4 Steps from Church Spectator to Disciple Maker
Why do people resist church so much? Yes, those who are a part of church need to be concerned with the valid aspects of the critique that religious people are hypocrites and out-of-touch with the intersection of faith and daily life. But there is a significant underlying reason. Our culture believes that most everyone is […]
You Need a Friend/Coach in Christ
Why do we try to do things on our own in church ministry? Why do we seem to honor being a Lone Ranger? Okay, not even the Lone Ranger did things on his own. There was Tonto. The greatest professional athletes have coaches. Why do we do ministry relatively alone? Why does the concept […]
Pastor, Leader, and Equipper – O My!
If you’re a pastor, you’ve likely heard it. “We need a pastor who is more of a shepherd!” What does that mean? I interpret that to be the 20th century American fallacy that we pay people to do things on our behalf, including pastors to do the primary ministry activities. Go visit members in need. […]
The Discovery Bible Study Questions Revised
Years ago, I was trained in house church leadership by one of the nation’s top gurus Neil Cole. I took the opportunity to shadow him for several days and learned a lot about time management, house church, leadership, and group led Bible studies. At the time he was using the Discovery Questions, six questions that […]
Addition to Multiplication
If you’re been reading my posts, you know for the past couple of years I’ve been working with an Exponential think tank to examine what they are calling a Level 5 Church. Basically a Level 5 church is one that is committed to multiplication at every level. The heart of the Level 5 Church is […]
The Day-To-Day Mentor
Mentoring someone into faith or deeper into faith is your responsibility. Unless you’re the pastor, it’s not the pastor’s responsibility. Unless you’re a Sunday school teacher, it’s not the Sunday school’s responsibility. Unless you’re a small group leader, it’s not small group’s responsibility. It’s your responsibility … you know, that whole “Go ye and make disciples” is […]