I’ve lived long enough to realize that spirituality does not grow without attention. Not only that, it doesn’t grow in isolation – those who think that they can be “solo Christians” without being involved in a local church that is doing the work of God...
In The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church (2010), Witmer provides biblical and practical teaching for prioritizing and accomplishing genuine spiritual care within our churches. The simple thesis of the book is “The fundamental responsibility of church leaders is to shepherd God’s flock”...
This post is part of a series. The keynote speaker at this year’s 2018 National Disciple Making Forum in Nashville was Shodankeh Johnson, a charismatic pastor from Sierra Leone, Africa. He was quite challenging and inspiring, to say the least (you can hear an interview with...
When we think of planting a church, what’s typically the first thing we may do? We typically do something like this: Start a small group bible study Start a Sunday meeting Grow a small group system in which discipleship sort of happens At the Exponential...
In church growth circles, there’s always some new trend that promises to revitalize and grow our churches in size, and sometimes in maturity. Conferences are held, books are sold, and participants come home from the mountaintop with grand hopes that are often smashed, or wane...
