The importance of being where you are

Missional, Outreach

Lately I’ve been thinking through how Jesus made disciples, based on my observations of scripture. I’ll post one insight per day here. You can find all of them by searching “How Jesus made disciples” on my blog.  Jesus made disciples in the context of relationships....
Observations about how Jesus made disciples

Observations about how Jesus made disciples

Discipleship, Outreach

Lately I’ve been thinking through how Jesus made disciples, based on my observations of scripture. I’ll post one insight per day here on my blog. You can find all of them by searching “How Jesus made disciples” on my blog. Idea: this might make a good sermon...

Disciples who seize the mission of Jesus

Missional, Outreach

As we become disciples, we make disciples. This is the crux of making disciples: when we make disciples who seize the mission of Jesus so that they go on making more disciples, who make more disciples, who make more disciples. What is the proof of discipleship? If we...

The result of a holistic disciple? More disciples

Missional, Outreach

When we have integrated disciples– those who incorporate head, heart, and hands– we see they are vastly more likely to pass along that discipleship to others. The end result of holistic disciples modeled on the pattern of Jesus is the multiplication of...

The vision and the need

Leadership, Outreach, Visionizing

When we really take the time to sit down and think about it, we can see an amazing vision of what making and multiplying disciples could look like: Churches turning outward and serving the communities around them. Christians building authentic relationships with those...

Community transformation

Discipleship, Missional, Outreach

Community transformation is the outwardly visible result of how we live in the world corporately as followers of Jesus. To be engaged in community transformation means that we, as followers of Jesus, are actively contributing to positive change in the broader...