Based on God's vision for churches in Matthew 28:18-20, this book presents sound methods for making disciples, winning the lost for Christ, and planting new churches.

As Carl George and Bob Logan well know, this mentality is changing. Studies of growing churches show that the leadership role of the pastor is a key to church vitality. The ideal role of the church-growth pastor is now being described as an "equipper," rather than an "enabler." This implies pastoral initiative in setting goals, obtaining goal ownership from the people, and mobilizing the laity for effective ministry aimed at accomplishing the goals.

Generous living is one of eight discipleship guides for the Dimensions of Discipleship series. It doesn't matter which guide you start with-start wherever you'd like and move on to wherever God is leading you next. You can use this guide to disciple others, you can go through it in a small group setting, or you can work through it individually. As followers of Jesus, we are called to live generously just as he lived generously. That includes our time, our money, our resources, and our service to others. We recognize that all we have was given to us by God to steward for his Kingdom. This guide has some concise teaching with core scripture passages and discussion questions for each of the five areas listed below: Managing your time and resources for Kingdom purposes Using your spiritual gifts to bless others Giving your money generously and wisely Showing hospitality without favoritism Living out your God-given calling"

Generous living is one of eight discipleship guides for the Dimensions of Discipleship series. It doesn't matter which guide you start with-start wherever you'd like and move on to wherever God is leading you next. You can use this guide to disciple others, you can go through it in a small group setting, or you can work through it individually. As followers of Jesus, we are called to live generously just as he lived generously. That includes our time, our money, our resources, and our service to others. We recognize that all we have was given to us by God to steward for his Kingdom. This guide has some concise teaching with core scripture passages and discussion questions for each of the five areas listed below: Managing your time and resources for Kingdom purposes Using your spiritual gifts to bless others Giving your money generously and wisely Showing hospitality without favoritism Living out your God-given calling"

Generous Living is one of eight discipleship guides for the Dimensions of Discipleship series. Generous living means investing well what God has given you-whether that be your spiritual gifts, your home, your time, your money, or anything else God has entrusted to you. This study will lead you though five essential expressions of generous living: - Managing your time and resources for kingdom purposes - Using your spiritual gifts to bless others - Giving your money generously and wisely - Showing hospitality without favoritism - Living out your God-given calling

"There­fore go and make dis­ci­ples of all nations, bap­tizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey every­thing I have com­manded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." -- Matthew 28:19 - 20 That's what it means to be mis­sional- to be about the mis­sion of Jesus, which is making dis­ci­ples. As we make dis­ci­ples, those dis­ci­ples nat­u­rally form com­mu­ni­ties, and we call those com­mu­ni­ties churches. As the gospel spread throughout the region, churches sprang up in other areas, mul­ti­plying as more dis­ci­ples were made. If starting and sus­taining a mul­ti­plying move­ment of dis­ci­ples and churches- under the guid­ance and direc­tion of the Holy Spirit- is your calling, this imple­men­ta­tion guide was designed with you in mind. Here we build on The Mis­sional Journey book, allowing you to take the con­cepts fur­ther as you build your system using the basic frame­work laid out in the book: get ready, get going, stay with it, keep growing. How­ever, it's not strictly linear: you can pick and choose your issues, pri­or­i­tizing what you need in order to gain momentum. You can work through this guide with a cohort of influ­encers and prac­ti­tioners. We pro­vide descrip­tions of each of the key areas needed to start and sus­tain a mul­ti­plying move­ment- along with reflec­tion questions that help you determine your actions steps.