Disciple Maker Tools & Resources

Recently I was meeting with my D-Group and discussing our journal entries from our Bible reading plans. Currently, we are reading through the book of Numbers which can be a little dense at times, but lately has been pretty thrilling, highlighting God's character when dealing with a grumbling and complaining...

While reading through the book of 1 John on my D-Group's reading plan, the theme of love captured my heart this week. The word love is used in the book of 1 John 46 times. It's as if John is saying love is central to Christianity. He not only commands...

Our church has spent a great amount of time talking about discipleship. There is excitement and eagerness among our people to start discipleship groups where men and women are meeting together to help one another grow in Christ. After reading through some feedback from one of our recent trainings, I...

We've all been at the place in our spiritual journey where we have said, "I just don't feel close to God right now," whether that be a stale prayer life, lack of insight and understanding when reading scripture, or being unmoved in worship. Feeling like God is active and present...

But what about the times in our lives when we don't follow Jesus as closely as we should? What about when our walk isn't worthy of imitating? Should we allow people to see that also? If we aren't careful, we can lead ourselves to believe that the people we are...

This summer I have learned some important truths from God's word by human observation at my neighborhood swimming pool. But, that in and of itself is biblical, since we are all image bearers of Christ. Of course, His creation is instructive about its Creator. Sure, I have also learned who...

Making disciples requires relationships. Jesus (the ultimate disciple maker), was the greatest preacher that ever lived. But His method for reaching the world was not preaching, it was loving relationships with a few men. Jesus was constantly building and cultivating relationships. He knew that movements happen through people, not programs....

The "success" of the western world church has long been measured by size. How many people came? How large was the event ? What were the numbers? Dhati Lewis says that most of us have reduced Christianity to conferences, concerts, and church services. I think this has been revealed and...

Discipling others begins with love. It's about caring for someone deeply enough to open your life and invest major time and sacrifice to see Christ formed in them. As we know from the story of the gospel, love is not just a feeling, but an action. "But God demonstrated His...