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This is the sixth and final part in a series of blog posts that outlines my philosophy and practice of discipleship, a distillation and condensation of the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years from 3DM and others, a (somewhat) coherent “manifesto” on discipleship, if you will. Here are links to the first five posts in the series.

• Part 1: Discipleship is Character and Competency
• Part 2: Discipleship is Relational and Directive
• Part 3: Discipleship – Who to Invite
• Part 4: Discipleship is Structured and Spontaneous
• Part 5: Discipleship is Invitation and Challenge

In this post I finish the series by talking about the ultimate goal of the whole discipleship process: reproduction, disciples who make disciples.

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This is the fifth part in a series of blog posts that outlines my philosophy and practice of discipleship, a distillation and condensation of the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years from 3DM and others, a (somewhat) coherent “manifesto” on discipleship, if you will. Here are links to the first four posts in the series.

• Part 1: Discipleship is Character and Competency
• Part 2: Discipleship is Relational and Directive
• Part 3: Discipleship – Who to Invite
• Part 4: Discipleship is Structured and Spontaneous

In this post I discuss the second BOTH/AND lens I use to create the environment of discipleship: calibrating both invitation and challenge.

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This is the fourth part in a series of blog posts that outlines my philosophy and practice of discipleship, a distillation and condensation of the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years from 3DM and others, a (somewhat) coherent “manifesto” on discipleship, if you will. Here are links to the first three posts in the series.

• Part 1: Discipleship is Character and Competency
• Part 2: Discipleship is Relational and Directive
• Part 3: Discipleship – Who to Invite

In this post and the next one I’ll discuss how you actually do it – the “atmosphere” or environment that discipleship takes place in, and a few of the concrete practices I use to in the process.

[Read more…] about How I Make Disciples: Structure & Spontaneity

“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly,” G.K. Chesterton said. I take great comfort in these words, because I’ve been using huddles* to disciple and train leaders for two years now, and have had seasons of doing it very badly. I am sure I made every possible mistake. The flip-side, however, is that learning to lead huddles is very worthwhile, and I’ve learned a lot.

It’s been interesting to think about how I learned, though. While some learning can come from simply making mistakes, real wisdom only comes if you know how to interpret those mistakes and make good course corrections. Most of what I learned came from watching someone else lead huddle well, and having an opportunity to imitate what I observed, receiving critique and affirmation afterward.

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This is the third part in a series of blog posts that outlines my philosophy and practice of discipleship, a distillation and condensation of the stuff I’ve learned over the past few years from 3DM and many other wonderful people, a (somewhat) coherent “manifesto” on discipleship, if you will. Here are links to the first two posts in the series.

• Part 1: Discipleship is Character and Competency
• Part 2: Discipleship is Relational and Directive

In this post I’ll discuss how I decide who to invite into a discipling relationship.

[Read more…] about How I Make Disciples: Who to Invite