How do we grow up in Christ?
We dodge the maturation process, choosing to avoid or blow up instead taking a new step. We get stuck by life’s challenges. We each face this truth: growing up is awkward, scary, and disorienting.
Over the next few minutes let’s unwrap God’s most extravagant gift to you. Stick with me, I’m not about to shower you with Christmas clichés, but rather I want to tell you about how God’s greatest gift is a reward for our sin.
Revising mission and vision statements can feel like rearranging furniture in a room to achieve a different look. The final product looks new, but is it really? It can be if…
We know from proven research that disciple making is most effective when we start by…
We see this too in building a disciplemaking culture. It takes a team, a core team working together, to produce disciplemaking throughout a congregation…
Discipleship. Now, there’s a word for you! Would I like to be one of Jesus’ disciples? For sure! Who wouldn’t?
Culture has a magnetic power to transform us. It will build into us how we speak, the values we live
Never underestimate the power of the environment you work in to gradually change who you are. Congregations create cultures. A congregation has a…
Jesus was both the Good Shepherd AND a Master Disciple Maker, yet most pastors shepherd without making disciples, why? Let’s dive into the differences…
What are the marks of an effective disciplemaking pathway? A disciplemaking pathway invites everyone to join the trail. Some are beginners, others have some experience, and some are skilled walkers who help others. Pathways take into account the spiritual maturity of people as they journey with Jesus.
