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The Disciple-Making Church: Leading a Body of Believers on the Journey of Faith is unavailable, but you can change that!

Often there is so much focus in our churches on the first part of Christ’s Great Commission—evangelism—that the second part is omitted. The omission is not the preaching of Christ or the importance of world mission; it is the teaching of others on what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus. The sad result is generations of believers trying to be different from the world and not understanding why...

For the long haul, supporting networks of both clergy and laity will be necessary to sustain interest. Disciple-making pastors must pass on their vision and leadership to laymen who will remain in the churches after the pastors leave. It must be admitted, however, that new pastors want to stake out their new ideas, and most laity go along with them. Most pastoral changes are made not because of theology or philosophy of ministry. They are made because of bread-and-butter issues such as attendance,
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