disciple
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Parents: How to Surf the Waves of the Current Storm with your Children?
How do we help our kids navigate through a world where leaders are falling in sin like hotcakes, and churches are arguing over divisive topics? We need two major things. We need to know the Scriptures and rely on Holy Spirit. As parents, we need to worship God in both Spirit and Truth and invite…
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From Ashes to Beauty?
Do you have things in your life that feel like dust and ashes? Come and see what the Lord has for you instead! The enemy thought he had Jesus trapped, but Resurrection Sunday was coming… Women: Join us for the Ashes to Beauty – 5 day event for women hearing God! We will unpack the…
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Pastoring in a Pandemic
I shared this video back in April 2020 on how pastors are being forced to pivot and throw all their methods out the window. This video continues to be VERY relevant. If you are a pastor, here is the current shift happening I see as I coach pastors, missionaries, and congregants. Pastors, you can do…
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A Pastor’s Confession
This is my confession. I’m sorry… To all the people who I once pastored in an institutional church… I am sorry that I didn’t know then what I know now. My church and Bible school experience did not adequately prepare me to walk you to complete freedom in Jesus’ name. Nor did I disciple you how…
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Disciple Making Movements (DMMs) are Critical in Canada
I believe Disciple Making Movements (DMMs) are critical to the growth of Christ’s kingdom in Canada. Typically, ‘church’ growth in Canada happens when people move from one ‘church’ to the next. And, if there are new people coming to Christ, rarely is anyone discipling them. The goal is to make disciples, who make disciples, who…
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Disciple making Movements?
If what you’re doing isn’t working, why keep doing it? (…Or at least add an additional track like one mega church in Texas did after doing the math. For that full story, see link at bottom of this post.) This past weekend, I enjoyed sitting in on a session with a gentleman serving overseas (cannot…
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What is the true job of a pastor?
The other day I had a delightful call with a young leader who brought up the topic of how a Pastor’s role appears to have terribly wandered today. I did a little digging on what others are saying… “Most books on church growth and leadership today argue that if pastors continue to do what pastors…
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Discipleship Things We’ve Forgotten
“Success is not the pastor or the staff executing all the ministry; it’s them equipping the saints to do the work of ministry.” “If you seek to build a church, you rarely produce disciples…If you seek to make disciples, you always get the church.” “Pray about God giving you 3-5 men you can invest your life…
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A few of my favourite things on disciple-making… (mentoring / life coaching)
I’ve put together a little page of my favourite basics of disciple-making to help you get started with a friend or group… Head on over here to the disciple making and mentoring page and enjoy making a difference in someone’s life!