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Was Jesus a Prophet?

This article originally appeared on Fivefold Training. Used with permission. Subscribe to Nathan’s Fivefold Training Newsletter and get a Free PDF download exercise in a gift area of choice. Do you remember the story where Jesus challenged injustice, flipping over tables in the temple in his righteous anger? That was Jesus being a prophet. Do you remember…

What a 16-Year-Old Taught Me About Making Disciples

I was 22 years old, fresh out of the classroom, armed with theology and absolutely clueless about real ministry. His name was Dan Boyd. He was 16. And he knew something I didn’t. I had the degree. He had the relationships. I could explain the Great Commission. He was living it. Dan had taken a…

5 Ministry Trends That Will Flip the Church on Its Head in 2026

Ministry as we know it is shifting—and fast. The methods that built yesterday’s churches are no longer enough to meet the demands of today’s world. From cultural shifts to technological breakthroughs, the church is being forced to rethink how it connects with people, equips believers, and expands the Kingdom. The question isn’t whether change is…

Disciple Making Drift: How Church Growth Metrics Hijacked Formation

We measure what matters. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves. In reality, we measure what’s visible. What’s countable. What fits neatly into a spreadsheet or a quarterly report. And over time, those measurements reflect our priorities and begin to shape them. Attendance is easy to measure. Obedience is not. Formation is slow, uneven, and…

Disciple Making on the Front Lines: Felix in Yaoundé, Cameroon

In Yaoundé, Cameroon, disciple making is not limited by language, geography, or church walls. It moves through relationships, long conversations, and weekly rhythms that stretch across borders. That is where Felix does his work. Felix has trained with NewBreed for years and now serves as a disciple maker and trainer among both English and French-speaking…

Engaging the Curious: Journeying Together to Jesus

When my team and I set out to plant a church in the Pacific Northwest, we started with several months of prayer, planning, and training. Most people think that was our first step. But what most people don’t know is that for 2 years before our training and planning ever started, my wife and I…

Leadership Means Shepherding

Geometry students know that every square is a rhombus, but not every rhombus is a square. Similarly, every shepherd is a leader, but not every leader is a shepherd. Shepherds, or pastors, are leaders whether or not they have been given that official designation by a church or denomination because they possess a gift from…

Welcome to No-Man’s Land

“No-man’s-land” is a rather ominous term used in reference to uninhabitable spaces, such as land between foes, dangerous regions, deserted buildings, or, figuratively, “a state of confusion or uncertainty.” Only recently did I learn that it is also an actual place. Nomans Land, Massachusetts, is a real 612-acre island that was used as a bombing…

The Hobbit and Engaging on Mission

When I was a kid I had a cassette tape that came with a book of the Hobbit. It was part of the “See, Hear, and Read” series. The baritone voice of the narrator came on saying, “This is the story of the Hobbit. You can read along in your book. You will know that…

The Church Planter Podcast Is Back

We have big news! After many months of quiet, the Church Planter Podcast is BACK! We are so excited to re-ignite the conversation about what it looks like to reach the unreached with a different kind of church planter. We officially relaunched April 1st, and we can’t wait for more. We all know that we…