Category Archives: Discipling

Urban Village: Inbound and Outbound Discipleship

Posted on April 26, 2012 by path1@gbod.org

by Emily Jones Student Pastor for Discipleship at Urban Village Church For those not from Chicagoland, the above is our mash-up of the city’s famous CTA maps, redrawn as a way to conceptualize the Discipleship journey, designed by the wonderful … Continue reading →

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Blending In vs. Going All In

Posted on April 18, 2012 by JimOzier

 by Jim Ozier, Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference (and Path 1 Associate) “May the odds be ever in your favor.” Motto from The Hunger Games  This seems to be a popular saying … Continue reading →

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How Do You Measure Discipleship?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Philip Brooks

 by Philip Brooks Path 1 NCS Assistant “The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church—2008, p. 87 I wonder if the … Continue reading →

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The Global Parish

Posted on January 24, 2012 by srodriguez

“I look upon the world as my parish…” John Wesley Works XXV, 616 The first book I read on the multi-ethnic church was Stephen A. Rhodes’, “Where the Nations Meet: The Church in a Multicultural World,” which was based on … Continue reading →

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High Expectations Reap Great Fruitfulness

Posted on July 21, 2011 by BarbaraSadler

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate A few weeks ago, I spent some time in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference for Discovery Week, which is part of the Path 1 process. Discovery Week is all about helping annual conferences create a process … Continue reading →

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How the West Gets Won

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Gary Shockley

by Rev. Gary Shockley, Executive Director of Path 1 I was in Sacramento, California for the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. This was the fourth annual conference I had been in last month.  I had criss-crossed the United States twice, touched eight states, been … Continue reading →

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Strategic Innovation: Saying “Yes” To The Future!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by JimOzier

by Jim Ozier, Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference (and Path 1 Associate) We are reminded by Paul in 2 Corinthians 1:20 that “all the promises of God find their YES in Jesus … Continue reading →

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