Something isn’t right…
A lot of Christ followers aren’t following Christ anymore, and you probably know some of them: The Ex-vangelicals, the Nones, Dones, the De-converted or the De-churched.Â
If the “news” is such good news, why the burnout and turnout rates with Pastors? What’s behind the mute-ness and inert-ness and uncertain-ness of the people who are known as “disciples” of Jesus, the Christ? What’s going on here?
Whatever “it” is – it’s inside and outside. It’s inside the church walls, impacting staff and congregations alike. It’s affecting seminaries, missionaries, family and friends. Even outside, the watching world is noticing. It’s almost as if discipleship has been “hacked”.
What to do? Now that’s a really good question!
Let’s have a conversation:
In person or in-virtual, Dennis wants to talk to you – as leaders, pastors, ministers, leaders of small groups, deacons, bishops, elders and professors.
It isn’t your fault. Yet now….it’s your purpose and call to lead us out of this!Â
One of the popular ideas offered up to leaders in attempts to improve discipleship is better training for individuals. If we teach them better, so the idea goes, disciples will awaken, rational thinking about what
“The Christian life comes to mean nothing more than living in the world and as the world, in being no different from the world, in fact, in being prohibited from being different from the world
A foundational assertion in the case for The Disciple Dilemma is that everyone needs a mentor in their “follow” of Christ. Think of a mentor like a coach, or a consultant – someone who’s there
Disciples pray. What should we pray for? How would we know? What is prayer? Why do we pray?[i] The Lord’s Prayer is often taught as a guide for prayer and used as a pattern of
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