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EditorialOver six years ago I came to a stunning realization that changed my life and ministry forever. As a member of Frontier Ventures and a “disciple” of Ralph Winter, I am fully committed to the...
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FeatureOnly 1% of church leaders say, “today’s churches are doing very well at discipling new and young believers” (Barna, State of Discipleship, 2015). And yet this same study says that 77% of all practicing Christians believe discipleship to be very important. We know discipleship is vital to the health and growth of God’s Kingdom, but we just aren’t making it happen. What needs to change to bridge the gap between these realities?
Tags: church, church planting, discipleship, movement, unreached
FeatureThe Zúme Project has not reinvented any methods. In fact, many organizations and ministries use training methods that are similar to the training that Zúme uses. Rather, Zúme is a unifying tool that is calling out to all the other boats to come and catch the fish together. Read on to find out how it works.
FeatureIn the world, and even in a Christian culture where obedience sadly feels like a dirty word, we are God’s people who are to follow wherever he calls. “Jesus is Lord” is a bold statement that we profess. And we are not just to obey His call, but also to teach others to do the same. What must be done to help us see that obeying God is not a matter of drudgery, but a privilege to be honored?
Tags: church planting, church planting movements, discipleship, missions movements
FeatureMany of you may know the Bible exceptionally well and may know its themes, its historical stories, and its teachings, but what you may not know is there is a continuous thread running from Genesis...
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FeatureEvery disciple needs to be equipped to have eyes to see where the Kingdom is not. While that probably seems a bit of a strange concept to you, bear with me for just a few moments.
We are...
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FeatureIf we are living out the Great Commandment then we will be making reproducing disciples because part of the disciple-making process is “teaching them to obey everything I [Christ] have commanded” and the Commission itself is one of those commands. Hence, every believer should by definition be involved in making reproducing disciples. But how?
Tags: church planting, disciple-making movements, discipleship
FeatureThere are two sides to every story. Life eventually teaches all of us that. It is with this perspective that I want to pull back the curtain and take a look into the state of Christianity in...
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FeatureTime. It really is about time. “The time is now” is so much more than a cliché line; it is a cry for urgency and an anthem to pick up the pace, to respond with fervor to the love that Jesus displayed on the cross.We cannot forget the eternal destiny of eternal souls is determined in time. We must act now.
Tags: church planting, church-planting movmenet, evangelization, mission
Kingdom KernelsAt the end of a full day of training in a remote house church in Asia, the breakthrough came. I had been sharing deeply from my heart about God’s heart for his kingdom to come fully to every lost...
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Further ReflectionsFor years I have said there is a massive amount of information available on the internet and some of it is true!
The information we have at our fingertips (literally) is staggering. When my wife...
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