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STRATEGIC FOCUS TEAM

Disciple-Making

Why discipling new believers is so vital

March 31, 2021

Discipleship is the process of a believer's transformation to Christlikeness that takes place intentionally and relationally in the context of gospel community. Based on Jesus' call to His disciples in Matthew 4:19, a disciple is someone who is following...

Michael Boarts
Disciple-Making

Don’t make discipleship too complicated

March 31, 2021

I have a tendency to complicate things. God wired me to learn and think. The further I get from my junior high years, the more I grow to appreciate that about myself. God also called me to be a...

Cris Alley
Disciple-Making

How your CP giving makes an impact right here at home

March 24, 2021

When you think of the Cooperative Program (CP), you’re probably like me. You tend to think of supporting our international missionaries or our North American missionaries. And we do. Giving through the Cooperative Program supports more than 6.500 missionaries...

Cris Alley
Disciple-Making

Will you pray and go?

November 23, 2020

I don’t remember much about that day, but one thing I do remember: it was hot — really hot. The temperature in Newton was near 100 degrees Fahrenheit that day. But we had committed to walk our neighborhood and...

Cris Alley
Disciple-Making

Living in the Bible Belt doesn’t make you a Christian

October 21, 2020

I grew up in the Bible Belt. In those days, almost nobody worked on Sundays. We prayed before class, ball games and meals — even in the name of Jesus — whether we believed it or not. We proudly...

Cris Alley

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