Closing the Gap: Why Many Churches Value Discipleship but Struggle to Practice It : S4E4

About this episode

The episode discusses insights from the State of Discipleship study and the challenges churches face in practicing discipleship.

In this episode of the Disciple-Making Leader Podcast, Ben Borgman is joined in the studio by Pastor Craig and Pastor Glenn Underhill to discuss key insights from the State of Discipleship study by Lifeway Research. Important links from this episode: DiscipleFirst Website: https://disciplefirst.com/ DiscipleFirst Resources: https://disciplefirst.com/resources/ Lifeway Research – The State of Discipleship Study: https://research.lifeway.com/state-of-discipleship/

People in this episode

Host: Ben Borgman

Guests: Pastor Craig, Pastor Glenn Underhill

Topics covered

• discipleship
• church practices
• Lifeway Research
• State of Discipleship
• Christian leadership

Keywords

• discipleship
• church
• Lifeway Research
• Christianity
• leadership
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lifeway Research, DiscipleFirst

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