March 2, 2021

Disciple Making's Biggest Obstacle

March 2, 2021

Four years ago, I wrote that the biggest barrier to discipleship was busyness, but it’s not true now, and honestly, it doesn’t look like it was true then either. Truth, like music, is drowned out by noise. COVID has shown us that…

Justin Gravitt

September 8, 2020

Lies We Believe: Growth Indicates God's Blessing

Justin Gravitt

September 8, 2020

Lies We Believe: Growth Indicates God's Blessing

Growth is one of the great idols of the contemporary American church. It’s eclipsed love as the force that drives decision-making and evaluation. Churches assume that growth indicates God’s blessing. The church’s infatuation with growth has infected individuals…

Justin Gravitt

January 7, 2020

Unified Disciple Making Theory

Justin Gravitt

January 7, 2020

Baseball, Einstein, and disciple making come together for this ground breaking theory…Understood properly it can revolutionize disciple making by connecting what’s been disconnected…

Justin Gravitt

August 20, 2019

Why Do Small Groups Exist?

Justin Gravitt

August 20, 2019

Recently I’ve been using two sneaky questions to ask pastors and small group participants why small groups exist at all. The question I ask pastors goes like this…

Justin Gravitt

December 4, 2018

Marks of a Disciple Making Culture: A Core Team

Justin Gravitt

December 4, 2018

Marks of a Disciple Making Culture: A Core Team

Most pastors and churches don’t understand what it takes to build a core team and what characteristics such a team possesses. So what does a core team look like in the wild? Here are FOUR commitments a core team must have to make a disciple making impact.

Justin Gravitt

October 17, 2017

Three Disciple Making Definitions

Justin Gravitt

October 17, 2017

Disciple making is hard to define. It's a process that's simple to start, but difficult to master. I carry these three definitions around with me. They remind me of my end goal, my part in the process, and what I must focus on. What definitions help you?

Justin Gravitt

October 3, 2017

It All Starts with ONE

Justin Gravitt

October 3, 2017

God starts with ONE. He always has. Whether it was Adam, Abraham, Moses, or Jesus, God launches movements beginning with just one. The journey toward becoming a disciple making church begins the same way…with just one. Are you willing to be that ONE for your church?

Justin Gravitt

September 5, 2017

Marks of a Disciple Making Culture - Relationally Driven

Justin Gravitt

September 5, 2017

Marks of a Disciple Making Culture - Relationally Driven

Though every church has relationships, very few are relationally driven. Let me explain. Scripture tells us to love one another but most Christians “system one another” by pointing each other to books, Bible studies, and programs specifically designed to meet each need.

Justin Gravitt

August 8, 2017

Rescuing Worship from Music and the Church

Justin Gravitt

August 8, 2017

Rescuing Worship from Music and the Church

I'm as surprised as you. After all we see her every Sunday, right? Some of us see her on Wednesdays, and a few see her on Saturday evenings, but why can’t we find her on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays?