In challenging times, God opens doors to virtual discipleship. While we social distance to battle Covid, we detour into different disciple making avenues. After countless hours of Zoom, I can share some benefits of virtual discipleship. Ask like Jesus Martin Copenhaver, in his book Jesus is the Question, shares this: “In the four Gospels Jesus Read More
What do you have a lot of? In a previous blog post, I discussed the need for a church starting process that matches what I have a whole lot of, and I have a whole lot of no money. How about you? What do you have a whole lot of to use to impact your Read More
What do you have a whole lot of? At Vision USA, we connect with leaders who disseminate Jesus Christ’s gospel in their region. To accomplish this, we need a church starting process that matches what we have a whole lot of. What I have is a whole lot of no money! Vision USA is not Read More
“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are Read More
How do I identify a gatherer? Since the GSE process depends upon finding a gatherer, it is a key question. I suggest this process: 1. Know what the Bible says about gatherers. Know the biblical examples of gathering and the 14 Greek words that express ‘gather to mission’ across the New Testament – 119 occurrences, Read More
Gatherers have been around for 2,000 years or more. They have been starting churches for 2,000 years. How pervasive is the idea of gathering to Jesus’ mission? There are twenty Greek words that translate the semantic concept in the New Testament of “gathering to mission” (Gathering to Mission, p. 42 to begin). These twenty words Read More