Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Pocketcast This week we talk about reproducing disciples with Bill Hodgson. The conversation covers how to equip folks in our ministry to make disciples, the problem with some evangelism training, and how to move from a ministry mindset to a moment mindset. Thanks for checking …
I had just graduated high school when I first encountered Sonlife. “I actually feel prepared to share my faith with my friends,” exclaimed my eighteen year old self coming away from a week of disciple-making training feeling equipped and empowered. SEMP (Students Equipped to Minister to Peers) was an evangelism and apologetics conference for high …
In November 2016, I took my youth leadership team to a one-day conference entitled, “Four Chair Discipling.” In the nineties, I was quite familiar with Sonlife and had completed training in Strategy. Some 20 years later, I found myself once again learning from the Sonlife experts in disciple-making. As I left the conference on that …
This week are talking about an unhurried life with Alan Fadling. This audio is from a message Alan gave at D•Conference 2020. It inspires us to take a look at Jesus and learn from his rhythms. Alan has been a pastor and spiritual director and runs Unhurried Living ministries. Show links: You can buy An Unhurried …
This week we talk information vs. inspiration with Joshua Verwers. There is great value in knowing what scripture says. But how do we move people from knowing to doing? How can we help them go beyond information and live like Christ? Josh is a vlog pastor from Iowa. He has been on staff at his …
This week we had a chance to sit down and talk intentional living with Steve Hudson. This is such an important topic for any ministry leader these days and Steve outlines the five characteristics of intentional living for us. Steve has been a pastor and denominational leader for four decades in the church and has …
In this episode, we have a profoundly honest conversation about being a disciple-making church with James Gleason. We talk about how crucial it is for the pastor and leader to first be investing personally in the least, the last and the lost, if he/she is going to lead a disciple-making ministry. James is the Lead …
I have read two authors in the last ten years who have both suggested that Christians have become so concerned for their “WORLD” neighbors that they have forgotten their “NEXT DOOR” neighbors. Jesus invites us to begin the spread of the Gospel first in Jerusalem, our neighborhood and town. (Acts 1:8) At Sonlife, you will …
I have often wondered how to be a better leader in areas of my life where I am asked to lead. A few areas that come to mind are coaching my son’s baseball team, being captain of my college basketball team, and serving as a youth pastor. I find myself primarily looking at how people …
Who do we consider as a model for making disciples? This week we have a conversation with Joshua Edwards about what it means to be making disciples like Jesus. The Four Chairs is a visual that Sonlife uses to talk about where people are on the disciple making process and we dive into that today. …