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Just months after its official launch, students of the Bishop Wenner School of Theology in Freetown, Sierra Leone became the latest group of African theological students to receive...
Members of the Africa E-Reader Team will travel to Nashville for its third annual meeting next month. The team was formed in 2016 in Maputo, Mozambique, in conjunction with the an...
The news about what is happening at the border with children and their families has exploded over the last few days. After Attorney General Jeff Session quoted Romans 13 to justify...
Wesley United Methodist Church in Erie, Pennsylvania, has a creative discipleship ministry plan. They use a mountain climbing theme, based on a trek up Mount Everest. Rev. Pam Gar...
For Steve’s last episode, we explore what a General Rule of Discipleship is and how it can cultivate a culture of disciple-making across the church and for small groups....
See All The People, a 90 second daily radio series, features Rev. Junius Dotson. Each message helps provide Christians with a simple thought of the day as they work with their cong...
QUESTION: Why kneel or stand for communion?...
QUESTION: The Reappearing Nicene Creed...
This the second part of Steve’s interview with Phil Meadows who is a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. Phil’s latest book Remembering Our Baptism: Discipleship and Mission ...
May 2018
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QUESTION: Spice Up the Summer for Discipleship!...
As I was talking with my high school son about the shootings in Santa Fe, Texas, I shared one of the theories about why it happened. The week before the shootings, one of the victi...
by Rev. Dr. Laishi Bwalya Mark’s gospel tells us the story of when Jesus returned to Capernaum. When the people discovered the house where he was staying, they gathered in such lar...
My older son plays for his High School tennis team. This has been a learning experience for the whole family since tennis is a new sport for us. As a first-time player and as a fre...
QUESTION: Candles in Christian Worship...
Steve interviews Phil Meadows who is a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. Phil’s latest book Remembering Our Baptism: Discipleship and Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit is the ...
Seventeen United Methodists from seven annual conferences were hosted by Bupyeong Methodist Church in Incheon, South Korea, from April 18-25 for Discipleship Ministries’ Mission Pi...
Church Planting is a Team Sport It takes a group of people, working together towards a common goal, to start and sustain a new faith community. The success of a church planting eff...
QUESTION: Who lays on hands at ordination and why?...
QUESTION: Why we do not rebaptize?...
Scott and Steve debrief about their interview with James K. A. Smith. We explore cultural liturgies that shape us and the importance of the connection between worship and small gro...