Revolution of Ordinaries

What happens when a home church gets too large for the living room?

This video gives a strategy for multiplying that keeps things healthy and minimizes the harm of breaking up groups to form new groups.

We don't do the classic, split the small group 50/50...that rarely went well. You built a successful small group only to split it up. Not so with home church. There is a better way that once you see the approach, it will make all kinds of sense!

Here to you! Would love to hear your feedback - https://youtu.be/fchKSBc8bZs

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Discipleship.

For some, it is a bad word - they were abused under the guise of discipleship.

For others, it is a head scratcher? Exactly what does it mean to be a disciple or make a disciple?

Still for others, you know the gist but maybe never got started in an intentional way.

I have something for all three groups. It is a course I wrote to help people understand the foundational principles of discipleship. These are things like what is it? What is the Holy Spirit's role in it? How did Jesus make disciples? And so much more.

You can take the course here for free - home-church-resources.circle.so/c/discipleship-fun…

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I posted about normalizing discipleship. I don't just mean that as an aspiration. I want to make it reality. For those who are interested, here is a free online course I created that is a deeper dive into the fundamentals of discipleship - home-church-resources.circle.so/c/discipleship-fun…

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Let's normalize discipleship where it becomes a regular part of being a Christian. This means more people need to get involved in seeking out someone to help them mature in their walk/faith. And that means we need more mature believers who are equipped to help people in this way. And it can't be about hierarchy of who is "over" whom but about keeping everyone under Christ.

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One thing I believe we are going to see more and more of that we just didn't see in the past is closing churches starting fresh as home churches.

Instead of closing and dispersing the last 20 people into various churches, sell the building, start something sustainable and seed new works with the proceeds.

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There is a lot of misunderstanding around the typical size of churches and how much preachers are making out there. I think it is important to be fair and honest in our critique and when we exaggerate things or stretch things too far, we can do damage. This video will give you an idea about the average congregation size and the typical situation of those who minister in typical churches. The megachurch concept has skewed our view of what is typical out there.

Would love to hear your thoughts and converse with you on this and your experience in this area - https://youtu.be/Hu7DXfUFhWE

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I am going to start doing some training webinars on various topics related to home churches and discipleship/disciple making. What are some topics you would like to learn more about and/or skills you would like to learn?

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One of the issues of ordination is that qualifications can trump character. So you end up with someone who is ordained because they knew how to jump through hoops and they now have spiritual responsibility for people they should have never had. Character issues always show up at some point. You cannot escape it. We need the local church to discern who their shepherds are because they are in tune with the character of the people - youtube.com/shorts/-qk4pACYqbI

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I am convicted that we need more time in fasting and prayer together. In order to set the tone, I am linking to a very important podcast on the subject that explains the fasting/prayer rhythms of the movement in Sierra Leone.

This audio is Shodankeh Johnson from Sierra Leone talking about their fasting and prayer rhythms in their ministry. This movement has grown from around 100 to nearly 1 million over the last 15 years in that country. Shodankeh has taught me a lot about fasting and prayer. I have had the blessing of spending a fair amount of time around him and he has much to teach us on this topic!

Here is the link to listen…this is a very important audio - disciplemakerspodcast.podbean.com/e/s8-ep-8-the-im…

First, Shodankeh lays out Jesus’ prayer habits in the gospels. He asks why did Jesus need to pray so much?

Next, he explains their prayer rhythms:
- Everyone fasts once a week (whole day)
- First three days of the month – time in fasting and prayer
- Every month – half night prayer (8-12) fasting and praying
- Once a month – whole night prayer (10pm-6am)
- 21 days of fasting – every Jan or February
- 3 last days of the year – fasting three days without food or water
- Victory prayer – go out in groups and pray and fast over a weekend with those they are reaching out to

Next, what they pray for
- God to Touch hearts
- God to open doors
- Send laborers for the work
- Ask for provision for the work
- Pray for partners to get involved
- Ask for people of peace   

This prepares the church planters to start.

Last, he shares testimony of what God has done in changing the most likely people into disciples who make disciples. Wow God!

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Join the other 207 people who have used this link to learn to make disciples and start home churches...absolutely free - home-church-resources.circle.so/join?invitation_to…

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