New Resource: Barnabas Coach Training

Coaching, Leadership, Training

  As a ministry leader, you want to develop people who can engage in incarnational missional ministry. You want to develop people who can come alongside others to develop them as well. You want a relational– yet effective– means of making disciples....
Of making many books there is no end …

Of making many books there is no end …

Coaching

  Here’s something a lot of people don’t know about me. Throughout my 30+ years of ministry, I’ve poured the vast majority of the money I’ve received directly back into more resource development. I like the fact that when people coach with me, they’re not just...
Of making many books there is no end …

Meet Dave

Coaching, Leadership

  I want to introduce you to Dave DeVries. Dave is a contributor on my soon-to-be-released book, The Missional Journey, sharing his wisdom and learnings from his own ministry experience. I’ve always been a big believer in collaborative projects because I find the...

Loving obedience

Leadership

By guest blogger Dave DeVries No matter what method or approach you use for making disciples, the goal of disciplemaking is to teach loving obedience to Jesus. His great commission to them ends with “… and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” (Matt....

The Missional Challenge

Missional

I’ve been working with Dave DeVries on the development of missional resources, and I’ve enjoyed reading his blog. Good observations like this one: As believers take steps to focus on meeting needs beyond the walls of the church, it’s important to consider how...

Which came first—the disciple or the church?

Leadership

The DNA of the church is found in the gospels. When the church was birthed in Acts, it was a matter of living out that DNA. As Jesus’ disciples made more disciples, the result was churches. Do you see the progression? The result of making disciples was the gathering...