Why We Need Micro Churches church planting church planting movements disciple discipleship May 31, 2023

Here is the recording of my interview with Dr. David Nelms, Founder and President of The Timothy Initiative.  In this video, we talk about the need for Micro Churches to reach people who are currently being missed by Legacy Churches.  We are offering free TTI training through our...

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What is Obedience-Based Discipleship? church multiplication church planting movements discipleship May 16, 2023

Church Planting Movements (CPMs) are movements of God where churches multiply rapidly - reaching to four generations in less than two years. Reports are coming in from all over the world where Christian churches are seeing rapid multiplication.  Multiplication of churches stems from the...

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Video Replay: Being the Church in the Marketplace with Robert Lopez discipleship lunch and learn Jan 12, 2023

Robert Lopez serves as Corporate Pastor for Fidelity Manufacturing in Ocala, FL.  Robert is skilled in multi media and digital marketing as well as video production and editing. Previously Robert served as Pastor of churches in Florida Nevada and California. He also served as...

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Video Replay: State of Theology Survey Review and Implications church health discipleship theology Dec 01, 2022

Update: Watch all four videos and access the survey results at reach.mba/theology-review.

 

Every two years Life Way Research and Ligonier Ministries partner together to take the theological pulse of Americans. The latest findings have been published at thestateoftheology.com....

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Developing Healthy Churches Through Advanced Discipleship discipleship missionary resources Oct 01, 2022

Our MBA staff focuses on three main priorities for our association of churches: centrality of the Gospel, collaboration among local churches, and church health.  The Perspectives Course is a missional training opportunity that fits with each of these priorities. 

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Biblical Soul Care Training Starts August 13, 2022 counseling discipleship soul care Jul 26, 2022

Marion Baptist Association is pleased to partner with Community Bible Church to offer Biblical Soul Care Training at the MBA Missionary Resource Center.  The training takes place on the 2nd Saturday of each month starting in August.  For more information, call 352-680-0056 or...

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Being the Church in the Digital Age discipleship evangelism marketing outreach Apr 28, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic expedited digital transitions around the world by about 10 years.  Churches and organizations of all sizes have learned new ways to connect and communicate with people remotely. At our April, 2022 lunch and learn, we discussed best...

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Bless Every Home with Chris Cooper blesseveryhome.com discipleship evangelism outreach Nov 10, 2021

We had such a great time fellowshipping with each other and learning together at our November, 2021 Lunch and Learn at the MBA Missionary Resource Center. We've had several requests for the video of Chris Cooper's, (founder of BlessEveryHome.com) training that we are sharing it here. If you would...

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One on One Discipleship disciple discipleship ocala Sep 22, 2021

Pastor Kenny Rodrigue at Woodside Baptist Church in Ocala sent me his one-on-one discipleship guide that he has just started using in his church.  In his email, Pastor Kenny said:

The purpose of this document is to give a concise description of Biblical Christianity, where one person can use...

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