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Nothing Derails A Small Group Discussion Quicker Than This..
Have you ever had that moment in a small group? You know, the moment where you can tell breakthrough is coming soon, everyone is focused and engaged and the Holy Spirit is doing his work? And then, have you ever had that moment derailed completely by the actions of...
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10 Reasons Every Senior Pastor Needs A Sermon Team – Jim Putman
Do you find you are putting several hours of your week into developing your weekly sermon? Do you ever wonder if that is the most effective use of your time? Jim Putman, Senior Pastor of Real Life Ministries - one of the largest churches in North Idaho - shares his...
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How can you make the move from Sunday School Model to Small Group Model easier?
At the November 2017 DiscipleShift 1 Training at The MET in Houston Texas, Senior Pastor Matt Roberson responded to this question asked by an attendee: "Can you give us any examples of successful ways you were able to transition your church from a Sunday School model...
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Tap Into The Power You Need To Help Carry Your Burdens..
When walking alongside someone in a disciple-making relationship, time spent together in Gods word is vital no matter what stage of Spiritual growth they may be in. Spending time with the person you are discipling, growing deeper together in a relationship, develops...
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Top Questions Leaders Ask – “Where do you find your leaders?”
There are many questions asked of our Discipleshift Training Team Leaders during our monthly events. One that they hear quite often is in reference to the amazing leaders' people see facilitating at our training. "Where do you find your leaders?" Watch the short...
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Developing An Effective Leadership Culture That Your People Will Aspire To
Most people who study the church in America believe that the church has a crisis in leadership. It appears that many of today’s churches are looking for leaders, but few are being found. Without effective leadership, the church flounders. Yet when we read the...
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5 Key Things You Need To Live The Life God Has For You
The following excerpt was taken from a blog post written by Aaron Couch, the lead coach of Real Life Ministries in Moscow, Idaho. You can read the full post here – Aaron’s blog. I often hear from leaders that if someone else did “X” (whatever “X” is), then I would be...
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Rooted In Relationship
Last month the Relational Discipleship Network, a group of like-minded churches that all live out individually and corporately the model Jesus gave us of Relational Discipleship, had their first Gathering event at Awaken Church in Charleston, South Carolina. There...
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Is Your Small Group Environment Relational? Take This Test To Find Out!
How Relational Is Your Small Group Environment? I’m sure you have heard at least one story of someone who stopped going to their small group because they never felt ‘connected’ with the people there. And you have probably also heard from someone else with the exact...
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