ABNWT District Resource Centre
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Medium-Sized Communities (MSC) are where you belong before you believe. They are safe step before a person chooses to become a part of a small group. MSCs are an environment where the unengaged get engaged in biblical community, the lost come to know Jesus, leaders are developed, lives are restored, care and prayer happens both in and outside of the groups, and both introverts and extroverts find community. It’s the one anothers being lived out. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/articl/the-secret-of-medium-sized-communities

God is doing miracles through online outreach. Here’s the reality: Church attendance is not decreasing; it’s decentralizing. Digital channels do not compete with physical attendance, they partner with it. A discipleship pathway will serve you in making digital disciples. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/art/developing-a-digital-discipleship-pathway

A Discipleship pathway is the intentional route, steps, and paths in your church to develop missionary disciples for Kingdom impact. It is the engine for the effectiveness of your mission. The goal for a discipleship pathway is never to get someone through it; the goal is to get individuals to own it. As long as the church owns the pathway, the only possible response for an individual is consumption. When something is ours, a shift happens inside of us, and we tend to approach it in a fundamentally different way. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/articles/creating-a-discipleship-pathway

Easter spells hope. Clarity creates certainty. No one knows for sure what gathering restrictions will be like at Easter. AHS Step 3 may go into effect on March 22nd. What that means for gathering restrictions is unknown. Planning for an onsite AND an online service this Easter weekend creates certainty for your team and congregation and hope for seekers in your community. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/articles/online-hope-for-easter-weekend-2021

Our world desperately needs disciples who not only call themselves Christians, but who reflect Jesus. The accountability factor is what takes a micro-shift from the individual level to the church-wide level and where you can begin seeing discipleship as a system from a thirty-thousand-foot level. When a micro-shift is made at this level, your church will embark on a new trajectory to both spiritual and numerical growth. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com//accountability-the-secret-sauce-of-disciple

25 years ago Starbucks made a shift. If Starbucks had only focused on the what, without making an intentional shift to the where and when, they would not have experienced the widespread success that they have. After all, people do not just go to Starbucks for the coffee; they also go to relax, read, work, and have conversations. This micro-shift led to a macro-change in the coffee-drinking culture. What if you could make a similar micro-shift as a church leader that would result in a macro-change in your disciple making culture? What if this micro-shift would set your church on a trajectory to both spiritual and numerical growth? Would you consider it? Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/art/starbucks-micro-shifts-and-discipleship-2

How has prayer shaped you as a leader?

Pentecost teaches us not to fear the new or idolize the familiar, and that the divine power of Pentecost is the love of Jesus revealed in the Cross. Ready for God's next? Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com//pentecost-revitalization-and-the-last-great

What will the local church look like in the future? That was the subject of discussion I was invited into recently. And the number of answers was greater than the number of participants. There was a lack of certainty but a multitude of possibilities. Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/articl/future-gatherings-will-be-big-on-small

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is clear. Will those who are identified as Christians become disciplesstudents, apprentices, practitionersof Jesus Christ? Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Bob Jones. www.abnwt.com/articl/the-prophetic-work-of-making-disciples

The simple truth is that strategy is what takes us from where we are (point A) to where we want to be (point B). Check out our new blog by ABNWT's very own Jeremiah Raible. www.abnwt.com/articles/why-you-need-a-ministry-strategy

What’s something that you’re praying for in our District right now? Comment below.