Radical Disciple Making: Creating Processes
“What I really need is more nuts and bolts on how to do disciple making. Obviously, what we’re doing isn’t working.” The pastor was exasperated because he had a church full of members instead of a church full of disciples. At the Radical Disciple Making Conference, we speak about the need to create “processes” in […]
Are Most Pastors Averse to Being Held Accountable?
“So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12 I’ve long been a proponent of measuring results. I believe if you don’t measure the results of something, odds are you’re not going to be as successful as you would be if you kept stats on your ministry. For […]
Discipleship in a Data Dump Culture
The average Christian’s understanding of discipleship is incredibly inaccurate. Most Christians tend to think of it as something you learn from a course. But nothing could be further from the truth. Let me explain. I’m a United Methodist. We have a program called Disciple Bible. The program was designed by a member of my staff, […]
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 […]
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 […]