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GO MICRO: A Guide to Transforming and Multiplying Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups
GO A Guide to Transforming and Multiplying Disciples of Jesus through MicroGroups
Why GO MICRO? The church worldwide suffers from a superficiality of discipleship. We see it in the US with the loss of 40 million people from Christian churches over the last 25 years. The Pandemic exposed the anemic commitment of people to be Jesus’ people, the body of Christ. Almost a third never returned to the church. All across the globe, the message is the People may have prayed a prayer to receive Christ’s forgiveness of sin, but the depth of their commitment leaves them vulnerable to falling away or being led astray to other faiths like Islam.
What solution does GO MICRO provide to this pervasive problem? GDI has attempted to simplify the process whereby people can be grounded in Christ while at the same time learn how to fulfill The Great Commission’s call “to go and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations.” It is this HOW that we see lacking.
What do we propose? The MicroGroup provides the environment for transformation and multiplication of disciples of Jesus. The MicroGroup is 3-4 people (men with men; women with women) who are invited into an in-depth, covenantal relationship over a year to a year and a half preferably meeting weekly. The micro size of the group allows for deep trust and vulnerability, loving accountability for life-change, and mutual sharing of insights into a biblically-based disciplemaking curriculum. The curriculum (Discipleship Essentials) covers the necessary building blocks to lay a solid foundation in any believer. The vast majority of those who name Christ have never, ever gone through an ordered, disciplemaking process. In addition, people are trained in the groups to multiply this experience for others, thus creating a growing network of MicroGroups seeding the culture of disciplemaking in a church or ministry.
GO MICRO will guide you through what you need to establish a MicroGroup-based ministry so that people will have the joy of being able to fulfill The Great Commission so that it is no longer The Great Omission.
Why GO MICRO? The church worldwide suffers from a superficiality of discipleship. We see it in the US with the loss of 40 million people from Christian churches over the last 25 years. The Pandemic exposed the anemic commitment of people to be Jesus’ people, the body of Christ. Almost a third never returned to the church. All across the globe, the message is the People may have prayed a prayer to receive Christ’s forgiveness of sin, but the depth of their commitment leaves them vulnerable to falling away or being led astray to other faiths like Islam.
What solution does GO MICRO provide to this pervasive problem? GDI has attempted to simplify the process whereby people can be grounded in Christ while at the same time learn how to fulfill The Great Commission’s call “to go and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations.” It is this HOW that we see lacking.
What do we propose? The MicroGroup provides the environment for transformation and multiplication of disciples of Jesus. The MicroGroup is 3-4 people (men with men; women with women) who are invited into an in-depth, covenantal relationship over a year to a year and a half preferably meeting weekly. The micro size of the group allows for deep trust and vulnerability, loving accountability for life-change, and mutual sharing of insights into a biblically-based disciplemaking curriculum. The curriculum (Discipleship Essentials) covers the necessary building blocks to lay a solid foundation in any believer. The vast majority of those who name Christ have never, ever gone through an ordered, disciplemaking process. In addition, people are trained in the groups to multiply this experience for others, thus creating a growing network of MicroGroups seeding the culture of disciplemaking in a church or ministry.
GO MICRO will guide you through what you need to establish a MicroGroup-based ministry so that people will have the joy of being able to fulfill The Great Commission so that it is no longer The Great Omission.
200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2024
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About the author
Greg Ogden
30 books13 followersGregory J. Ogden (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) lives out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciple-making mission of the church after spending twenty-four years in pastoral ministry. Most recently Greg served as executive pastor of discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary and associate professor of lay equipping and discipleship.
Greg is the author of several books such as Unfinished Business, Discipleship Essentials, Transforming Discipleship, Leadership Essentials(with coauthor Daniel Meyer), and The Essential Commandment. He is a partner in the Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI), which trains, coaches, and inspires pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking networks, both nationally and internationally. Greg and his wife, Lily, have been married more than forty-five years and have one adult daughter and two grandchildren.
Greg is the author of several books such as Unfinished Business, Discipleship Essentials, Transforming Discipleship, Leadership Essentials(with coauthor Daniel Meyer), and The Essential Commandment. He is a partner in the Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI), which trains, coaches, and inspires pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking networks, both nationally and internationally. Greg and his wife, Lily, have been married more than forty-five years and have one adult daughter and two grandchildren.
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