Church Planter Weekly

Church Planter Weekly                                                              April 18, 2013

Featured    Matt Smay: The Five Barriers to Authentic Discipleship Missio leader Matt Smay takes us back to the burning bush and Moses' line of questioning to reveal the same doubts and fears we often struggle with today when God calls us into a closer and deeper relationship with Him. Those questions, Smay writes, reveal five barriers to true discipleship. more Your Guide to Expo 13 Webcast If you've registered to watch the Exponential 2013 FREE Webcast April 22-25, check out the new digital Exponential 2013 Webcast Program Book for the schedule of all 10-plus hours of Webcast programming; a list of the 25 featured Webcast speakers and their bios; and discipleship-focused articles by many of the Webcast speakers, such as Francis Chan, Dave Ferguson, Jo Saxton, Hugh Halter, Larry Osborne, etc. To download the Webcast Program Book, click here. To register for the Webcast, click here.  Discipleship Is...  Pastor/author Randy Frazee shares his take. Frazee is one of 25 leaders speaking in the Exponential 2013 Live Webcast. "Discipleship is equipping the individual to live in God's community."  Venerable Voices on Discipleship "Than to be the king of a vast domain/And to be held in sin's dread sway/I'd rather have Jesus than anything/This world affords today." --from the 91-year-old worship anthem "I'd Rather Have Jesus," written (music) and sung by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association worship evangelist George Beverly Shea   Free eBook: Transcend by Matt Smay What if our knowledge of discipleship helped us become better stewards of our time, priorities and finances? What if we loved others and discipleship happened, thus transforming our churches, families and neighborhoods? In this free resource, Missio leader Matt Smay offers a simple framework for discipleship; real-life stories of discipleship in action; next steps for how to get unstuck in discipleship; and a clear pathway for disciple making. Download the free eBook here. Latest News Exponential 2013  Conference Specials    Digital Access Pass Take Exponential 2013 home to your team with the Digital Access Pass, including all Webcast sessions plus special backstage interviews with leaders and creative videos used in the sessions. From now through April 30, order the Pass for $49 and $69 after April 30. Downloads available May 17.   Exponential 14  Exponential is back in Orlando next year April 28-May 1, 2014. At Exponential '14, we'll continue the discipleship conversation, focusing on Jesus' core mission while on earth: to "seek and save the lost" (Luke 19: 9-10). Register now to get the best possible rate: $99/spouse attends free.     Help Us Tweet Exponential '13 We're forming an Exponential 2013 Social Media Team to help us amplify the discipleship conversation throughout the world. If you'll be on site in Orlando or watching the Exponential 2013 Webcast, and you get the value of Twitter, Facebook and all things social media, click here for more information or send an email expressing your interest here.     In Brief   Several books/eBooks for church leaders recently released: Bloom Where You're Planted by children's minister Anne Milam shares stories of women in church planting. Catalyst Executive Director Brad Lomenick offers eight essentials for becoming a change maker in The Catalyst Leader new this week. And Tony Morgan's new title in his "Leisure Suit" eBooks series, Stuck in a Funk?, helps leaders get their church moving forward. "There's something of God--His likeness--which comes out even in the darkest of moments. Especially in them." Boston pastor Adam Mabry on the city's tragedy and the "only hope for the deepest 'why' of pain."     10 ideas for celebrating Mother's Day (third-highest church attendance day), including fresh twists on the traditional and how churches can be sensitive to women without children. Video   Sneak Peek: DiscipleShift Real Life Ministries Founder/Pastor Jim Putman shares about his new book, DiscipleShift: 5 Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples (with Robert Coleman and Bobby Harrington). Launching next week at Exponential 2013, DiscipleShift (Zondervan/Exponential) serves as the signature title for the conference and live Webcast. Putman will be speaking with Francis Chan in Session 1 of the Webcast.

In This Issue FEATURED / Matt Smay: The 5 Barriers to Authentic Discipleship / Randy Frazee and George Beverly Shea on Discipleship / Free eBook LATEST NEWS / Exponential 2013 Conference Specials / Boston pastor on the tragedy / Mother's Day ideas VIDEO / Jim Putman shares a sneak peek at the new book DiscipleShift   Resources Signature Series Exponential AND Transformation On the Verge For the City Barefoot Church Sifted It's Personal Missional Moves DiscipleShift (Coming Soon) Resources Series Transcend (free) The Great Disappearance (free) Enough Already (free) Raised? (free) Be the Church (free) @Discipleship in 140 Characters (free) Released: The Power of Everyday Christians on Mission (free) Shifted: The Crossing Story (free) Disciples Who Make Disciples (free) Discover Your Mission Now! (free) Vision: Lost and Found (An Except) (free) Unleashed! (free) Calling's Way (free) Can't We All Just Get Along? (free) MOVE for Church Planters (free) A Righteous Brood (free) The Spectrum of Involvement (free) I Woke Up in Heaven (free) The Emotionally Healthy Church Planter (free) A:Living Legacy: Discipling Church Planters (free) To Trust and Follow Jesus (free) Transformational Partnerships: Church to Organization (free) Discover Your Mission Now (free) With Me: Relational Essentials for A Discipleship Ethos (free) Transformational Partnerships (free) CHRIST for President (free) The Gospel Disciple (free) Podcast Series Over 300 hours of audio training via podcast from past Exponential Conferences. Click here to subscribe.