OUR DNA
VALUES
GOSPEL FOCUSED
Gospel Focused Spiritual Disciplines help us avoid legalism…as we look for and trust in God’s gracious work across our lives.
Gospel Focused Bible Reading helps us avoid moralism…as we trust that God gave us all of the Scriptures to primarily tell us how he would save us by grace through faith in Christ.
SEEK / SEE / DISPLAY
Seeking leads to Seeing (James 4:8)
Seeing is Believing (Hebrews 11)
Seeing leads to Displaying (2 Corinthians 3:18)
INTERDEPENDENCE
Because we cannot “preach the Gospel to ourselves” any more than we can “kiss ourselves”, we give to “one another” the gifts we have but cannot give to ourselves.
EXPONENTIAL IMPARTATION
Multiplying magnification results when maturing and multiplying followers of Jesus impart the Life of Faith to others (including the ability to impart the Life of Faith) as they Embody | Explain | Encourage.
STRATEGIES
ELEGANT JOURNALS
Our journals have been used by 150,000+ disciples around the world. Through the years, we have learned how to support a disciple as they create healthy spiritual disciplines in various discipleship environments. The core of each journal is the Journaling Guides that reinforce sound doctrine, shape a disciple’s expectations, and help them express what the Lord is doing in their heart, mind, and life.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
While many disciples have figured out, utilized, and benefitted from our Journals without any supporting resources, we have found that some disciples need help getting started and we have found that most disciples benefit from training as they grow in their ability to use their journal well. All of our complimentary resources are paid for by our generous donors.
To support the viral growth of our journals in underdeveloped countries (like Africa) and/or evangelistic contexts (like college campuses), the price of our journals in developed churched contexts includes the blessing of “Buy One Give One.”
KINGDOM “BOGO”
PRIORITIZING LEADERS
While it would be easier to only target disciples, we believe the most effective approach, in the long run, is to prioritize local ministry leaders in their discipleship mission.
TERMINOLOGY
HEALTHY BIBLE READING
We define Healthy Bible Reading as:
Daily Consumed – Because the Bible regularly uses food as a metaphor for God’s Word, a maturing disciple increasingly prioritizes and pursues daily Biblical nourishment. (Deuteronomy 8:3)
Gospel Focused – Because the Bible shows that its fundamental message is how God saves his people through Jesus, a maturing disciple’s response to any passage increasingly becomes repentance towards Jesus and faith in his saving work across their life. (John 5:39-40)
Interdependent – Because the Bible calls for Interdependent Manna Gathering, a maturing disciple increasingly engages both solitude and a community of disciples who know that they need one another. (Exodus 16:18)
Spirit Led – Because the Bible states and presumes an intimate connection between God and his Word, a maturing disciple increasingly and humbly expects an intimate connection with God in and through his Word. (2 Timothy 3:16)