Equipping Believers to Go Make Disciples
Are you ready to begin empowering others for their journey of discipleship? Enjoy these practical articles and download this helpful disciple-making tool so you can better equip others.
Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age. – Matthew 28:18-20 (MSG)
What Your Teen Needs from You
By Connie Albers, author of Parenting Beyond the Rules: Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy What does a teen need? As my first child entered the teen years, I found myself…
Surviving the First Year after Losing a Loved One
When my kids catch a glimpse of lightning bugs for the first time one summer, they assume they’re battery powered. “Are those little flashlights attached to anything?” they ask. “Those…
The Missionary Call—Do I Hear It?
The topic of “missionary calling” can make Christians fidget in their seats or even break out in a cold sweat. Many of us want to quickly shrug off the idea by…
Three Misconceptions About Witnessing
Some Christians who want to do what is right—who want to witness effectively—have wrong assumptions. Eventually, this can be devastating. And when you put fear and wrong facts together, you…
Discipling as Coaching
We typically think of discipleship relationships in the category of mentoring. A mentoring relationship is where someone who has more experience or knowledge seeks to transfer that information to someone…
Getting Real Discipleship Started In Your Church
For those of you who are church pastors, church staff, or lay leaders, and are responsible for the overall culture and strategy of discipleship, the thought of implementing simple discipleship…
How to Balance Discipleship and Evangelism
As followers of Christ, we certainly thrive when discipleship and evangelism work synergistically in our lives. God created us for both! Sometimes, however, we misunderstand the relationship between discipleship and…
How to Come Alongside Someone Going Through Pain
Advice (or Not): Advice about Advice At a women’s retreat, I open up for the first time about my illness. I talk about how I feel ashamed of it, how…
Shepherds and Believers, Let’s Go!
When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us…
A Clear and Personalized Path for Discipleship
“If I am honest, I’ll admit that I don’t really know how to make disciples.” I remember when those words came out of my mouth. I had been in the…