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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on worship. Corporate worship is not a passive entertainment, but a formative event in the process of making disciples. And worship leaders must take care what...
Kenny Lamm -
All Christians have a desire to live a life that counts; one way to do so is to spiritually pour themselves into others. But how should they foster God’s calling in their lives to make disciples in the context...
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Think of a pocket of lostness as a gospel desert—a small geographic area with a large percentage of lost people. North Carolina has 250 pockets of lostness, where the general population grows or changes faster than the church, which...
Cris Alley -
For the first time in the history of the church, five generations are trying to coexist under one roof. As a result, many issues in churches today are preferential and generational, and many leaders are finding that millennial parents...
Cheryl Markland -
This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training. Russ Reaves and Steve Harris dive into a discussion of unreached population groups, likening these pockets of lostness to spaghetti as they often feature common strands woven throughout...Strategic Focus Team
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Don’t they accomplish the same purpose? Discipleship of believers is not about the setting, but more about substance and strategy. Many churches, however, have a traditional Sunday School model without a clear discipleship design in place. With the continued...Ronnie Parrott
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At its core, discipleship is walking relationally with another person from one stage of spiritual maturity to the next, from non-Christians seeking answers to mature believers sharing biblical wisdom. From a single person living in a downtown apartment to...Tabatha Frost
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Most discipleship methods are focused on what people know or what can they do, but inspiration to fulfill the Great Commission is oftentimes lacking. While it’s good that church leaders are embracing the vision to make disciples and providing...
Brian Upshaw -
Whether it is with a family member, a coworker, a neighbor or someone in the store, believers can and should form authentic relationships and use everyday encounters to share nuggets of the gospel with people in their spheres of...
Ashley Allen -
This podcast was recorded at the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s 2019 Annual Meeting and focuses on sharing Christ with your LGBT neighbor. Sharing Christ with the neighbors around you is a mandate given to us throughout Scripture,...BSCNC Communications
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With a church on every corner, so to speak, is there really a need for more? The answer is yes, because different kinds of churches reach different kinds of people. Churches that partner with new churches often experience increases...
Mark Gray -
Do simple platitudes on the way out of the church door really affirm pastors in their calling to shepherd their congregations? How detrimental can critical response be to a pastor’s heart? Jim Shaddix explores ways pastors can receive truly...Jim Shaddox
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on revitalization. The early church faced extreme persecution and held no political power, yet it grew exponentially. Today’s church in America, however, with its extreme political power...Lonnie Reynolds
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This podcast was recorded at the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s 2018 Annual Meeting and focuses on breaking the cycle of poverty. Statistics often show that it is quite difficult for someone born into poverty to break out of...Dan Collison
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-making conference breakout session training. Ever wonder why Jesus talked to some people and not to others? And why did He often use questions or stories when He talked to people about the kingdom...
Josh Reed -
Nearly 95 percent of the people who live in luxury apartments, gated communities, government housing communities, trailer parks and other multihousing communities are unchurched. While there is no one-size-fits-all model for disciple-making among these different communities, churches can use...Great Commission Partnerships
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Even in churches where pastors faithfully preach about praying, many members don’t pray. Bud Parrish and other pastors examine biblical and practical wisdom from Acts 3:19 on how God is calling His people across North Carolina and beyond to...Bud Parrish
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training. Many church leaders might see a need for whole family ministry, yet their approach frequently leaves an impression that they, and not parents, are responsible for the children’s...Daniel Dye
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When parents understand and intentionally strive to follow Deuteronomy 6:4-7, their homes can be changed in extraordinary ways. In this passage, God outlines readily available times wherein parents can repeatedly speak into their children’s lives to bring Christ into...
Mark Smith -
Moses’ staff, David’s sling and the disciples’ fishing nets were all common tools of their particular trades. But when they encountered the true God and His plan for their lives, those tools became the vehicles He used to advance...William Branch
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Many churches operate on a “come and see” model rather than with a “go and serve” mindset. This issue is only exacerbated by the fact that in today’s culture, countless people have very little spiritual knowledge or interest. But...Steve Clark
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and talks about how at the heart of discipleship is kingdom-focused prayer. With John 17 providing the backdrop, Chris Schofield challenges believers to consider Christ’s example and the...
Chris Schofield -
Sometimes in church and in Bible study groups, Christians get so busy doing good things that they abandon the best thing—love for Jesus. Rick Hughes explores the purpose and planning of relational small groups and shares practical principles on...
Rick Hughes -
This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on the Bible and its relationship with race in the church. In the hands of the wrong person, like a young child or an evil movie villain,...Courtlandt Perkins
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The death of George Floyd has brought about tension, protests and upheaval in an already volatile period in our nation. In these times, we must take every thought captive and search the Scriptures for discernment, wisdom and guidance.BSCNC Communications
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The family is God’s first and greatest institution. When family ministry becomes generational and intentional, it becomes natural. Mark Smith delves into how church leaders can strategically equip and encourage parents and grandparents to be the disciple-makers of their...Mark Smith
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on growing as Christian parents and grandparents to disciple children in the home. Mark Smith of Family at Home Ministry asks, “What is the most important...Mark Smith
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In Psalm 78, the Bible exhorts parents to teach their children the laws and goodness of God and ensure that they continue that spiritual legacy from generation to generation. In a modern culture where biblical illiteracy is rampant and...
Sammy Joo -
The world has never been so connected to information and yet so disconnected with personal relationships. Communities of people unengaged with the gospel are a part of a rapidly changing culture that values instant gratification and consumer mentality. This...Matt Curry
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While most missions work often focuses on overseas ministry, an increasing number of unreached people groups are migrating to the United States; in fact, 43 million people living in this country were born in another one. But what does...
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Jesus often talked in parables to help the crowds He taught understand deeper principles. Then and now, people remember a story—and that makes it an ideal non-confrontational way to share biblical truth with communities throughout the city or around...Sarah Davenport
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training. Across the nation, more than half of the population lives in multifamily housing. What’s more, nearly 95 percent of these people who live in luxury apartments, gated communities,...Zac Lyons
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How do you make disciples in a rural context? The same way you do anywhere else, says Jonathan Blaylock, and that is by investing in people God has trusted you to shepherd. Every small town in America is unique,...Jonathan Blaylock
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Many women often use their gifts to serve their churches in ministries such as hospitality, music or teaching children. Every church needs women who love to serve like this, yet one of the most important ways to serve is...Mary Wallace Wilson
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God wants believers to use their gifts in the way He has designed them, whether that means to strengthen their church or engage their community. John Davenport and Nathan Stamm share a simple yet comprehensive framework that will help...Strategic Focus Team
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on practices of solitude before God. The Bible proclaims that God desires the company of His children. It also promises that He will be near when...Larry Trotter
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The gospel is like a coffee bean, says Walter Strickland. It keeps its integrity no matter what environment it’s placed in, yet it also takes on the “soil” of its surrounding cultural environment. In other words, the gospel is...Walter Strickland
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How can Christians transition from simply befriending and serving their immigrant neighbors to sharing the good news of the gospel with them, making disciples and planting new churches? How can churches leverage any ministry activities, such as English as...
Jonathan Derbyshire -
Today, 80 percent of churches are experiencing a plateau or decline in attendance. Yet most churches still offer an overwhelming menu of programs that assume people will go to church at designated times. How can today’s church leaders effect...Jay McGuirk
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Joy is the serious business of heaven,” C.S. Lewis once wrote. And that joy can be purposed on Earth as motivation for Christians to lead nonbelievers into true fellowship with God in fulfillment of His purpose for humanity. What...Josh Reed
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This podcast was recorded at the Disciple-Making Conference breakout session training and focuses on the debate that philosophers and theologians have about the function of beauty, that which only humans are drawn toward and appreciate. Creation itself is a...Matt Capps
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The early church faced extreme persecution and held no political power, yet it grew exponentially. Today’s church in America, however, with its extreme political power and little persecution, is dying. What’s more, while nearly three-fourths of Americans identify as...Eric Simmons
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Anxiety and depression are the “common cold” of emotional experience for many people. There are many questions about how to provide the most effective pastoral care for church members who experience various levels of life disruption from these difficult...Brad Hambrick
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Parents have approximately 936 weeks between a child's birth and the time he or she graduates from high school. In today’s self-focused, stressful culture, adolescence is a key time when they must leverage distinct opportunities to spiritually influence a...
Merrie Johnson -
Among Christians across the country, discussion and debate on the issue of immigration abound. But what does the Bible say? Through the Great Commission, churches are called to become engaged and reach all people groups with the message of...Strategic Focus Team
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