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GA Baptist Discipleship
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This podcast exists to strengthen churches by resourcing, inspiring, and creating disciple-makers! Discipleship is a life-long process by which a follower of Jesus Christ grows toward Christ-likeness and multiplies the experience. Each week we will broadcast new episodes relevant to your ministry and replicating discipleship.
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Relational Events That Lead to a Next Step in Discipleship
Jun 5, 202300:42:05Tap to summarizeLet's face it. We gather people and organize events in our church to connect church families and guests. But when we create events, are we doing them with a next step in mind or how "great" the event can be?We invite JJ Yount on the broadcast alongside Adi Coe, who both serve at First Redeemer Church in Cumming, Georgia. As a seasoned student pastor and associate pastor, JJ shares some of his processes for helping events be next-step generators in our discipleship pipeline throughout his ministry and as the student pastor at First Redeemer. Adi serves on the team with JJ connecting women at First Redeemer and the community in discipleship. In this episode, the team talks about the following:How do we communicate and promote events?All events start with how the church views the events in general.What makes the engine of your church go, and how do you make it go faster?Are your events just for evangelism, or could they also do discipleship? Who are you trying to bring in, and what action must they take?Do something exciting they haven't done before but know your strategy beforehand.Someone who has never been to church and doesn't have a relationship with the church, and it's hard not to see it from their view if they have been raised there. It's like Marketing 101: Your internal language needs to be rethought and get out of the bubble of the church.The same event doesn't translate into different contexts, so know your demographic and the people you want to reach.Where do you start trying to make your church more diverse?Dig into what the community needs. People know when it's not genuine.God loves creativity!JJ visited Africa. Noticed that some of the negative impacts are when we go in and try to make churches in Africa like US churches, they lose the culture. We are not there to create a US church. How can we figure out what culturally matters to that person so we can meet them where they are and meet their need?Every human wants to belong, but they belong differently, and you must also see this at your events. Train leaders to see this too.The win is the people who move on to the next stage (i.e., joining a small group, etc.).Pre- and Post-Checklist
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A Man's Guide to Spiritual Disciplines
May 18, 202300:46:28Tap to summarizeDr. Patrick Morley founded Morley Properties in 1973 and was one of Florida’s 100 largest privately held companies. He’s been the president or managing partner of over 59 different companies and has taught a bible study to over 5,000 men for decades on Friday mornings. He has written over 18 books. His book, Man in the Mirror has sold over 3,000,000 copies worldwide and selected as one of the most influential books of the 20th Century. Dr. Morley has a new book out entitled: A Man’s Guide to Spiritual Disciplines. In this episode, Patrick and Scott explore:The status of men and spiritual growth in America.Evangelism without discipleship is cruel. Patrick MorleyGod tends to communicate in 4 ways.Through His worksThrough His WordThrough the whisper of His SpiritThrough the witness of believersThe importance of drawing value from who I am not what I do.How to learn to engage with God’s Word even if you do not like to read.Explore the deepest hunger of the human heart.How a pastor or leader can observe a Sabbath even when overwhelmed with work and family responsibilities.How the pastor can build men in the church through spiritual disciplines.A suggestion for the true measurement of men’s ministry success.
Transcribe →IMPACT Ministries Curriculum Review
May 7, 202300:23:31Tap to summarizeScott Sullivan and Carl Johnson interview Ken Adams, pastor at Crossroads Church Newnan, Georgia and the President of IMPACT Ministries. IMPACT Ministries has a full line of resources developed to help disciples make fully trained disciples.In this episode:Ken shares how IMPACT Ministries was birthed and how leaders all over the world are using the material.https://impactdisciples.com/Ken shares how IMPACT resources may be different from others.Carl shares from experience that the material shows the heart of a disciple making pastor and helps the disciple learn to live a disciple making journey.We learn the purpose of curriculum and how it can be used effectively to guide one’s journey.Solid biblical curriculum always points people to scripture as the source of faith and practice.Ken shares practical ideas how IMPACT curriculum is used at Crossroads Church.Scott shares that healthy churches multiply disciples, multiply groups, and multiply churches. And curriculum can be a guide to help you align the theology for a seamless biblical focus.
Transcribe →The First Step of a Disciple: This is The Gospel w/ Paul Gotthard & John LaGrange
May 4, 202300:38:39Tap to summarizeWhere does evangelism end and discipleship begin? That is an initial question in a discipleship resource called This is the Gospel. This is the Gospel was created to help new believers and undiscipled believers understand their walk with Christ, become grounded as disciples, and gain a basic framework for the Christian life. This resource was developed by Dr. Paul Gotthardt, formerly the founding and lead pastor of Life Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. After 18 years of ministry in Las Vegas, he was called as the sixth senior pastor at Sherwood in June 2021. Paul is a native of Savannah, GA, and he and his wife have been married for 27 years. Father of two college age daughters: Shana and Kaylee. John Lagrange is the Director of This Is the Gospel at Sherwood Church, and he was previously the missions and groups pastor at Life Baptist Church in Las Vegas. He is originally from New York and married to Virginia. They have three kids and are exploring all South Georgia has to offer!In this episode:What drove Paul to create this curriculum?Why are relationships foundational in our walk with the Lord?John gives his testimony and talks about his involvement with This is The Gospel.How do we maintain the tension of the relationship with Christ, the Church, and the World?What does a basic framework for living a life of Christ look like?
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Walk Thru The Bible
Dec 2, 2021Tap to summarizeThis week's discussion will help you understand how bible engagement can help to carbonate your capacity to make world impacting disciples. So, join us for this fantastic interview with Phil Tuttle, President and CEO of Walk Thru The Bible. Phil served WTTB for over three decades. He is the author of Raise Up a Child, Crucible: The Choices that Change Your Life Forever, Detour: Finding Purpose When Life Doesn't Make Sense, Revolution: How Millennials Can Change the World, and Chosen: When God Calls Your Name…which we will give away the ebook version for everyone who engages during the live broadcast. Encouraging signs regarding bible engagement • 181 million Americans opened their bible at some point • 71% Americans feel that America would be worse off without the bible • 59% of Protestant church goers are engaged with the bible In this episode: • Why is it so hard for people to engage consistently with Scripture? • Discover the "theology of the mini-van". How you use tools in family discipleship is as important as what you use. • Learn how to earn bonus time with the Apostle Paul serving smores around a campfire!? • The single greatest predictor in life change is personal engagement is scripture engagement. • With regular engagement in Scripture (4 times a week or more), the change became consistent and predictable – o 62% less drinking in excess o 59% less pornography o 59% less sex outside of marriage o 31% less anger o 20% less overeating o 416% increase of financial giving to the church o 228% increase of sharing faith with others o A lot of change aligned with the fruit of the spirit • Find out what raking leaves and digging for diamonds has to do with spiritual growth. • Why success favors the risk-taker!! • And Phil tells us how Walk Thru the Bible can serve the local church… view God accurately and how the entirety of Scripture fits together. • Register today to attend the FREE Walk Thru The Bible Tour in GA. 10:00AM-2:00PM. o January 13th—FBC Cartersville o January 20th—2nd Baptist Warner Robbins o January 27th—Northside Baptist Church Valdosta Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRESLi21We1lue5FaPAlokA Instagram: instagram.com/gabaptist_discipleship Podcast: gabaptistdiscipleship.transistor.fm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gadiscipleship
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