Category: Discipleship
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Take the Pressure off: Disciple Like John the Baptist
I have officially decided to stop modeling my discipleship ministry after Jesus. Wait? What? I was meeting with a group of guys this morning in my office. We are working through our discipleship ministry and each guy (me included) is trying to figure out how to be more effective in our ministries. We are working…
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New Disciplemaker Study
by Tim Howington We have been working on a new study we affectionally call a Disciplemaker Group. The premise is this- once you have established someone in their faith and they are ready to begin to impact others, what do you train them in. To be honest in my 30+ years of discipling men, I…
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Part 3: Seeds Among the Thorns
The curse of being the oldest child is that sometimes the weight of the world is on your shoulders. I was talking with a friend of mine years ago and he commented, “man you sure seem to be weighted down with your responsibilities.” Guilty. My folks divorced when I was 10 or so in the…
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Part 2: Seed on Rocky Soil
Infatuation is a funny thing. Here is a great definition- an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something. Example- “he had developed an infatuation with the girl”. I briefly remember my first “girlfriend”. Her name was Carol. I was in the sixth grade and minding my own business hanging out with the…
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Discipleship Groups in 2022
by Tim Howington Men’s groups meet all over the place. Go into any coffee shop or diner in the morning most mornings and you will find a group of guys with their Bibles open and discussing spiritual things. Some groups don’t have their Bibles open, but they are talking about spiritual things. We love all…
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Chip’s Plan 2- How to put together a discipleship plan
We are going to be tracking through with Chip as he is fine tuning his discipleship plan! Chip’s Plan 2- How to put together a discipleship plan from Freedom 5:one Ministries on Vimeo.
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Chip’s Plan- How to Put Together a Discipleship Plan
As you put together your discipleship plan, it is helpful to have a grid. Check out this video.
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A Faith Worth Emulating for the Leader
A Faith Worth Emulating for the Leader by The Howitzer When I was growing up, Jack Nicklaus was the man. The Golden Bear as they called him was the talk of the golf world. I was barely starting to play golf, but I knew who he was. I picked up an illustrated book of golf…
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Romans 12:2
by Trey Shearin Every year, tens of thousands of Salmon swim back upstream to where they were born. They spawn there and then most die because of the journey. They leave their salt water habitat to return to fresh water. Some up to 1,000 miles. Why? Because their eggs will hatch better. 100s of fish in…
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Be a Practitioner
A procrastinator, a philosopher and a practitioner go into a bar… here’s what happens: