Dear Network Church Fans, I have been developing a website to collect people’s Jesus story and have been trying a variety of formats and software. I would love it if you would watch the latest stories and tell me what you think. One I find particularily moving is of an Iranian now in Canada. http://www.screencast.com/t/BjwUIHez90Oe You […]
Author: Jim Klaas
Summer Discipleship Project Summertime things wind down and it is easy to coast in our relationships with God and others. Consider if God would have you participate in a challenge of meeting with one other believer for mutually discipleship this summer. (Meet as often […]
The Rule of the Power of 5 is useful to build learner agency! This is a key ingredient for learners to take action. Here are three 1 Minute Learners dedicated to The Rule of the Power of 5: RP5-1, RP5-2,RP5-3. Detailed instructions for The Rule of the Power of 5 is available here. The Rule […]
I just found a great post on Fractal Discipleship http://www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com/2009/04/17/fractal-discipleship/ It is about quickly getting the DNA right in how a group is discipled. Neil Cole says DNA stands for : Divine truth Nurturing relationships Apostolic mission It is not about just listening to sermons. (That builds quite a passive DNA that reproduces sitting and […]
The fractal we chose in discipleship has great implications. Implication #1 The broccoli versus pumpkin illustration reveals that parenting will be much more effective when sets of parents are reproduced instead of just adding children in an orphanage type scenario. (See “Let me change your understanding…” https://mobilediscipleship.org/?p=249 ) Implication #2 Our fractal can […]
What others have said: “Jim, I’ve not listened to a more insightful, helpful or engaging presentation in 20 years … especially your five, concluding action recommendations. I highly recommend viewing your full workshop to those who are serious about actually doing what Jesus commands each real Jesus Follower in the Great Commission (Matthew 28-18-20).” Gary […]
Here is the workshop I gave at Toronto MissionFest 2012 (40 minutes) http://www.devedinternational.net/fractal/mf/player.html I would love to hear your thoughts, or a review of the presentation. Please feel free to share this with others.
“Start ’em young and show ’em how“, I say. I am here with my two budding master pizzeros. This is the way we should learn so many things: experientially. Someday Jonathan and Andrew will be making pizzas for their kids and they will say, “Here is how you do it. Now let me see you […]
The other day I found a toy tractor in the china cabinet. I thought, “This is the way I feel in church, like I don’t belong here.” There is nothing wrong with the tractor or the china for that matter, it is that they just don’t go together. A tractor is meant to be: used […]
I have always been troubled by John the Baptist’s question to Jesus: “Are you the One who is coming, or do we look for someone else?” (Luke 7:20) Didn’t they have the baptism incident together, hearing God’s voice etc? Wasn’t he Jesus’ right-hand man? In addition, John sent his disciples to ask a difficult question. I […]