Dan Warne
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Dan Warne
@warne
Husband. Father. Presbyterian Pastor. | M.Div @wscal | Founding Speaker, @faroderedencion 📻 🎙 🇨🇺 | Lead Pastor, Heritage PCA




As I’m mentioning in my sermon tomorrow, if you really enjoy your church’s Sunday worship but you’re wondering about its discipleship program, you’re missing something about the purpose of Sunday worship.

STOP BELIEVING THESE DISCIPLESHIP MYTHS. ❌ Myth #1: Every individual Christian must be able to make another disciple ✅ Truth: The whole church is involved in disciple-making. It takes a "body." It's not about "disciples who make disciples" (as if it's up to each individual). It's about disciples who play their part in making disciples. ❌ Myth #2: Your church needs a step-by-step pathway for making disciples ✅ Truth: Most people don't grow in a linear way. And many people have worked through the "steps" or "pathway" and are still pretty spiritually immature. It's not about a step-by-step plan. It's about a vision, framework, and ecosystem that allows disciples to grow over time. ❌ Myth #3: If we get people in small groups, they will grow as disciples ✅ Truth: Small groups are an extremely valuable piece of the discipleship ecosystem. But they are not a silver bullet. ❌ Myth #4: Our church needs a Discipleship ministry ✅ Truth: Your church IS a Discipleship ministry. The whole church with the whole gospel making whole disciples. If there's something your church is doing that doesn't contribute to that mission, it's worth revisiting. ❌ Myth #5: Discipleship is overwhelming ✅ Truth: It only feels overwhelming because you've likely not figured out how to explain it in a simple way that people can engage with.

“The Psalter might well be entitled a Little Bible.” -Martin Luther (Preface to the 1531 German Psalter).












