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How to Make Disciples
So we’re all supposed to make disciples. But how can you actually start doing it?
Follow Up Email Template for Mentor Requests
Copy and paste this email template to follow up with mentor requests at your church.
How to Preach with Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
If you want to preach great sermons, you’ll have to practice a lot… and then evaluate what worked and what failed. Try using Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle as a framework.
How Do I Start a Hard Conversation?
Having any kind of conversation can be stressful but having a hard conversation with someone can be downright terrifying. But, if you go into it with the right motives and a clear plan, even a hard conversation can go well.
Disciplemaker Essentials
Ready to make disciples with the tools at pursueGOD.org? Remember these five important essentials, and then go out and start helping people pursue God!
Marriage Mentor Leader Essentials
Want to be an effective marriage mentor? Learn these five essentials… and put them into practice!
Small Group Leader Essentials
Want to lead a small group that makes a difference? Pay attention to these five leader essentials.
Value #3: We Win As a Team, Not as Individuals
We believe everyone has something to offer for the greater good.
Value #5: We’re On Mission With Jesus
Jesus is the boss and his commission is our command.
Value #4: We Give Up the Good For the Better
We’re not afraid to sacrifice – finances, preferences, etc.
Value #2: We Work Hard at Healthy Relationships
We think the best of each other and speak the truth in love.
Value #1: We Look to God and His Word in All We Do
The Bible guides us in our everyday lives, not just on Sunday.
Intro to PursueGOD Preaching
PursueGOD sermons equip regular people to preach life-changing sermons – whether you’ve gone to seminary or not.
Making Handoffs for Premarital Mentoring
Wedding season is the perfect opportunity to spark a mentoring culture in your church. Here’s how to do it.
The Four Purposes of a Mentor Rally
Let’s rally! Connect every month with mentors and small group leaders at your church for prayer, vision-casting, encouragement, training, and connection.
Praying For The Government At Church
When Paul was giving instructions on public worship, he started with what seemed obvious to him: prayer (1 Timothy 2:1-4). And that includes praying for politicians, good and bad. Here’s how to do it
3 Spiritual Conversation Starters
How do you start a spiritual conversation? Here are three tips to get a conversation going.
Intro to PursueGOD Small Groups
To create a culture of discipleship, a church needs great small groups that do the right things, led by committed leaders who do the right things.
How to Use a Mentor Journal
If you’re serious about mentoring, try using a journal to keep track of your discipling relationships.
Linking PursueGOD Resources to Your Church Website
Using pursueGOD and pursueGOD Kids to make disciples at your church? Learn how to use your church website to spread the word.
How to Preach without Notes
Some of the world’s best preachers can preach without notes. Here are four tips for trying it your own ministry.
The Starter Convo: How PursueGOD Mentoring Works
New to pursueGOD? Use this first conversation to learn about how our tools work and how they can transform your everyday life.
Driving Toward Disciple-making in Your Small Group
Without mentoring, groups can be a small version of the big problem: ministry that doesn’t personally help the ones in need.
Partner Page Tour at PursueGOD.org
Partner pages at pursueGOD.org are the key to making disciple-making a thing in your church or ministry. Here’s what you’ll get.
Launching a PursueGOD Men’s Ministry
Men’s ministry is easier than ever with the pursueGOD tools. Here’s how to keep score of the “win”.
Expectations in Mentoring
The higher the expectations, the bigger the fall. Disciple-making is hard, so get ready for some serious ups and downs.
Using Discussion Questions in Small Groups
Every PursueGod.org topic includes discussion questions. Here’s how to you to maximize those questions for your group.
The Profile of a Healthy Leader
Church leaders, whether lay or staff, should pursue healthy leadership as empowered by the Holy Spirit and defined by these five marks.
Launching a Mentor-Based Youth Ministry
Don’t just create consumers in your youth group. Learn to empower students to become full circle followers of Jesus.
Three Phases of a PursueGOD Small Group
PG small groups have a purpose and a process. You’re not just wandering aimlessly into the future; you’re moving with intention through three phases.
When Handoffs Aren’t Working
So your church finally has a pipeline of mentors waiting in the wings to take a handoff. But what if the handoff fails?
The Tension Between Relationship and Mission as a Mentor
If you’re making disciples, you’re on a mission from Jesus. But that doesn’t mean your relationships with people you’re mentoring go out the window.
Leveraging Ministry Teams for Disciple-making
The ministry training series at PGN are designed to help you create a discipleship culture from the inside out.
How to Recruit for Ministry Teams
Recruiting volunteers is hard. Pastor John Belles gives practical advice for those who want to do it better.
Using FLEXTALK as a Bridge for Disciple-making
PursueGod is a great tool for discipling people who already know Jesus. But what about the people who aren’t ready to read the Bible?
Don’t Throw Your Pearls to Pigs
What do you do when the person you’re trying to mentor doesn’t seem to be into it? Is it Christ-like to keep wasting your time?
Using Good FORM to Make Disciples
To engage someone in a mentoring relationship, try using this simple acronym to break the ice.
What Is the Gateway for Youth at Your Church?
Healthy student ministries have on ramps for newcomers to youth group. Here are the four main options.
Getting to the Root of Your Problems as a Church
Conflict in the workplace is never as easy as it seems. Great teams learn to identify the real problem in the scope of the big picture.
Should a Parachurch Ministry Make Disciples?
Often, parachurch ministries don’t want to “step on the toes” of local churches when it comes to making disciples. But is this mindset missing something?
5 Practical Tips for Marriage Mentors
In this lesson we list 5 practical tips for marriage mentoring – helping you to keep it simple as you listen, clarify, and love in your mentoring relationship.
Tracking Disciple-making with Planning Center
Customize your partner page at pursueGOD.org and start measuring what matters in your ministry.
Pastoral Insights from a Sales Guru
Jeb Blount wrote a fascinating book about fanatical prospecting and how important it is for salespeople to keep the first things first. Here’s how that relates to pastors.
Small Group Rally (Series)
Rallying the troops for another great season of small groups? Use the training topics below for workshops during the rally and for follow-up training after the rally.
When the Institution Competes with the Mission
Jesus expect our churches to be about making disciple makers. But sometimes we can’t get out of our own way.
Are You Qualified to Lead a Student Group?
What does it mean to be qualified to lead a student group? Will any of us ever really be “qualified”? Talk about it here.
How to Kick Off Mentoring at Your Church
If you’re ready to roll out disciple making in your church or ministry, try these five simple steps.
Planning a Memorial Service
Planning a funeral is an emotional experience. Here’s a sample order to help you get your thoughts together.
How to Start a Student Group
Starting and running a mentoring group with students younger than you is easier than you think.
5 Obstacles to Faith in Christ
Wouldn’t it be nice to share the gospel once and then pray the prayer? Why doesn’t that happen?
