Four obstacles to discipleship

Discipleship, Uncategorized

Are you discouraged in your efforts to make disciples? You are not alone. It’s a simple reality for a fallen world that there will always be barriers. Our discipleship efforts seldom go according to plan. But don’t give up. When people veer off track, it’s...

Discipleship: Passing it on

Discipleship

The goal in a church is not simply to make disciples. It’s to make disciples who go on to make other disciples. Passing it on is the difference between one generation and multiple generations. So whatever type of system or method or approach you take to making...

Colin Noyes on Discipleship

Discipleship, Uncategorized

This blog entry is the first in a four-part series based on an interview with Colin Noyes, author of As You Go: Make Disciples. Colin is one of the sharpest international leaders I know. His insights into the field of discipleship are well-researched and honest, and...
Lenten Series Week 3- Barnabas for Discipleship

Lenten Series Week 3- Barnabas for Discipleship

Coaching

A Barnabas assumes that God has different plans for different people. What one person is supposed to do isn’t necessarily the same as what another person is supposed to do. Barnabas recognized this as he helped establish Paul among the apostles (Acts 9:26-28). We also...
What comes after Alpha? Beta

What comes after Alpha? Beta

Church Planting

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve explored some of the ways the Alpha Course intersects with Church Planting. There are more parallels than one might initially expect, especially in the relational ways people come to faith. The Alpha philosophy fits well with...
How people come to faith

How people come to faith

Church Planting

In last week’s blog entry, I wrote about how the Alpha process parallels church planting. In today’s entry, I’m thinking about how the end goals of Alpha and church planting fit together as well. Really, the cornerstone of church planting and of Alpha are the same:...

Digging down to the roots of leadership problems

Discipleship

Sometimes there’s a disconnect in ministry between what we say and what we do. For instance, I have always said compassion ministry is important– but the question is what am I personally doing to engage in it? So I began praying to ask the Lord for some...