from June 1, 2014 prayer update

Church Discipleship is one of eleven missions for the Navs serving within the U.S. Our mission statement reads: “Partnering with church leaders to develop generations of disciples in everyday life – where they live, work, and play.” We serve as consultants and coaches to church leaders. We play a catalytic role in helping church leaders create a disciple making culture within their own congregation. We do this by coming alongside these leaders, modeling, networking, and recommending resources that provide practical help in six key areas: leadership development, life-on-life discipleship and mentoring, local and global outreach, mission and vision, small groups, and spiritual maturity.

Church Discipleship currently has 114 staff in 11 regions nation-wide, serving leaders in the 400 thousand Protestant churches in the U.S.. And we have 71 lay ministry partners serving as key volunteers alongside us in this work. Our vision is to see this grow to 1000 lay ministry partners.

God has promised to provide us with the resources we need for success in life. In II Peter 1:3 it says, “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.” The next verse goes on to explain the role Biblical promises play in that process.

CDM also seeks to make helpful resources available to God’s people. The three key resources CDM makes available to local church leaders are the life experience of our staff, our printed resources, and our online resources. In this month’s update, I would like to introduce you to what is perhaps our most helpful online resource.

Discipleship Library (www.discipleshiplibrary.com) is a great resource on discipleship / disciple making for individuals, small groups, and in a variety of local churches settings. It contains thousands of audio messages from well known and not so well known Navigator and non-Navigator speakers on a broad spectrum of discipleship related themes. The audio messages are listed three ways: by speaker, by topic, and by Scriptural passage. It also contains links to hundreds of other excellent discipleship resources.

One of my favorites is a classic talk by The Navigators’ founder, Dawson Trotman, titled “Born to Reproduce”. Check it out, and many other helpful resources when you have the opportunity.