Category: Discipleship


Why Discipleship Can’t Happen in Your Church Without Relationships
More and more Americans are concluding they don’t need church. One of the key reasons is that more and more churchgoers are concluding that they don’t need each other. Today,


Christian camps encourage spiritual development, missional outlook for all ages
When Russell McCrory was 10 years old, he gave his life to Christ at a Lifeway Crosspoint camp. At a youth evangelism conference in 1998, he responded to God’s call


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 to toddlers, three biblical foundations


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 when we pray with others.


‘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 Gordon, adult and small groups


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 annual conference for Sunday School


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 him. And he appointed twelve


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 who seek to imitate Him


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 heart. That is the safest