Thanks for this video. I discovered ChatGP in January, this year. Since then, I'm using it to study the Bible and write books and KZfaq content. It's a great tool to have in a toolbox.

What exactly is this guy advocating? Yes, I get that we must be creative in fulfilling the Great Commission, however, he painted such a broad picture that is was inclusive but vague in the details. Some Scripture would have kept everything anchored and centered.

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God bless you all from pastor vijaysagar ch from vizag Andhra Pradesh South India and small telugu Christian channel (kfgm India).

Francis Chan has another gospel. Free grace is the only true gospel.

An absolutely stupid idea for a church.

I will be there in 2025. Love from Uganda🥰

The problem is the over-planning! All strategy and no action leaves the mission unfulfilled. It doesn’t matter how many key words or charts you use.

We love Exponential! This year's conference was incredible. What a great opportunity to get together, learn from one another, and be inspired toward collective kingdom impact. Looking forward to 2025 already!

It was a great week together. Can't wait till the next gathering.

Glad I was able to attend in person this year!

Exponential 2024 did not disappoint. Always inspirational and life-giving.

So the statement was made about keeping commandments and then the next statement from Dave was about rocking up on Sunday - so ya'll not Sabbath keepers? Or you ascribe to tradition to keep Sunday because it's easier? Interesting... at first "keeping the Sabbath' was hard, but these days I consider it a blessing... I wish more of my brothers and sisters in Christ would keep a Saturday so that there were more options for loving worship communities for me to connect with. I know that's selfish but I am human and I desire loving community.

Am from Africa and I heard Mac from pr Steve Willis who visited Uganda baptist seminary,I have really been blessed.

I will be there 🙏🏻

You dont give FC a chance to talk. Really, you did this with Bob Coy also. YOu’d be a much better interviewer if you would let people speak and keep your scope narrow

We had an elder in our church who was totally blind, BUT he could see through the Holy Spirit. He could tell you what you had on down to the button color. Physically blind but spiritually sighted. God's miracles don't always come the way we think they're supposed to come. We have to be open to how God chooses to display his power and grace and not orchestrate narratives in our heads on how he should go about doing his business.

Rick’s testimony is transforming . God bless that work

I tried to go to website and it says it’s unexpectedly closed 😢??😮

God bless you 🙏

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 02:30 🔄 *Shift 1: From Reaching to Making* - Emphasizes the shift from focusing on reaching more people to making disciples. - Making disciples involves a process-oriented approach, leading individuals from spiritual infancy to adulthood. 05:19 🎓 *Shift 2: From Informing to Equipping* - Highlights the importance of moving beyond merely informing through messages or studies. - Stresses the need for holistic equipping, going beyond information to truly train individuals for discipleship. 07:10 💑 *Shift 3: From Attending to Attaching* - Advocates a shift from attending events without true connection to fostering intimate attachment with God, self, and neighbor. - Stresses the significance of attachment love in discipleship for spiritual growth. 09:34 🌱 *Shift 4: From Striving to Thriving* - Highlights the importance of avoiding burnout by moving from human striving to a Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered life. - Acknowledges the necessity for leaders to be emotionally healthy to lead others into a healthier discipleship. 12:18 🚀 *Shift 5: From Accumulating to Deploying* - Encourages a shift in mindset from numerical growth to equipping and deploying individuals to start new spiritual families. - Challenges the idea that success is solely gaining numbers and emphasizes the importance of sending out equipped disciples. 15:14 🧭 *Defining a Disciple* - Stresses the necessity of defining what a disciple is for clarity in the discipleship process. - Proposes a disciple as one committed to being with Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and doing what Jesus is doing. 20:25 🛠️ *Shift 2: Process of Disciple-Making* - Responds to a question about discipleship being the process of growing new ministers. - Affirms the idea of discipleship involving the growth of individuals into ministers of reconciliation, aligning with the equipping shift. 20:58 📖 *The shift from informing to equipping is rooted in Ephesians 4, where believers are commanded to be equipped for ministry or service.* 22:49 🔄 *The progression of believers involves being equipped, becoming ministers, and then becoming equippers who empower others for ministry, resulting in the growth of the entire body of Christ.* 23:33 🚀 *Equipping is not about training people for specific church roles; it's about preparing them for their unique ministry in the world, emphasizing that everyone is called to be a minister and eventually an equipper.* 24:44 🔄 *The DEEPER model for equipping involves demonstrating, experiencing, explaining, practicing, exposing, and reflecting, providing a comprehensive approach to effective training.* 29:35 🤝 *Small groups are essential in the discipleship process, offering spaces for transparent relationships, where individuals practice love for God, self, and others.* 30:16 📊 *Jesus spent 73% of his time with a few disciples, highlighting the importance of investing significant time in the development of a small group of individuals.* 32:33 ⚖️ *The key is not balance but integration between human effort and reliance on the Holy Spirit, emphasizing the need to walk in the spirit, avoiding burnout by aligning with God's power.* 36:57 🚦 *Shift from striving to thriving involves recognizing the importance of emotional attunement and attachment to God, addressing personal emotional needs for sustainable ministry.* 39:32 🤔 *Developing leaders requires creating a culture that allows space for failure, emphasizing the importance of apprenticeship, providing support, and applauding efforts in a grace-filled context.* 40:42 🤔 *Leaders should create spaces for people to fail, fostering a culture where trying and learning from failures is encouraged in missional communities and ministries.* 42:52 🔄 *Older congregations can shift to discipleship by implementing a disciple-making lab, defining discipleship, agreeing on a pathway, and using transferable tools, even if the process takes time and commitment.* 44:30 💔 *Shifting a church towards discipleship requires leaders committed to obedience, even if it means losing some members. Seeking guidance from examples and actively recruiting help is crucial.* 46:09 📚 *Resources and coaching for disciple-making can be found at saturatetheworld.org. Additionally, in 2024, Jeff's videos on the five shifts of disciple-making will be available on RightNow Media.* 50:33 🔄 *When disciple-making processes aren't yielding mature disciples, it's essential to assess and adjust. Jeff shares an example of focusing on developing skills for abiding in Christ, taking three years to implement changes.* Made with HARPA AI

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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 02:06 🔄 *Introduction and Background of the Discussion* - Introduction of Jeff Vanderstelt and his expertise. - Setting the context for the conversation on disciple-making. - Exponential's focus on disciple-making in the upcoming conference. 03:30 🔄 *Shift 1: From Reaching to Making* - The shift emphasizes moving from reaching more people to making disciples. - Highlighting the misconception of focusing solely on reaching rather than making. - Discipleship involves a process, not just events, and requires a clear understanding of what a disciple is. 05:06 🔄 *Shift 2: From Informing to Equipping* - Shifting from merely informing individuals to holistic equipping. - Recognizing the limitations of information alone in disciple formation. - Emphasizing the need for practical training and a more comprehensive approach. 06:41 🔄 *Shift 3: From Attending to Attaching* - Moving from passive attendance to fostering deep attachment to God and others. - Stressing the importance of intimate connection and love in discipleship. - Referencing Jesus' emphasis on attachment love in the context of discipleship. 09:39 🔄 *Shift 4: From Striving to Thriving* - Shifting away from human striving and relying on the power of the Spirit. - Addressing the issue of emotional health in church leadership. - Connecting the need for personal health to effective discipleship and leadership. 12:11 🔄 *Shift 5: From Accumulating to Deploying* - Transitioning from numerical growth to equipping and deploying individuals. - Redefining success by the ability to send out equipped disciplemakers. - Encouraging a focus on multiplication and starting new spiritual families. 15:23 🔄 *Deeper Dive: Defining a Disciple* - Emphasizing the importance of defining a disciple for effective disciple-making. - The necessity of clarity in the definition for assessing disciple-making success. - Involving diverse perspectives and aligning with Jesus' description of discipleship. 18:35 🔄 *Defining a Disciple: Jeff Vanderstelt's Definition* - Jeff Vanderstelt's definition: "A disciple is one who's committed to be with Jesus, be changed by Jesus, and do what Jesus is doing." - The three aspects of commitment: being with, being changed, and doing. - Aligning the definition with the relational, transformational, and commissional aspects of discipleship. 20:16 🎯 *Shifting from Informing to Equipping* - Discipleship is the process of growing new ministers. - Ephesians 4 emphasizes equipping the saints for the work of ministry. - Every Christian is called to be a minister and eventually an equipper. 23:47 🛠️ *Equipping for Personal Ministry* - Church leaders should shift from merely equipping for their ministry to equipping for personal ministry. - The 20/80 principle acknowledges that not everyone needs to serve in the church building. - The goal is to equip individuals for their unique ministry in the world. 26:06 🔄 *The DEEPER Model for Equipping* - DEEPER model: Demonstrate, Experience, Explain, Practice, Expose, Reflect. - Effective equipping involves practical demonstration and experiential learning. - Continuous reflection and repetition are essential for training disciples. 29:22 🤝 *Importance of Small Groups in Discipleship* - Small groups are imperative for the discipleship process. - Divine, transparent, and personal spaces are crucial for growth. - Sunday services are minimal compared to the impact of small group interactions. 32:33 🔄 *Shifting from Striving to Thriving* - The key is integration, not balance, of human effort and reliance on the Holy Spirit. - Recognizing the difference between walking in the flesh and walking in the Spirit is crucial. - Many people burn out due to exceeding their limitations, relying on personal strength, or engaging in the wrong activities. 37:24 🚀 *Accumulating to Deploying Disciples* - Discipleship involves moving individuals from spiritual infancy to young adulthood. - Creating spaces where individuals have the freedom to fail is essential for growth. - The goal is to launch out spiritually young adults who are apprenticed into adulthood. 39:04 🚀 *Creating a Failure-Friendly Culture* - Development culture embraces failure for growth. - Failure is integral to the development process. - Apprenticeship spaces are crucial for learning and growth. 40:16 🌊 *Throwing Into the Right Waters* - Importance of creating spaces for practical experience. - Balance between challenging individuals and providing support. - Building spiritual parents through gradual exposure and mentorship. 41:54 🎭 *Balancing Polished Presentations with Real Stories* - Encouraging spaces where people can share both success and failure stories. - Avoiding the perception of perfection in church presentations. - Creating a development culture by showcasing authentic experiences. 43:06 🔄 *Transforming Older Congregations* - Affirming the possibility of shifting older congregations toward discipleship. - Implementing a discipling-making lab for older church members. - Emphasizing the role of leaders and the cost involved in the transformation. 50:05 🔄 *Adjusting Strategies Based on Discernment* - Identifying the need for additional spiritual practices for discipleship. - Three-year plan to focus on teaching and embedding specific practices. - Recognizing the dynamic nature of church development and the importance of periodic adjustments. 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Thank you , Jeff, for that amazing conversation. I will have the "180" translated soon and was helpful to get deeper into the topic and how you and Jay present it.

Jesus did not do or say anything that He didn't first hear or see the Father do. The only way we can have the results Jesus had as far as seeing signs and wonders is to have such a close relationship with the Father that our direction from Him is so indelibly imprinted on our hearts and minds that we move through our day completely under His direction knowing what we ask Him for is what He has already shown us He desires to do through us.

This is fantastic

Amen

Why can't read bible as first hand information. Because of denomination, we don't wheather we are mislead. Bible warns against denomination, burr we are part of denomination. Took birth in Jerusalem, became religion in Rome, missionary in UK and market in USA. Two Christians from two denomination dint talk to each other. Billy graham died with a fortune of nearly 1 billion dollars. Is this preacher talking. Which is not bible

Amen.

It’s funny that anyone ever refers to themselves as a former pastor… I wonder what the Lord thinks of this. Discipleship is really at its core a system of getting people to do what you want them to do. There is no idea in scripture of individualized “discipleship”. The “command” Jesus gave that is popularly and erroneously called “the great commission” is really a fulfillment of Micah and Isaiah when the gospel would go out into the nations. This “commission” is found in the parallel gospels and is expressed as preaching the gospel. Paul never speaks of discipleship. He never commands it. Never gives instruction for it. Never asks the Corinthians why they aren’t being discipled. Never mentions making or multiplying disciples. “Go and disciple the nations” is about teaching the nations (outside of Israel) the good news.

Is it possible to have these diagrams digitized? So we can have as handy resources. Thanks for this Pst Bill

I absolutely love it, thanks for sharing wisdom.

We can't have a movement when church leaders only teach junk food ministry and refuse to provide solid food to the congregations. We can't have a movement when church leaders suppress ideas and don't know how to talk to the common Christian. We can't have a movement when all of our denominations and non-denominations are full of man-made doctrines. We can't have a movement when all the Christians have Idols in their homes and are okay with Idol worship. We can't have a movement when churches promote Pagans to leadership roles and refuse to eliminate Pagans from the church. We can't have a movement when our church leaders don't even understand God's Salvation Plan. We can't have a movement because church leaders think a movement is a Marketing Plan. We can't have a movement because none of our church leaders seek God. We can't have a movement because none of our church leaders love God more than they love their family and friends.

Church leaders today are all about Marketing and not about Discipleship. I have never been to a church that teaches Discipleship. So glad to hear this message. How am I doing loving those in my life where I am? Always be where you are.

Amen glory to God almighty I love your teaching

So good! The need for Godliness is massive. I have failed in this area. Thanks for speaking the truth.

hi Ralph and hi Rob, i understand the concept of house churches and house church networks. what would be the median size of a micro church as you stated that Jesus had a micro church of 12 and a micro church of 72? house churches would typically be gatherings of perhaps 12 to 15 though they could be larger.

This was very helpful in refocusing my heart on the heart of the Gospel and the way that it is truly effective when the relationship between God and man is first and foremost and the body is united.

Discipleship amounts to accountability. Teaching and accountability. If there's no accountability among every member you might as well just forget it. So whether she goes or not is irrelevant.. what's relevant is you know what she's been doing and you're pretending not to know. You are the problem. And that's not According to Marc. That's according to first Corinthians, Romans.. according to decent and healthy New Testament theology. When you pretend there's nothing you can do you're the problem. No amount of getting her to go to a service of a light diet of spoon feeding will ever help.

Love this..way to go Rick....way to go God!!!

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When are the sermons being posted?

When are the sermons being posted?

When are the sermons being posted?

Thanks!

Do you have a special package for those who are interested and will be coming from another country like me and my husband? Thank you for the reply.

Hello! I saw on Instagram that you are doing a conference in May. BUT, I can't seem to find the link. Thanks!