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Christ commanded the church to make disciples, to produce people who love and obey God, bear fruit, and live with joy. The crisis at the heart of the church is that we often pay lip service to making disciples, but we seldom put much effort behind doing it. For the pastor who is ready to put words into action, The Disciple-Making Pastor offers the inspiration and practical know-how to do so. |
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| The crisis at the heart of the church is that we often pay lip service to making disciples, but we seldom put much effort behind doing it. For the pastor who is ready to put words into action, The Disciple-Making Pastor offers the inspiration and practical know-how to do so. |
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 A lot has happened
in the two decades since this work was originally published. My children have become adults, my
hair has turned white, and I have succeeded and failed. I
have seen trends rise and fall, movements come and go, and
so many efforts to reach the world for Christ disappear. I have changed
my mind about some things. Overall, I believe we have made
some gains, but they are balanced by the losses. We have
gained in better training and in wonderful materials such
as books and DVDs. There seems to be a greater unity
among evangelicals; the leaders are more focused on what
matters. The playing field has been leveled in business
competition: India, China, and others can now compete
for business with the West. The church in the developing
world is greatly enhanced as cell phones and the Internet
make information available to them. There are technologies
that now can provide needed training to millions of
Christians around the globe. However, the losses are connected to the same technologies. The spread of the consumerism mentality has
poisoned much of the good training. The reliance on technology
for worship and teaching competes with the need
for the personal touch and the development of sacrificial
community. People cannot be formed in Christ in a climate that is dominated
by a consumer mentality. Jesus calls us to come and
die, whereas consumer Christianity calls us to come and
improve our lives and enhance our personalities. — Bill Hull |
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If we are going to see Christians in this country reflect Christ’s values, we need to get back to serious biblical discipleship. The pastor is the key to this effort. Bill Hull’s book is the best work I’ve read on this issue. It is must-reading for every pastor and seminary student in our land. — Ron Jensen, president of High Ground |
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Bill Hull tells us the truth about church life and its leadership — biblically, courageously, and intelligently. I have no doubt that this is the best book available on disciple making and disciple development in the contemporary church. And this is the single most important issue now facing the church worldwide. — Dallas Willard, author of The Divine Conspiracy and Renovation of the Heart |
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The Disciple-Making Pastor: Leading Others on the Journey of Faith
The church continues to try to reach the world without making disciples. Bill Hull shows pastors the obstacles they face, what disciples really look like, the pastor’s role in producing them, and the practices that lead to positive change. He also offers a six-step coaching process to help new disciples grow in commitment and obedience, and practical ideas to integrate disciple making into the fabric of the church. Equipping laborers for the harvest Christ commanded the church to make disciples, to produce people who love and obey God, bear fruit, and live with joy. Here is a message men and women aspiring to church leadership need to hear and ponder. Bill Hull is a writer and discipleship evangelist as well as the founder of T-Net International, a ministry devoted to transforming churches into disciple-making churches. He has spent more than twenty years as a pastor and is the author of several books, including Jesus Christ, Disciplemaker and Choose the Life.
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