Bridging to discipleship

Discipleship, Missional

As ministry leaders, we’re all aware of the importance of disciplemaking. We engage culture, and as people come to Christ we get them connected into faith communities. But as I coach a lot of ministry leaders who are seeking to be incarnational and missional, one of...

Discipling on the go

Discipleship, Missional, Outreach

  I am coaching a man named Phillip who is serving among the poor in Mexico City. He’s been struggling with finding time to invest in discipling relationships, partly because most of the people there are already working long hours just to support their families....
What does it mean to be a disciple?

What does it mean to be a disciple?

Discipleship, Missional

How would you define discipleship? How can you tell if someone is a disciple or not? Too often we make discipleship about knowledge. Discipleship is not about knowledge– it’s about character, behavior, attitudes, a posture of humility and teachability. Knowledge...

Some models for discipleship

Discipleship, Leadership

  A good model for discipleship needs to be a simple, reproducible method that helps guide a person toward becoming an obedient follower and disciplemaker. Whatever model you use, you must build in reproducibility. A few good models are outlined below: just...
Live Generously

Live Generously

Discipleship

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged in separately or as a series. Living generously is more than a matter of specific actions....

Serve Others

Discipleship

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged in separately or as a series. Our service to others– both believers and unbelievers– is the...