It is one thing to have a few discipleship groups, but how does disciple making become the practice of your church? Glenn Ogden, Bev Garcia, and Jim Moyer from Global Discipleship Initiative encouraged those of us that are shifting our churches into disciple-making cultures shared the transformational story of the Camarillo Church.
Craig Etheredge and Glenn Underhill from discipleFIRST continued to teach us about pouring into the leaders that pour into other leaders: how to avoid becoming the solution to everything within your ministry while training others to carry the torch with you and teaching them to bring along others to do the same.
Craig Etheredge and Glenn Underhill from discipleFIRST encouraged us about how to disciple the disciple maker, the leader of leaders, and reminded us that if we lose our shepherd's heart, we become hopeless.
Craig Etheredge and Glenn Underhill from discipleFIRST teach us how to assess where a person lands on a leadership scale and the best way to raise up leaders with longevity who empty themselves to pour into others.
Will Smith from e3Partners talked to us about engaging every people and place with the gospel.
Corey Spinks from e3Partners talked about the fact that if Jesus had a discipleship plan (and he did) then so should we.
Stephen Kimbrell (director of podcast production for The Bonhoeffer Project ) talks with us about pushing past the knowledge of disciple-making and into the application and implementation of disciple-making in your setting.
Cindy and Carmelita from The Bonhoeffer Project talked with us about the importance of taking care of our souls and making sure we're Spirit-full before pouring into others. Otherwise, we will burn out quick.
Dan Leitz and Jim Thomas from The Bonhoeffer Project talk about the importance of defining the terms we're using while discipling other or else we might end up confusing our people later on down the road.
Bill Hull (co-founder of The Bonhoeffer Project ) talked to us about the difference in the mental assent Gospel and the real Gospel and how we need to have a higher calling on ourselves and those we are discipling to make sure we're aware upfront of the costs involved in following Jesus.
In this episode, David Roadcup of TCM International shares the utmost importance of spiritual formation inside of ourselves, our leaders, and the members of our church. We can't just convert people to Christ, we have to help them let the Holy Spirit transform their lives from the inside out to look like Christ.
In this episode, David Roadcup of TCM International exhorts us to spend time in prayer before we begin discipling others, and how to begin your small group with the expectation that everyone will one day lead their own discipleship group.
In this episode, David Roadcup of TCM International walks us through seven of the absolute most critical elements of Jesus’ method of discipleship and gives us practical examples of how to do this in real life.
David Roadcup from TCM International talked with us about Discipling for Transformation and Reproduction. In this episode he dives into why and how to keep yourself spiritually full in order to disciple people well.
The smallcircle mobile and web app is listed on the Top 10 list of tools by discipleship.org. This session will unfold the smallcircle app which is making an impact around the world. The smallcircle app is a free download and can be found on both Google and Apple app stores. Find out how technology can be a strong asset in every disciple-making setting. Download the app here .
A disciple is not made through information transfer. No one knew this better than Jesus. For example, imagine integrating real life experiences (we call them labs) in disciple-making like Jesus did when he asked Peter to get out of the boat. Do you think Peter ever forgot that experience? You will walk out of this session with a broad collection of real-life labs that you can build into your disciple-making experience. These labs will lift your disciple-making way beyond information transfer. Ch...
In this session Steve McCoy ( smallcircle ) shares some practical tools specifically designed to help the everyday person in your church become involved in disciple-making at an in-depth level. You can get these tools for FREE at smallcircle.com
In this episode Steve McCoy ( smallcircle ) talked about the necessity, the power, and the strategy of including the one-to-one level in disciple-making and how oftentimes that relational aspect of making disciples gets left out.
This is the fourth and final track session from Real Life Ministries ; they shared with us about building teams to carry out the mission of making disciples of Jesus internationally. They take us through who they’re looking for, what roles would they fill, and how they equip and unify them.
This episode features Real Life Ministries giving their third track session about making the shift in international missions to relational discipleship. They talk through the challenges and also share how to build a sustainable/repeatable process.
This episode features Real Life Ministries sharing their process of what it looks like to do relational discipleship in foreign countries. They talked about how the Holy Spirit has been faithful in guiding and helping them.
This track session features Dave and Janelle Campbell of Real Life Ministries giving us another look at the Great Commission and why we should focus our international efforts on Biblical Discipleship as opposed to "traditional" missions models.
It is vitally important for you to establish safeguards for yourself when discipling hurting people, because your best gift to others is a healthy you! In this session, Melanie and Marshall from Mercy Multiplied discuss very practical safeguards that you can build into your life to ensure that you are as healthy as you can be for the people that you are discipling.
This episode features Melanie Wise and Marshall Gallagher of Mercy Multiplied giving their third track session at our National Disciple Making Forum. Discipling someone who is hurting is much more complex than just helping them fix their eternal issues/struggles. We’re called to help others discover the root causes to their struggles and to disciple them into a relationship with Jesus where He can bring healing and transformation at a root level in their lives. In this session, Melanie and Marsh...
This episode features Melanie Wise and Marshall Gallagher of Mercy Multiplied giving their second track session at our National Disciple Making Forum. In this session, they unpacked the discipleship keys that have proven transformational to thousands of hurting people for 39 years in Mercy Multiplied’s counseling programs: Key 1: Total Commitment to Christ Key 2: Healing Life’s Hurts Key 3: Renewing the Mind Key 4: Choosing to Forgive Key 5: Breaking Generational Patterns Key 6: Using Your Autho...
This episode features Melanie Wise and Marshall Gallagher of Mercy Multiplied . It is vitally important that you know who God has called you to be as you disciple people who are hurting and struggling. But it is just as important that you know what you are not called to be! Melanie and Marshall dive into the important characteristics of an “ambassador of freedom,” understanding your role in other people’s lives (as opposed to God’s role in their lives), knowing who you can help and who you canno...
This is the fourth and final track session that Lionshare did at the National Disciple Making Forum 2022. Dave Buehring along with Darren Bearson, Laurie Frey, and George Kehoe, showed us what it looks like to begin making disciples where we work.
In this episode Dave Buehring and Lauri Jarvis of Lionshare shared their experiences of discipling children beyond just the basics. Bible stories are important. They're an essential part of helping children understand the life of Jesus, the heroes of the faith, and who God is. But we have to further than that. A new Barna report finds that to truly prepare our children for faith-filled adulthood, we need to consider reframing "children's ministry" as something closer to "child discipleship."...
Dave Buehring of Lionshare talked to us about feeling burned out while doing ministry that we think is what God wants us to do versus getting plugged into where God is already moving.
This episode features Dave Buehring and Grant Edwards of Lionshare giving a track session about discipling people into knowledge versus into obedience. The way the Western church has communicated spiritual truths has relied much more on what we are learning (the Greek model), than who we are learning from (the Hebrew model). Knowing Scripture is important but for life transformation to happen, we need revelation from the Holy Spirit and the will to obey....
