spiritual multiplication

The Forgotten Stage: Why Most Churches Produce Volunteers Instead of Disciple-Makers

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Every church wants to make disciples who make disciples. We preach it from the pulpit, print it in our vision statements, and pray for it in our elder meetings. Yet something is broken in our disciple-making machinery. According to recent research, only 1% of ‘church growth’ is actually reaching lost people—the other 95% is simply […]

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When the Tire Goes Flat: Discipleship Through the Ministry Breaking Points

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Adam Muhtaseb sat on a Baltimore curb and wept. The tire had blown on his way to a meeting—just one more thing after years of cramped rental spaces, a beloved church member’s departure, newborn-induced sleep deprivation, his mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and financial leverage that kept him awake at night. As he sat there, the weight

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The Mentorship Gap: Why Gen Z Is Leaving Churches That Won’t Invest in Them

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Seventy-five percent of American adults aged 18-34 don’t attend church regularly. That’s not a typo. Three out of four young adults have stepped away from the very communities designed to form them in Christ. We’ve tried better music, slicker production, and more relevant sermons. Yet the exodus continues. Here’s what the research is now telling

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