No one in church leadership thinks disciple-making is optional. Across denominations, networks, and traditions, disciple-making is one of the few things we all agree on. It shows up in mission statements. It fills conference schedules. It fuels podcasts, books, and training pipelines. If you asked a room full of pastors or ministry leaders whether making…

No one in church leadership thinks disciple making is unimportant. If you asked a room full of pastors, planters, or ministry leaders to raise their hand if disciple-making matters, every hand would go up. It’s written into our mission statements. It’s baked into our theology. It shows up in our language and our aspirations. Disciple…

We are looking forward to seeing you all again at Exponential this year! As usual, we will have a booth and be hosting workshops, but this year we are extra excited for the debut of Discipology. We now have a simple system for disciple making for you and your church. It includes a book for…

“Why don’t we just get all the leaders together and have a conversation about decentralizing our organization? It sounds super exciting, and I’m sure they’d love to hear and contribute to the conversation!” As one of the three executive team members, I was excited about inviting the second-tier leaders, most of whom had been a…

We spent four years pursuing an abandoned bowling alley in Hermosa Beach. Vandalized, massive, sitting on a hill overlooking the ocean-we knew God wanted us to have it. We told people God reserved this place for our church. We prayed over it. We laid hands on the walls. We met with the owners. Nineteen times,…

Churches in America grew rapidly between 1990 and 2006. We built bigger buildings, launched better programs, hired more staff. From the platform, it looked like success. Then someone did the math. The number of people born in the United States during those 16 years equaled the size of the American church in 1990. Yet the…