Jim Putman on What a Winning Church Looks Like

 More than twenty years ago, a small group of Christians came together in their homes with one lofty goal in mind. They wanted to bring a disciple-making church to a little slice of northern Idaho. At the time, they could never have imagined how the Lord would work through them to grow Real Life Ministries to a congregation of 8,500 plus.

Through the Word of God, the church founders understood that leadership and discipleship are developed from within the church body itself. They recognized that God has placed potential leaders in every church just waiting to grow into messengers that can accurately spread God’s message.

Jesus came not only to die for our sin, but to train His disciples to train others to deliver the gospel message. In the same way, we as Christians have a sacred mission to go and make disciples.

Sharing the news about Jesus is not all there is to discipleship. Teaching people to obey the commands He gave us is equally important.

This is a simple problem to remedy if churches would return to discipleship models found in the New Testament. In so doing, they will find the path to properly understanding and practicing biblical discipleship.

–Excerpt from Jim Putman, Real Life Discipleship. Originally posted at http://relationaldiscipleshipnetwork.com/what-does-a-winning-church-look-like/