Church leaders instantly understand what is meant Scattering Gospel seed may be done accidentally…without planning nor intent, just responding to people as they ask us about our faith…or we can become intentional in how we scatter Gospel Seed. In the Bible’s era, farming was done in a haphazard way by throwing the seed on the ground, and then tilling the soil over it. But today, we have machines that are far more effective at planting seeds. In fact, these machines can be configured to insert one seed for any distance programmed, from inches to feet apart. The result is that harvests today are far more plentiful than in Jesus’ day (Yes, I know other factors are involved, but please let me stick with my analogy).
For the contemporary church, today, most have given up on intentional disciple-making. They have adopted a PASSIVE model of disciple making that challenges people to attend Sunday morning services and join an unstructured social small group. That’s it! That is PASSIVE DISCIPLESHIP. It is like throwing seed across the ground hoping something will grow, rather than intentionally planting seeds to gain a greater harvest.
When I asked church leaders why they did not have an ACTIVE DISCIPLESHIP program for adults, they said it was just too difficult to program and support people over their various phases of spiritual development. As a result, AssessME.org built a seed-planting machine that any church can use…it is called: NextSteps Discipleship Tracking. Then, David A Posthuma authored a leadership training book to go along with the software entitled: Active Discipleship.
Active Discipleship is written for church leaders. It explains the theology, ideas, systems, and solutions needed to bring back the lost art of active discipleship in any church. This book is based on fourteen years of research and testing with many churches of different sizes and beliefs. That work led to the creation of a custom disciple-making software platform called NextSteps.
All Christians are called to help make disciples of Jesus Christ. But how do we do that? How do we train and organize people so every believer can grow and also help others grow? This takes more than training. It also takes strong systems and good organization.
Many pastors are not trained to build these kinds of systems. That is why Active Discipleship works together with the NextSteps Discipleship Tracking and Equipping Platform from AssessME.org. The book explains the “why” and “how,” while the software gives your church the tools to put these ideas into action.
Active Discipleship, in partnership with the NextSteps software by AssessME.org promises to revolutionize your intentional and interpersonal discipleship efforts. Empowering your church to make disciples of Jesus Christ more intentionally, and more effectively, than ever before possible.
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