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Replicate Round Up for May 15th, 2015

As we find new articles and resources that talk about Disciple-Making, we are going to collect them and publish them each Friday. Read More

How Do You Identify Carnal Christians?

There are 3 phenomena the world has never seen: The Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, and A Carnal Christian. These things are either made up or a complete contradiction in terms. One way to identify so-called Carnal Christians, which are not Christian at all, in your congregation is through discipling relationships. A person can hide in a large worship gathering or even a life group class, but it’s nearly impossible to put up a spiritual façade in a D-group. Over the past few years of leading discipleship groups, I have uncovered this surprising benefit of identifying phonies in the faith. Read More

You Cant Expect what You Don't Inspect

Discipleship rarely happens by chance. Intentionality and accountability are necessities for spiritual growth. Without them, people lose focus. A Local high-school team was playing Read More

Replicate Round Up for May 1st, 2015

[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] As we find new articles and resources that talk about Disciple-Making, we are going to collect them and publish them each Friday. Millennials want to be the church, not go to church “Discipleship is often the missing link that would bring the young-adult generation into the church, but also to be the church, because they are not concerned with just coming to the church. They also want to go out and be the church,” he said. Read More

5 Steps for Creating a Disciple-Making Culture

If we fail to plan, we can plan to fail. Here are five steps for creating a disciple-making movement in your context. 1. Pray for God to Change the Hearts of People If we spent as much time asking God to change peoples hearts as we do trying to get people’s hearts changed toward the things of God, we would see more change. God is the author of every spiritual awakening. Read More

Modern Misconceptions of Disciple-Making

This is part 3 in a series. Click here for part 1 and part 2. When Southern Baptists hear the words “training union,” memories of the late nineteen sixties come to mind. During that time, “The normal Baptist formation tools were finding it difficult to succeed;” comments Molly T. Marshall, “Sunday School, Training Union and the missionary organizations were all scrambling for their existence and seeking new ways of forming disciples.”[i] The negatives of the training offset the positives by reducing discipleship to a class, a program, and a time slot. To this day, many training union participants have a misunderstanding of what discipleship really is. Campus Crusade These shortcomings birthed new approaches in the arena of discipleship. Two organizations emerged as frontrunners during the middle of the twentieth century: the Navigators and Campus Crusade for Christ, which was begun by Bill Bright. Bill Bright envisioned a ministry reaching the lost through evangelistic events with the sole desire to disciple those responding to the message of Christ. Campus Crusade may have been the first to start, dating back to 1947. Early successes can be attributed to the partnerships with Dan Fuller and Billy Graham.2 The ministry was known as an “aggressively evangelistic movement, which places a strong, wholesome emphasis on the living Christ, the authority of the Scriptures, the importance of the Church, personal and group evangelism, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and the adventure of Christian discipleship.”4 The impact of which is still seen on college campuses around the world today. Read More

Replicate Round Up for April 17th, 2015

As we find new articles and resources that talk about Disciple-Making, we are going to collect them and publish them each Friday. There Needs to Be a Drastic Change... and the Foundation Has to Be God's Word" "The first button of discipleship is discipling your own children," Park said. "Before discipling the children of others, one must disciple his or her own children first. We can't just rely on Sunday school. And a teaching that is not shown in a parent's lifestyle will probably not be effective -- we must be parents that are respected by our children." Read More

A Movement Everyone Could Get Behind

This is part 2 of a series. Click here to read part 1. Before giving his life to full time-vocational ministry for the Lord, Luther pursued a Law degree. In 1501, he entered the University of Erfurt, where he excelled in his studies. Toward the end of his studies an event changed his life. As he was traveling, lighting struck next to him causing him to evoke the name he heard often in his home growing up: “Saint Anne! Save me from this lightning. If you save me, I will become a monk.”[i] Being a man of his word, Martin withdrew from Law school and entered an Augustinian monastery where he applied himself so diligently that he obtained a Doctorate of Theology within a few years. Throughout his life, he never experienced personal peace for his soul. He constantly asked, ‘How can a man find favor with God?’ On a pilgrimage to Rome to answer this question, He almost died on his journey because of a high fever. A monastery took him in and nursed him back to health. An older monk heard of his dilemma and instructed him to read Habakkuk. The Words of Habakkuk 2:4 were like medicine for his troubled soul: “The righteous shall live by faith.” Read More

Replicate Round Up for April 10th, 2015

As we find new articles and resources that talk about Disciple-Making, we are going to collect them and publish them each Friday. Read More

How did Discipleship become a Lost Art?

The Strachan Theorem, put forth by the late R. Kenneth Strachan, director of the Latin American Mission organization, proposed that “the successful expansion of any movement is in direct proportion to its ability to mobilize and involve its total membership in constant propagation of its beliefs, its purposes, and its philosophy.”[i] After Jesus issued the command to “make disciples of all nations” in Matthew 28, His followers enthusiastically obeyed His challenge. Christianity infiltrated the pagan world of Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome. Rapid expansion continued until the third century. Have you ever wondered what caused the disciple-making flame of the first century to burn out? Did you even notice that it did? While there are many factors that have contributed through the years, allow me to offer a few that I find particularly compelling. Read More

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