Small Group Thinking
It’s become common knowledge that small groups are the most effective discipleship making tools in the church. For over a decade now, small group initiatives have been launched in church after church and according to many studies, the vast majority of Christians have attended a small group as an adult.The presumption that participation in a […]
How Possible Is Church Multiplication?
Often when I write or talk about churches that are planting multiple churches I get pushback in the form of the question “I wonder how many of these church plants are more like house churches?” I’m not sure why I get that question more than “I wonder how many people these churches are reaching?” So […]
Exponential Workshop Files
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Make a To Don’t List
I’m a to-do list kind of guy. I’m writing this post on my “day off” and I still have a to-do list that I’m a “slave” to. Today my to-do’s are: Write a blog post Take my wife to a movie Check customer service issues Send happy-birthdays to social media contacts Write 1+ chapter in […]
Five Markers of the Future Church
The vast majority of churches struggle to have a building full of worshipers. Those who do seem to recognize one thing. The church always has been and always will be about making disciples. And we have a clear example of what that looks like from Acts 2: 43-47. Let’s take a look at the five […]
Disciple Making = Church Growth?
Recently a troll caught one of our posts about radical disciple making and took it out for an attempted thrashing. To be honest, I get amused when someone takes us to task because we’re so focused on church growth. “It’s all about the numbers for you guys” as if that’s some sort of an insult. […]