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3 Ways to Be More Discerning in Church
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3 Ways to Be More Discerning in Church

I don’t want to fall for false teachings. I don’t want to be led astray regarding what the Bible teaches, and I don’t want my children deceived either. I’ll bet you feel the same. But I’m not a professional theologian, nor do I have time to become an expert on every doctrinal dilemma, and that’s…

Searching for Disciple Making Churches and Movements in North America?
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Searching for Disciple Making Churches and Movements in North America?

Dear Discipleship-First Tribe, We want you to become the disciple maker God intends you to be. For those of you who are church leaders, we also want you to develop and lead effective disciple-making churches. We are praying that the fires of disciple making movements will spring up everywhere, especially in our primary context, the…

Learn from Navigators Church Ministries
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Learn from Navigators Church Ministries

We want you to meet Justin Gravitt, a leader of Navigators Church Ministries. We want to help you find the best disciple-making guides, and that’s why we’re continuing to introduce these partners to you. Here’s what Justin said about his ministry in our interview with him: Tell us about the name of your ministry. Navigators Church…

Weekly Update: What Are the Elements of a Level 5 Disciple Making Church?
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Weekly Update: What Are the Elements of a Level 5 Disciple Making Church?

A Level 5 disciple making church epitomizes our highest aspirations for churches in North America and beyond. These disciple making churches emphasize the ministry, priesthood, and disciple making mandate of every believer. They are not dependent on preachers, programs, and praise and worship gatherings as is the case with popular North American churches, although there…

Weekly Update: Why Is the Culture of a Disciple Making Church So Important?
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Weekly Update: Why Is the Culture of a Disciple Making Church So Important?

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That statement, attributed to the most influential management guru of our time, Peter Drucker, describes a reality church leaders must face in the pursuit of creating disciple making churches. A disciple making church culture is what your church actually does in disciple making; strategy is your plans on paper. Unfortunately,…

What Are the Elements of a Level 5 Disciple Making Church?
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What Are the Elements of a Level 5 Disciple Making Church?

A Level 5 disciple making church epitomizes our highest aspirations for churches in North America and beyond. These disciple making churches emphasize the ministry, priesthood, and disciple making mandate of every believer. They are not dependent on preachers, programs, and praise and worship gatherings as is the case with popular North American churches, although there…

Why Is the Culture of a Disciple Making Church So Important?
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Why Is the Culture of a Disciple Making Church So Important?

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That statement, attributed to the most influential management guru of our time, Peter Drucker, describes a reality church leaders must face in the pursuit of creating disciple making churches. A disciple making church culture is what your church actually does in disciple making; strategy is your plans on paper. Unfortunately,…

What is a “Level 5” Disciple Making Church?
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What is a “Level 5” Disciple Making Church?

I am working with my team at Discipleship·org and the team at Exponential (church planting Network) on a new framework for disciple-making churches to measure what it means for a church to effectively make increasing numbers of disciples. What happens when a church gets sold out to making disciples who make disciples? Now, this framework…

Weekly Update: How Do You Define a Church and a Disciple Making Church?
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Weekly Update: How Do You Define a Church and a Disciple Making Church?

Dear Discipleship·org community, Defining a church and a disciple making church are big challenges. We brought a small group of disciple making leaders together last month to help us define these two key terms that are crucial for disciple-making leaders to thrive. I wanted to share the challenge and our working solutions with all our…

How Do You Define a Church and a Disciple Making Church?
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How Do You Define a Church and a Disciple Making Church?

Defining a church and a disciple making church are big challenges. We brought a small group of disciple making leaders together last month to help us define these two key terms that are crucial for disciple-making leaders to thrive. I wanted to share the challenge and our working solutions with all our readers, and that’s…

5 Best Practices for Disciple-Making Churches
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5 Best Practices for Disciple-Making Churches

One thing I really enjoy in my work with Discipleship.org is getting a front-row seat as I watch and listen to top disciple makers. I wanted to share some of that with you by way of “best practices”. Here are 5 of the best practices I’ve seen in disciple makers around the country and beyond: 1. They make disciple making…

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