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New Members Class: Joining a Church During a Pandemic

Don't assume people will be disciples, have intentional pathways, like a new members class, to onboard them to a discipleship pathway. The new member class is not for ...

Watershed Discipleship | Creating discipleship pathways during COVID-19

Every church should purpose to make disciples of Jesus Christ in ongoing relational environments that seek spiritual maturity and multiplication. Many churches in our ...

Join a Learning Community in 2021

"Full transparency, this is the hardest ministry season I have ever experienced. I'm not going anywhere or anything, just at a point where I don't have a lot of excite...

The 5 Discipleship SHIFTS

The 5 Discipleship SHIFTS Most Churches NEED TO MAKE To Produce World-Impacting Disciple Makers

2020 Recap and Looking Ahead to 2021 | Dr. Levi Skipper and Dr. Scott Sullivan

Hear from Dr. Scott Sullivan our Georgia Baptist Discipleship Catalyst and Dr. Levi Skipper Church Strengthening Catalyst recap a year of discipleship in 2020 and look...

Shifting the Mindset of Discipleship

Start where you are to get where you want to go. Changing the mindset of a disciple.

Discover D-Life | Guest: Founder Bill Wilks

D-Life was born out of a burden to see a real and reproducible process for disciple-making. Through an in-depth study of the four Gospels, the simple disciple-making p...

Discover the Bonhoeffer Project - Guest Jim Thomas

The Bonhoeffer Project is grounded in the foundation Christ built while on earth. True discipleship is only effective when it is steeped in the gospel.

Ken Adams: Impact Discipleship

Ken Adams was called as the first pastor of Crossroads Church in Newnan, Georgia in 1989. He was passionate about the Great Commission and wanted his church to be a pa...

Refreshing Your Small Groups

If there is any “good” to come out of our current COVID-19 crisis, it’s that churches have been forced to reexamine the health of their current programs and ministries...

Where have all the volunteers gone?

The new and challenging circumstances we face in 2020 with a pandemic and churches trying to figure out how to safely re-open, and the challenge becomes even more diff...

55+ Adults: Returning to Church

Join us as we talk about Adults 55+ Returning to Church with guest Benny Pate & Consultant Michael Taylor!

Men’s Ministry: It’s Okay to Dream Small

"Does your current ministry to men feel like a valley of dry bones? Are you looking for ways to breathe new life into your men’s ministry? Are you contemplating your n...

Is it time for a facilities update?

"As any renovation or building project begins we should all remember that everything we do as a church should point people to the Gospel message."

Online Campus Alignment

Volunteers are the lifeblood of our churches. With many churches moving worship online, and planning to continue to do so, how will your church empower volunteers to h...

Starting or Reinventing a Ministry to Senior Adults

Ministry to and with older adults is changing. In an unstable world, this provides a unique opportunity for churches to start or revamp the way they approach ministry ...

Is it time for a facilities check-up

An annual check-up or assessment is a great way to avoid potential problems and concerns and to make sure that the church facility or facilities are in good shape.

Is Men's Ministry Still Relevant in the Church

As I travel throughout Southeast Georgia and speak with pastors, I often ask the question, “How is your men’s ministry?” Following the eye roll, the response is usuall...

Why Small Groups

Perhaps, like my wife and me, you have at one time had the privilege of parenting a 4-year-old. As the mom and dad of four little boys, we have had this opportunity tw...

Why a church should adopt an intentional disciple making pathway

Every church should have an intentional pathway to make disciples of Jesus Christ in ongoing relational environments that seek spiritual maturity and multiplication. I...

Big 4 of Sunday School

The Sunday school (your ongoing Sunday morning small groups strategy) is the best tool you have to do Great Commission ministry. But nothing good will come from classe...

Regathering our Groups Better than Ever

Join Scott Sullivan, Jenni Carter, Michael Taylor, and Cameron Wilkins as they discuss three vital questions to groups gathering.

Why Churches Should Reach Singles

Singles are unique. There is a specific way to reach and minister to each type of single adult, but these labels are not meant to place singles into different ways of ...

Why Attend Spark 2020?

The GBMB and our Discipleship Team are excited about SPARK, previously Go Georgia! Join Scott and Dallas as they talk through what the event will look like and release...

Saving Money While Maximizing Gospel Impact

There are many areas where COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our churches – and a big one is money. Our executive pastor made the statement early to our staff: “Don’t s...

Strategy to Advance the Mission

Let's learn together how the strategies we form now will advance discipleship in our churches.

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