Tag: Discipleship

Twenty Five Percent of the Men Had Led Someone to Christ in the Previous Three Years

July 22, 2010

Discipleship Our first church plant did a survey of the men at about year ten. We found that 25% of the men, (I think it was something like 24.3%), had led someone to Christ in the previous three years. Dan Spader, the founder of Sonlife Ministry and a national leader in the area of discipleship … More Twenty Five Percent of the Men Had Led Someone to Christ in the Previous Three Years

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American Christians Don’t Believe What They Say They Believe

July 18, 2010

Monday’s Discussion How do we account for the fact that millions of people in America say that they believe the Bible, believe in Jesus, believe that Jesus is God, believe that the gospel is true, believe that Jesus was telling the truth when he said that he was “the way, the truth, and the life … More American Christians Don’t Believe What They Say They Believe

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“Making Disciples” is a Unitary Act

July 15, 2010

Over the last month or so, I’ve written about the problem we have in the American church-related to discipleship.  (see We’ve got discipleship all wrong and Penetrating Post-Christian Communities with the Gospel and in a number of other places). But the issue keeps coming up in numerous posts and in conversations with pastors. This week … More “Making Disciples” is a Unitary Act

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Christlike: The Pursuit of Uncomplicated Obedience

June 26, 2010

Bill Hull has Done it Again. He’s written another book that chronicles his life-long journey into understanding the topic of discipleship. There is always more to learn. This book won’t say it all but it does represent the maturing of a lifetime of discovery into what it means to be a disciple. Previous works by … More Christlike: The Pursuit of Uncomplicated Obedience

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Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

June 24, 2010

Thursday is for Discipleship Earlier this week, Michael Fast visited the blog and asked this question:  “Isn’t evangelism part of discipleship? It seems like your definition of discipleship is dealing with people who are already evangelized hence the move away from interacting with people farther from God and focussing on people who are already fully … More Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

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How Do Pastors Forget About Evangelism?

June 21, 2010

Missional Discussion When a church is small, house church size, (whether it intends to stay small or grow to a mega church size is immaterial to this discussion) the amount of time that a pastor/shepherd can spend on evangelism, evangelism training, evangelistic praying, prayer walking, building relationships with non-Christians, etc., is great. The larger a … More How Do Pastors Forget About Evangelism?

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