If you see a map long enough it becomes the map, not a map. Once our beliefs become fixed we interpret all new data through the lens of that "reality". The same thing happens in churches…
Change Through Catalytic Challenge
Disciple makers not only understand their own need for change but also know the demands of lasting transformation. But how do we spur change in the one we’re discipling? One of the primary change tools skilled disciple makers carry is catalytic challenge. What makes a challenge catalytic? To challenge effectively we must do three things...
Three Successive Demands of Transformation
If you could be transformed to be more like Jesus in just one way, what would it be? What’s stopping you? Truth is transformation is expensive. In my work with lead pastors, discipleship pastors, and church leaders in Dayton Ohio, I've found three demands of transformation are both universal and unrelenting. Meeting these demands has the power to flip the success rate from 20% to 80%.