Discipleship Resources
Philosophy of Staff Development - a brief overview of how to invest in key staff and volunteer leaders with a focus on the heart and character. Out of this passion for the Lord and delight in His all-sufficiency flow fruitful and effective ministry. Devotion must then be balanced with discipline, passion with priorities. Through a plan for intentional living leaders can align the compass with the clock. The third layer of this strategy involves people because all ministry should be directed toward making disciples who in turn are equipped to make disciples. Finally, the result of this approach to life and staff development is a wholehearted pursuit of the kingdom.
Leadership Development Outline - key books and resources that helped shape me as a leader and that I use to give direction to interns, staff and key volunteers.
Group Pastor Training - this is our training material for small group leaders in our G.R.A.C.E. Groups (Growth, Reaching out, Asking God for help, Caring for one another and Equipping leaders for ministry). The Training Manual covers the vision and all the details and is usually given out at the end of 5-10 weeks of training in a small group setting. The training sessions themselves are in the Teacher Guide and Student Guide. (See also, Table of Contents and other resources below such as Group Pastor and Member Covenants.)
City Transformation - growing out of a movement of prayer and fellowship among pastors in Louisville called One City One Church a partnership is forming to prayerfully revive the church in order to reach every man, woman and child in Louisville with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Click here to download a powerpoint presentation explaining the vision. We are moving toward alignment with Christ Together, a gospel-centered movement supporting missional networks in cities across the US.
Overview of a plan for Intentional Living that uses an annual
2-3 day prayer and planning retreat to define and refine Key Result Areas for life
and ministry along with faith goals for each area. Then, each month during a 4-8
hour Personal Retreat Day, you align “the compass with the clock” by evaluating
progress and prayerfully setting goals using the 5R Monthly Check-in Form. These disciplines are greatly enhanced by
debriefing monthly with a trusted coach.
Challenges to Building a Multi-Racial Church - Why African-Americans resist multi-cultural ministry and why white Evangelicals must bear the burden of change to bring unity to a nation that continues to be "Divided by Faith."
Discipleship 101 - 13 lessons for growing believers - a synthesis of some of the best resources available for spiritual growth and disciplemaking: from Foster's Celebration of Discipline to Anderson's Victory over the Darkness, with Crabb's view of Connecting and Piper's underlying philosophy of the supremacy of God, all oriented around Coleman's Master Plan of Evangelism with his emphasis on investing in a few to reach the many. Full teacher guide is available along with 101 Student Book and 201 Student Book.
Gospel-Centered Discipleship - a synopsis of the excellent book by Jonathan Dodson explaining the vision for Fight Clubs.
Basic Bible Training - 11 lessons for middle school / high school students on what the Bible is, how we got it, how to study it (scroll down on the students page)
Top 10 Reasons to Rely on the Bible - God's Word
The Lifeboat - a gospel pamphlet using the story of The Titanic
New Life in Christ Discipleship - 3 excellent discipleship programs, each with 13-15 individual lessons - great for new believer follow up, young teen education or basic growth in the faith
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