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“Missional” is one of the buzzwords used in the church these days. Type it into your word processor and you will see one of those wavy red lines under the word, indicating that it ...
Join REV. DOTSON LIVE as we explore ways to #SeeAllThePeople Christ calls us to reach. REV DOTSON LIVE - June 2017Don't go it alone! Join us for this month's broadcast of REV. DOTS...
Despite the ongoing conversation in The United Methodist Church about division and potential split, I had the opportunity to spend most of the month of May in ecumenical dialogue a...
May 2017
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Yes, moving is an adventure. I’m just a little over one week into recovery from the process of moving into a new home. My current, cavalier response to people who ask me how it is ...
In late 2016, a team from Fuller Youth Institute published Growing Young: 6 Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church. That book is accompanied by sev...
Q: Why can’t we just take the church budget, divide it by the number of members we have, and then send a letter to everyone and say, “This is your share”? A: I know I’ve just lost ...
DRI is grateful to Noel Daire Kumwenda (Malawi) for writing this update....
The second in a series of three episodes on Covenant Discipleship Groups. Scott and Steve interview Chris Wilterdink of Youth People Ministries about his book Everyday Disciples, C...
On May 24 each year Christians who practice the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition recall the day that marked a turning point in John Wesley's life and ministry. A few months after retur...
May 24th is known across the Methodist/Wesleyan family as "Wesley Day." It marks the day when John Wesley got the order of salvation right. Prior to May 24, 1738, he believed that ...
Our new initiative for The United Methodist Church is called #SeeAllThePeople because at Discipleship Ministries, we believe our denomination has been fixing our churches for too l...
Last week, I had the privilege of serving as a participant in an evangelism exploration gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was the second exploration in the series of t...
In this episode Ben Yosua-Davis talks with Allen and Sara Ewing-Merrill, co-pastors of Hope GateWay, a United Methodist faith community in Portland,ME. Learn about their journey to...
Mundane, routine, and unspiritual. For many, I know, those words describe how their everyday life feels. They hope for more, but due to the pace of life and the quality of life the...
Observing Discipleship Ministries Worship Resources in Context Field Report (2): Shiloh United Methodist Church, Stanton, KentuckyWhen I put out a call on Facebook for information ...
1. You will be Encouraged Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each fr...
The first in a series of three episodes on covenant discipleship groups. Scott interviews Steve Manskar about his book "Disciples Making Disciples", exploring a Wesleyan understand...
My mother, who is just shy of her 98th birthday, has dementia. My sister, her primary caregiver, says Mom has her good days and her bad days; but most of the time, she is confused ...
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