You can write the perfect disciple making plan and still watch it stall. Why? Because people don’t just follow plans. They follow people. Strategy answers “what should we do?” Culture answers “what do people like us do?” Build the second one and the first one gets a lot easier.

Motivation fades. Belonging doesn’t. Nobody stays inspired alone for long. Disciple makers need other disciple makers.

Pastor, if you want a church full of disciple makers, don’t just hand people a strategy. Put them around people who are already making disciples. Normal is contagious.

You can have the right goal and the right plan and still stall. Put yourself around people who are already doing what you want to do, and everything gets easier. “As iron sharpens iron...” Proverbs 27:17

James Clear makes a simple point: the best way to build a new habit is to join a group where that habit is already normal. Strategy helps. Culture sustains. That’s why disciple making has to be a church culture, not a program.

Jesus never split evangelism and disciple making. We did. If the people you’re discipling aren’t sharing their faith, what exactly happened? youtube.com/watch?v=SiwZmiyN… #DiscipleMaking #Evangelism #ChurchLeadership

What if your evangelism training actually worked? New believers don’t just need a seat on Sunday. They need people who will walk with them as they learn to follow Jesus. Evangelism and discipleship were never meant to be separate.

Here’s the question worth sitting with: What if your church’s evangelism training actually works? Would you be ready to disciple everyone who says yes?

If we’re helping people become more like Jesus, shouldn’t they be growing in their desire and ability to share Him? Discipleship starts with evangelism. And it should lead to it.

Evangelism and discipleship were never meant to be two ministries. Jesus gave one Commission: make disciples. Josh Howard unpacks it on the blog: discipleship.org/blog/evange…

Nobody walks from the parking lot into a discipling group. Most people need to connect with someone outside a group first. That’s why the churches reproducing disciples build bridges: ✅ A guest reception ✅ A men’s breakfast ✅ A women’s gathering

Most people need a bridge before they’ll join a discipling group. A guest reception. A men’s breakfast. A women’s gathering. Simple, low-pressure, and intentional.

Just under 5% of North American churches are reproducing disciples. Most of them still hold weekend gatherings. They just use them to move people into discipling groups. discipleship.org/blog/weeken…

Big gatherings aren’t the enemy of disciple making. Big gatherings with no path into a discipling group are.

Challenge. Celebrate. Connect. That’s the 3-C Strategy Jim Putman’s team uses to turn a weekend gathering into a doorway to discipling groups. Real Life Ministries still sees about 8,000 on weekends while planting reproducing churches. discipleship.org/blog/weeken…

People imitate what church leaders celebrate. So what did your church celebrate from the stage last Sunday? Attendance? Or new discipling groups, new apprentices, and baptisms?

“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” -Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address (1989)

Am I being a good steward of what God has given me? Part of discipleship is living a generous life.

You can't have healthy discipleship without stewardship. It's not a fundraising strategy. It's a root discipleship issue. Disciples are joyfully generous with their money, time, energy, and talents. Is Jesus king of your pocketbook too? #DiscipleMaking

The Disciple Makers podcast is back with a new season! 🎙️ Josh Howard and Chris Goulard on Why Stewardship Is Essential to Discipleship. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=UshqQaBd…