For a time, the primary role of stewarding my children belonged to me. Yet, growing as a dad meant progressively sharing that responsibilities with others.
How important is full-time college ministry? Is it merely an avenue for relatively inexperienced ministers to get their feet wet in ministry—something that should be viewed as an automatic stepping ...
Disciple-making at times can seem complicated. I don’t know about you, but I can often feel like I’m not doing the right things at the right times or ...
Yes, I know Peter and John were seen as “unschooled, ordinary men.” This doesn’t mean that they had no training; it just means the school they came out of ...
Trent Sheppard’s book, God on Campus: Sacred Causes & Global Effects, may sound like a book only relevant to college ministers and students. To the contrary, it’s a book ...
Discipleship, much like evangelism, is a mix of art and science. You, as a discipler, bring your own unique sensibilities, skills, and personality. Likewise, each person you disciple is a ...
All of us forget things we shouldn’t. Sometimes our forgetfulness matters, often it doesn’t. But when we forget that appointment, name or birthday it can unintentionally make others feel ...
There are two types of people in any ministry. People who add value and people who subtract value. Like JFK said, “Ask not what your ministry can do for you ...
In the fall of 2013, our ministry reached a crossroads. Our large group gathering was growing, but we weren’t sure if we were actually making disciples of the students attending. In ...
Is unity necessary? So what if we’re divided—we all have the same goal, right? In reality, when we’re not unified we make it that much harder for the ...
