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Ascending Leaders Presents: The Discipleship Podcast for Church Leaders

Nov 22, 2017

In this episode, we take a deeper look at stage 3 in the stages of faith – “Come and Be With Me.” How do we move people toward sacrifice? The challenge for churches looking to help move people deeper into and through this stage is that it is about "being" rather than "doing." 

Greg Hawkins joins us for the...


Nov 7, 2017

In this episode, we take a deeper look at stage 2 in the stages of faith – “Come and Follow.” How do we move people toward intimacy? 

Richard Blackaby, President of Blackaby Ministries International, and Julia Johnson, Small Groups Director at Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church, join us to discuss.


Oct 24, 2017

In this episode, we take a deeper look at stage 1 in the stages of faith – “Come and See.” How do we move people toward belief? 

Pastor Blair Lerner joins us from Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church to discuss.


Oct 10, 2017

In this episode, we look at the four invitations of Jesus to his disciples, and four descriptions that describe the growth of a disciple in the modern church.

Making disciples is our mission...but how do we know when we've made one?

And then, how does what we offer, in terms of ministries and programs and so forth, how...


Sep 5, 2017

In this episode, we have a conversation with Rev. Matt McClure and Rev. Peter Cammarano around defining discipleship. Both of their churches have done a really good job of this, though the journey there was different for each of them.

A lot of times, churches say it can be frustrating trying to work on discipleship, and...