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Abandoned Devotion

Seven Paradigm Shifts in Twenty-First Century Discipling (2 of 3)

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. 2.  From Single-Level Discipling to Multi-Level Discipling Surely there is a difference (at least in time commitment [...]

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Seven Paradigm Shifts in Twenty-First Century Discipling (1 of 3)

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. The church is losing ground.  Sure, in some quarters, she is gaining ground.  But in radical discipleship [...]

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Running the Race God’s Way (1 of 3)

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by Tom Adleta Rev. Tom Adleta, BBA MA, is the  founder and executive director of Global Christian Network, Inc., also now Minister-at-Large with Mission to Unreached Peoples, and recently has joined the staff of SVM2. From a diverse foundation of military experience and entrepreneurial business enterprises, Tom and his wife ministered in their local churches and [...]

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Seven Paradigm Shifts in Twenty-First Century Discipling (2/3)

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. 2.  From Single-Level Discipling to Multi-Level Discipling Surely there is a difference (at least in time commitment [...]

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Seven Paradigm Shifts in Twenty-First Century Discipling (1/3)

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. The church is losing ground.  Sure, in some quarters, she is gaining ground.  But in radical discipleship [...]

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Discipleship Of “A Certain Kind” – Part 3

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. Understanding “Light of the World” The second discipleship-metaphor Jesus employed is equally profound: “You [...]

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Discipleship Of “A Certain Kind” – Part 2

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by Edmund Chan A widely influential Singaporean pastor and author, in 1995 Edmund launched the Intentional Disciple-Making Church (IDMC) Conference. Started as a seminar with 320 participants, it has become a sold-out conference teaching disciple-making to 2,500 participants from 20 countries. Living With a Sense of Distinctiveness Losing the saltiness of salt is quite difficult. [...]

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