discipleship training

You will find Part 1 at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2023/07/the-discipleship-mirage-part-1-what-is-the-discipleship-mirage/ You will find Part 2 at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2023/07/the-discipleship-mirage-part-2-the-quest-for-a-comprehensive-approach-to-discipleship-training/ You may be aware that there have been various companies over the last couple of decades that have been genuine disruptors in their industries – companies that have caused radical change in an existing market because…

[You can read Part 1, What is the Discipleship Mirage?, at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2023/07/the-discipleship-mirage-part-1-what-is-the-discipleship-mirage/] My personal journey down the road of helping churches put a focus on discipleship training began with my missionary experience. My wife and I served nearly 17 years as missionaries in two different countries – nearly 12…

Back in the day when most churches had regular church programs on Sunday mornings, Sunday evenings, and Wednesday evenings, there was a predictable pattern regarding attendance. The largest attendance was in the Sunday morning worship service, with the next largest being in the Bible study program that happened prior to…

Surely you are familiar with the “Cinderella” fairy-tale. In that story, Cinderella goes to live with her evil stepmother and her three evil stepsisters. Since she is not part of the “real” family, they all treat her very badly. It seems that back in the late 1600s when the story…

Part 1 – http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/07/how-to-organize-discipleship-training-part-1-grasping-the-big-picture
Part 2 – http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/07/how-to-organize-discipleship-training-part-2-the-need-for-a-worldview-paradigm
Part 3 – http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/07/how-to-organize-discipleship-training-part-3-a-biblical-worldview-as-a-foundation
Part 4 – http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/07/how-to-organize-discipleship-training-part-4-interacting-with-non-biblical-worldviews-in-the-world
Part 5 – http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/07/how-to-organize-discipleship-training-part-5-how-to-share-a-christian-witness Over the years, I have had a lot of different people attack me because of the content of various articles and videos I have posted on social media and the…

The State of Discipleship Training in America
Tragically, the state of discipleship training in American churches is frightfully dismaying. Let me break it down for you just a little. According to George Barna’s latest study, while 51% of Americans say they believe in the God of the Bible, only 6%…