Discipleship
See Lives Transformed
Why did you go into ministry in the first place? Most likely you wanted to make disciples, see lives changed, see the Kingdom of God advanced. You wanted to see transformation.
Churches and ministries only grow as well as the disciples they develop. It’s time to go back to the basics with a focus on discipleship. We can help you create a simple, relational, yet focused system that can help you get traction for making disciples at all levels.
Facilitating Faith
How do you know when someone in your congregation is struggling with their faith? What signals you that someone is ready to take a leap of faith? Often the answer is when they tell you. The trouble is people often wait to share those things until it is critical and...
What no longer works—and what does
You are already living in the post-Christian era in the United States. It seems like it happened fast but you've likely been feeling the effects for a while. You know the love and peace of being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ but when you share what you know...
The new era of ministry cooperation
Have you ever considered how often we have come to view churches as like sports teams? Not in the cooperation sense but the competitive sense. We have “our” team that we root for. We identify with their brand, wear their colors, and root for them to win against the...
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
How do you define discipleship? While the script is pretty standard from a church marketing perspective, the actions associated with being a follower of Jesus can vary from church attendance to political association and everywhere in between. Growing disciples...
Investing in disciplemakers
How do you get people in the church to be disciplemakers instead of Christian consumers? That’s a great question, and if you’re in pastoral ministry, you’ve probably been asking it in one way or another. You don’t want people in your congregation to be consumers of...
The BEST way to combat polarization
Are you passionate this election season. Justifiably so. No matter how you look at it, there is a lot at stake. And your people know it. They may know where you stand because you let it be known in conversations, on social media, maybe even from the pulpit. It's...
Value outside of the spotlight
The spotlight can feel pretty good. However, in a world where everything we do is posted on social media for the approval—or disapproval—of others, the words of Jesus ring especially true today: “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others,...
Discipling movements are happening!
You are a ministry leader trying to cultivate multiplying movements of disciples. It can be lengthy process and it is easy to become discouraged when people don't respond in the timeline you gave yourself. Especially as the stats continue to point toward the decline...
Part 2 of our Interview with Dennis Bachman
Today is part two of an interview with Dennis Bachman, who works with younger leaders. If you missed part 1, check out last week’s blog entry. What are some common stumbling blocks more experienced leaders run into? Impatience and making premature assumptions....
Success in mentoring younger leaders
It is possible to mentor younger leaders and make a difference. What strategies are really the most effective? We sat down with Dennis Bachman of ViaCordis, who spends a good deal of his time working with younger leaders with success to find out. Here's Part 1 of our...