts to return to Jesus-style disciple making. First, here’s our problem: We want to make disciples but we have a problem. We […]
5 Shifts to Return to Jesus-Style Disciple Making
We all want to make disciples, but we’ve got a problem. Barna, a leading Christian research organization, found only 17% of professing Christians know what the Great Commission is. Exponential […]
The Stages of Disciple Making: Go and Make Disciples (Part 5)
(Here is Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 in this series on the stages of disciple making.) The fifth phase is the replication phase. Disciples need to be sent […]
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come Take Up Your Cross” (Part 4)
(Here is Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in this series on the stages of disciple making.) The fourth phase is often a make-it or break-it phase. Scholars of the […]
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come and Be with Me” (Part 3)
(Here is Part 1 and Part 2 in this series.) The third phase in which Jesus raised up disciple makers is punctuated by a night of prayer. Luke 6:12-13 shows […]
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come and Follow Me” (Part 2)
(For Part 1, “Come and See,” click here.) The next phase in Jesus’ strategy to develop disciple makers occurred when he moved from Nazareth to Capernaum. This town becomes the […]
