What You Need to Stop Doing to Make More Disciples

Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually start doing less stuff and make more disciples? Heck yeah!

Many of us are super-busy on mission and with ministry related activities, but may not be focused on the right things that produce the greatest fruit. (more…)

7 Reasons You Need To Play More

Ever since I was a young man I’ve loved riding motorcycles. I’ve talked to you about my love of Harleys before. But nowadays I am realizing that I don’t just enjoy riding and taking time to play–I really need to play. And often.

My natural tendency is to be a workaholic, and I tend to live with a sense that I have to keep this planet spinning on its axis. If I take too much time off we’re all doomed! Crazy right? But a little spin on my bike, some wind in my hair, and things quickly get better. (more…)

How to See Discipleship and Mission Become Movements

Transformation. It’s the core of true discipleship and all missional endeavors. And transformation leads to movements. Is there a powerful connection between all of these?

If you want to see movement, from one thing to another, from unbelief to belief, from static to active, from traditional to missional, from consumerism to active participation… here are five steps that all movements follow. And we can’t afford to miss a single step!
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These 3 Things Are True Discipleship Killers

For many of us discipleship either conjures up images of a standardized series of classes we once went through, or it’s this mysterious and foggy image of spiritual practices and a knowledge base to be passed on to others. Either way, most Christians just aren’t doing it.

I’m not even saying that these two common images are biblically accurate, but many find themselves stuck personally or in their attempts to get their churches onboard with discipleship. (more…)

4 Generation Leadership Explosion

As a leader, your time spent developing and equipping the right people can have immediate and expansive results.

Leadership development is really just apprenticeship or discipleship further along the path of faith, knowledge, and skills. Discipleship further up the slope. If you have trained people in such a way that they can now reproduce and train others, in turn producing future leaders, you have the makings of a true movement.

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Who Are Your Next Leaders?

Wherever I go it seems that leaders are consistently complaining that they don’t have enough quality people around them to develop into their future leaders.

They’re wondering who should they trust and how can they find more prospects. So, who are your next leaders?

Whether it’s in your corporation, non-profit or ministry team, when you are looking for leaders to whom to give more of your time and focus, ask yourselves these questions:

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