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April 15, 2016 1 Comment

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

March 21, 2016 2 Comments

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

March 13, 2016 2 Comments

My recent article “Too Many Pastors Are Wasting Their Lives” must have hit some raw nerves. We’ve had over 16,000 hits on the blog post. Most of them were supportive, but some were downright

March 10, 2016 0 Comments

The second step in Jesus' 5 step exponential church growth model is to build relationships (step 1 is to get some attention and increase your first-time visitor count). This is part 2 of

March 7, 2016 5 Comments

The TV show Extreme Makeover follows the stories of the lucky individuals who are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be given a truly Cinderella-like experience: a real-life fairy tale in which their wishes come

February 27, 2016 4 Comments

One of the key elements of most discipleship pipelines I’ve seen is what I call "transformational small groups." The problem is, when most people hear “small groups,” they think of Bible studies, which