Category: Discipleship


Preschool Minister Shares Tips For Laying A Strong Spiritual Foundation
Most churches want to draw more families with young children. Along with the joys of ministering to preschoolers come challenges as well. From bed babies


Discipleship specialist Claude King challenges small groups leaders to be diligent in prayer
Believers have a wonderful promise from Christ in Matthew 18:19–20. “When we pray alone, the Lord is with us, … but there’s an additional encouragement


‘Throwing Out The Seed’: Bible Study Leaders Must Set Example In Evangelism
Those who lead Sunday School classes have a responsibility to encourage and train members to bring the unsaved to Christ. That was the encouragement Jay


Small Groups Leaders Gather At Pinnacle For Discipleship Training, Fellowship
“What does a disciple of Jesus look like?” State missionary Steve Layton said that was the major question explored at this year’s Pinnacle Alabama, an


4 Invitations (Part 4): Be With Me
Mark 3:13-14 (ESV) contains the Be With Me invitation: “And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to


4 Invitations (Part 3): Follow Me
Mark 1:17 contains this invitation: “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men” (ESV). Jesus’ invitation is to be extended by those


Enlarge your Heart: 10 Characteristics of a Ministering Heart
Those of us who claim the name of Christ must choose again and again between two very distinct courses. One is to cultivate a small


4 Invitations (Part 2): Abide in Me
John 15 contains the invitation to abide in Jesus. This invitation is the starting point for a disciple-making movement. A disciple is one who abides


Conference emphasizes value, best practices of discipleship
The priorities of the local church are many, from teaching, to sharing the gospel with the unchurched and leading families in worship, but one leader