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Simple Discipleship On Mission: A Case Study- The Simple Discipleship Virtual Book Tour

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 6 hours ago: Simple Discipleship 2009 Much of this article was recently published on the Equip Disciples blog at: … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Discipleship, Great Commission Resurgence, International Missions, Missional Church, simple church

Simple Discipleship Virtual Book Tour - Review #1 by Jess Bousa

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 1 week ago:     Simple Discipleship 2009 Tom Cocklereece knows how to keep it simple! In his recently released b … more →

Tags: Change Management, coaching, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, Benefits of Coaching, Church Innovation, church leadership, Church Management, church planning

#12 The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: What are Our Guiding Structures?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 1 month ago: Leadership Being a part of a new church or turnaround church that is growing is one of the most fulf … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Change Management, church leadership, Church Management, Discipleship, leadership, turnaround churches

#11 The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: What is our leadership development process?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 2 months ago:   Simple Discipleship Coaching Model World famous author and Christian leader John Maxwell has well … more →

Tags: Change Management, coaching, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, Benefits of Coaching, Church Innovation, church leadership, Ministry & Leadership, Missional Church

The Top 10 SIMPLE DISCIPLESHIP Weblog Articles- 2008/09

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 3 months ago: Simple Discipleship 2009 I have been writing articles for this blog site for just over a year and I … more →

Tags: coaching, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Benefits of Coaching, church leadership, Great Commission, Great Commission Resurgence, Ministry in times of crisis

The Hole in the Great Commission Resurgence5 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 5 months ago: On its face, I support the Great Commission Resurgence movement by the Southern Baptist Convention ( … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Denominational Support, Discipleship, Great Commission, Great Commission Resurgence, Missional Church, southern baptist convention, Southern Baptists

#7 The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: What Do We Believe?1 comment

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 6 months ago: Leadership We live at a time of superficiality in virtually every arena of life today from politics … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, leadership, Missional Church, Discipleship, Economic Crisis, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: #6- What Process Does Your Church Use to Make Disciples?2 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 6 months ago: New SD Logo The key word for this article is “process.” Prior to the twentieth-century, … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Discipleship, Change Management, Missional Church, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership, turnaround churches, Denominational Support

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: #5 What Is Our Plan?2 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 7 months ago: Many church and ministry leaders are familiar with the usually dreaded process of developing a strat … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Missional Church, Discipleship, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership, church planning, Church Management

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: #4 What are Our Results?5 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 7 months ago:     Leadership I live in Cobb County Georgia, USA, where last week I looked at the front page of my … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Discipleship, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership, church planning, Church Management, turnaround churches

#3 What Does Your “Customer” Value?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 7 months ago: Leadership Question #3 in The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church is … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Discipleship, baptist church decline, Spiritual Growth, church leadership, church planning, Ministry & Leadership, turnaround churches

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Church: Who Is Our “Customer?”1 comment

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 8 months ago:   Leadership Who is our customer? There does not seem to be a great word to describe the people targ … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Missional Church, Discipleship, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership, Ministry in times of crisis, church planning

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Church: What is Our Mission?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 8 months ago: Leadership What is the mission of your church? It is such a simple question, but seemingly perplexin … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, baptist church decline, Great Commission, church leadership, church planning, Church Management, turnaround churches, Prime Directive of the Church

Why Do We Need Self-Assessments?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 8 months ago: Leadership I led a funeral service last week in which I had been granted the use of the Bible belong … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, leadership, Discipleship, baptist church decline, Spiritual Growth, church leadership, Ministry in times of crisis, church planning

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 9 months ago: Leadership Leaders by nature must lead. I have heard an unusual number of pastors say, “I just … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Discipleship, Change Management, Faith-Based organizations, Church Decline, baptist church decline, church leadership, Ministry in times of crisis, Church Management

Lean Ministry for a Lean Economy

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 9 months ago: New SD Logo If you search the archives of this blog site, you will find several articles that focus … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Economic Crisis, church leadership, Ministry in times of crisis, Church Management, Ministry & Leadership, turnaround churches, Denominational Support

More Commandments for Church Failure2 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 9 months ago: Leadership My blog series Ten Commandments for Church Failure has been a big success. From the time … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Missional Church, Discipleship, church leadership, church planning, Church Management, Ministry & Leadership, turnaround churches, emergent church

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #11- Lose Your Passion3 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 10 months ago: Leadership Ok, so the Lord can say it in ten and I cannot—like Donald Keough I just had to add one m … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Missional Church, Discipleship, baptist church decline, Spiritual Foundations, church leadership, Church Management, turnaround churches

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #9-Thou Shalt Not Communicate Clear Expectations

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 10 months ago: In his book The 8th Habit, Stephen Covey used a sports metaphor to relate how ineffective organizati … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, coaching, Discipleship, Change Management, Missional Church, Missions, expectations, mixed messages


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