Francis Chan on the call to discipleship

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New Media Trends
DEPARTMENTS
6 Talking Leadership
Multiply!
Interview by Tami Heim | Francis Chan on the call to discipleship
8 First Person
Online Connections
By Dana Byers | Being a conduit for life change online
10 NewNow&Next
The Future of Giving
Interview by Laura Leonard | Pearlina Simmons says advances
in technology open up new ways to engage donors.
12 MEgAByTES AND
35 Emerging Trends
MAgNIFyINg MESSIAh
Perpetually Connected
Exploring Jews for Jesus’ new media initiatives
By Gordon Marcy | Digital technology is changing how we all
do ministry. By Arielle Rothbard
BiBlically Speaking
36 Raising the Bar
16 Technology on MiSSion
Mastering Social Media By John Edmiston | Spreading the fragrance of Christ
By Jason Caston | Multiply ministry impact through social networks
WhaT WorkS: Five Q
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Marketing and Technology Collide Five questions you must ask (and answer)
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24 ThE POwER OF VIDEO
40 Empowering People
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Content is King
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26 ONLINE FOR LIFE
42 Interior Remodel
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Investments that Matter
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By Greg Murtha | The story of Ray Gary and iDonate
28 ThE MOBILE REVOLuTION
44 Sources & Resources It’s one shift you can’t afford to miss!
Book Discussion: Ministry in By Dave Raley
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Multiply! easier for you and the person you’re discipling to walk What’s the breakthrough that can cause a
through it together, but it doesn’t replace that one-to- seismic shift in that thinking?
one, one-to-three, one-to-twelve type of discipleship. It starts with placing responsibility back on people.
Francis Chan on the call to discipleship
It’s just a tool. Just think, what if I had told my five kids, “Hey, you guys
can just live here as long as you want. In fact, I’m going
ClA PresIdent tAmI HeIm recently interviewed Francis Chan, how is the church doing in discipleship to build a swimming pool and batting cages and a golf
who will be a keynote speaker at CLA Dallas 2014 (April 14-16, 2014). today? course in the backyard.” As long as I allowed them to
Chan is the best-selling author of books including: Crazy Love, Bluntly, we’re doing terribly. When Jesus said go make stay, without getting a job or their own place, they would
Forgotten God, and Erasing Hell, as well as the host of the BASIC. disciples of all nations, he wasn’t saying form circles and likely take the path of the least resistance.
series (Who is God & We Are Church). He has also written children’s disciple one another. There was a world of people who There’s a reason why God allowed the early church to
books: Halfway Herbert, The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village, had not heard of him. His point was to get to them. Jesus be scattered. They made disciples everywhere they went.
and Ronnie Wilson’s Gift. wants his story known all throughout the world. He gave We have to think through the structures we’re creating
Currently, Chan is working on a church planting movement in us that responsibility. and the message those structures send. We must create
inner city San Francisco. Recently, he joined with Pastor David Platt So let’s take your average church, say of a hundred new structures that require people to go out and launch
to co-author a new book Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples (David people. On any given week how many shared the gospel new works, making disciples on their own.
C Cook, 2012), and to launch a nationwide discipleship movement with an unbeliever? One? Maybe two? That’s terrible.
called Multiply (multiplymovement.com). Chan is also the founding Jesus was looking at the small group of people on the your book Crazy Love says the love of
pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, and founder mountaintop — specifically those eleven disciples — and christ compels us to go. Where’s the
of Eternity Bible College. He lives in northern California with his telling them to get this message to everyone on earth. disconnect?
wife, Lisa, and their five children. He said he would fill us with his Spirit to do that, yet We are bombarded with messages urging comfort and
most go a whole year without ever sharing the gospel. safety. That’s what our flesh desires. We seek security
What inspired you and David platt to start the Multi- through where we live or how much money we have in
ply Movement? So what is the lie, the stronghold holding the bank. We’re so clouded by the world’s messages that
I was traveling with my family, and we were pretty set on living the church back? we can’t see straight. We try to make American principles
in Asia. I was in Hong Kong after we were looking at apartments In a nutshell, we don’t expect people to do it. We’ve biblical principles. We’ve created a Christianized version
and schools for the kids, and I had a strong sense that the Lord was set up a system that says bring people to church and of “the American dream.” We are tainted by the world,
telling me I had not finished what I started in America and needed let the pastor lead them to the Lord. Bring your kids to and it’s a fight every day not to conform.
to go back and complete that before going anywhere else. church and let childcare workers teach them Scripture. People could read Crazy Love and for a moment say, “I
That work relates to discipleship and the way we do church. Cur- Bring your youth to the church and let professional youth want to live for eternity,” but they will hear contrary mes-
rently, people expect their pastors to lead their friends to the Lord pastors guide them through their teenage years. It takes sages within a minute of putting the book down. Every
and for the church staff to disciple them. Meanwhile you have this the responsibility off of people. day we’re pushed towards complacency and selfishness.
whole army of people who attend services and Bible studies but It got to the point that people were even asking me:
aren’t out doing evangelism or discipleship. “Pastor will you come to work with me and share the So what do you think is important for us
I felt led to help equip people to make disciples. It was a massive gospel with my friend?” And it’s like, oh, no. You do it. to remember in these technologically
vision, but I didn’t want to go out in the flesh and find people to make I know they’re saying, “I hear the way advanced times?
it happen. I asked the Lord to bring people to me so that I knew it you speak, and you speak better.” I don’t have all the answers but I’m sure of a few
was really from him. But Paul said he didn’t come with things. One is that this younger generation doesn’t know
One of the first guys I met when I came back was David Platt. We eloquence for he didn’t want to how to pray. They can’t clear their minds of distraction.
had read and were impacted by one another’s books, so there was empty the cross of its power. Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. We jump
an instant connection. I asked him what was on his heart. It was the There’s something powerful from this to that. Everything is instant. My kids do five
exact same thing on my heart — making disciples who make disciples. about a simply spoken message. things at once. They don’t hear me as clearly as they did
The more we talked, the more we thought, “Why not do this I fault leaders like myself even a few years ago. And I’m not listening to my own
together?” That was the start of the Multiply Movement. who at the time didn’t really family as I used to. My prayer life is more scattered.
think through how to equip the The ability to stay focused for long periods of time
christ’s model of discipling was hands-on. can we saints for works of service. is ten times worse. All of this affects our intimacy
use technology to do the same? Instead I just did it myself with the Lord.
We have to be careful with technology. It isn’t supposed to replace and hired a staff that We used to get bothered when people were
discipleship, but it can enhance it. With the Multiply book we say, would do it for them. texting while we talked. Now we’re used to it.
“This is not about someone reading a book.” In fact, we don’t want Now that we’re trying Now no one pays 100 percent attention.
people to read the book by themselves. It has to be one-on-one, to release the aver- We need to remember when we spent
life-on-life. If the book can help guide you through basic doctrines age person to go share focused time in God’s presence, just enjoying
of Christianity, hermeneutics and theology, that’s great, use it as a the gospel, we find that him, thanking him, worshiping him, turning
tool as you go and make disciples. there’s a lot of insecurity off our phones and getting away. I think the
We say the same with technology. We’re putting Multiply into and people feeling ill- future has to be more about retreats. We
an app form so people can have it on their phones. It can make it equipped for the job. need to teach young people to turn off the
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easier for you and the person you’re discipling to walk What’s the breakthrough that can cause a
through it together, but it doesn’t replace that one-to- seismic shift in that thinking?
When Jesus said go make disciples
one, one-to-three, one-to-twelve type of discipleship. It starts with placing responsibility back on people.
of all nations, he wasn’t saying form
It’s just a tool. Just think, what if I had told my five kids, “Hey, you guys
can just live here as long as you want. In fact, I’m going circles and disciple one another.
how is the church doing in discipleship to build a swimming pool and batting cages and a golf
today? course in the backyard.” As long as I allowed them to
Bluntly, we’re doing terribly. When Jesus said go make stay, without getting a job or their own place, they would electronics so they can hear from the Lord. That doesn’t mean we
disciples of all nations, he wasn’t saying form circles and likely take the path of the least resistance. shouldn’t use technology for God’s glory. We must take advantage of
disciple one another. There was a world of people who There’s a reason why God allowed the early church to those opportunities. But we must train people how to use technology
had not heard of him. His point was to get to them. Jesus be scattered. They made disciples everywhere they went. well. That is the great battle of the future.
wants his story known all throughout the world. He gave We have to think through the structures we’re creating
us that responsibility. and the message those structures send. We must create So a part of discipling should be the right use of
So let’s take your average church, say of a hundred new structures that require people to go out and launch technology?
people. On any given week how many shared the gospel new works, making disciples on their own. Yes. For example, we have a whole Facebook generation that
with an unbeliever? One? Maybe two? That’s terrible. doesn’t realize that 99.9 percent of them are building shrines to them-
Jesus was looking at the small group of people on the your book Crazy Love says the love of selves. We must open their eyes so they realize that’s what they’re
mountaintop — specifically those eleven disciples — and christ compels us to go. Where’s the doing. They’re bringing glory to themselves and not to the Lord. But
telling them to get this message to everyone on earth. disconnect? it’s what everyone does. They can only avoid it if they are taught that
He said he would fill us with his Spirit to do that, yet We are bombarded with messages urging comfort and this is not what they’re on the earth to do. We’re supposed to build
most go a whole year without ever sharing the gospel. safety. That’s what our flesh desires. We seek security up others and give glory to God.
through where we live or how much money we have in We also have to exhort people to be quick to listen, slow to speak,
So what is the lie, the stronghold holding the bank. We’re so clouded by the world’s messages that and slow to Tweet. Everyone wants to throw out their opinion. We’re
the church back? we can’t see straight. We try to make American principles not listeners anymore.
In a nutshell, we don’t expect people to do it. We’ve biblical principles. We’ve created a Christianized version There’s so much that technology brings along with it. And I’m
set up a system that says bring people to church and of “the American dream.” We are tainted by the world, not even mentioning the pornography, and the flirting that goes on
let the pastor lead them to the Lord. Bring your kids to and it’s a fight every day not to conform. through Facebook, and the affairs that have started through that.
church and let childcare workers teach them Scripture. People could read Crazy Love and for a moment say, “I Obviously a ton of discipling is needed related to technology.
Bring your youth to the church and let professional youth want to live for eternity,” but they will hear contrary mes-
pastors guide them through their teenage years. It takes sages within a minute of putting the book down. Every We’re pleased you will be speaking
the responsibility off of people. day we’re pushed towards complacency and selfishness. at cla Dallas 2014. Do you have any
It got to the point that people were even asking me: closing thoughts for leaders who
“Pastor will you come to work with me and share the So what do you think is important for us comprise cla?
gospel with my friend?” And it’s like, oh, no. You do it. to remember in these technologically Probably a lot of these leaders are like me. We’re doers. We get
I know they’re saying, “I hear the way advanced times? frustrated at people who sit around the church and talk, talk, talk,
you speak, and you speak better.” I don’t have all the answers but I’m sure of a few but don’t do. It drives us crazy. Look at Christ (1 John 3:16–18). He
But Paul said he didn’t come with things. One is that this younger generation doesn’t know came. He sacrificed. We should do the same.
eloquence for he didn’t want to how to pray. They can’t clear their minds of distraction. But because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the
empty the cross of its power. Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. We jump flesh. If I don’t rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action
There’s something powerful from this to that. Everything is instant. My kids do five doesn’t spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that
about a simply spoken message. things at once. They don’t hear me as clearly as they did happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus. People say, “Oh,
I fault leaders like myself even a few years ago. And I’m not listening to my own look at what Francis has done and what he accomplished.” People
who at the time didn’t really family as I used to. My prayer life is more scattered. see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving,
think through how to equip the The ability to stay focused for long periods of time people see him. I would urge all leaders to be careful of that. Once we
saints for works of service. is ten times worse. All of this affects our intimacy get away from time in the Lord’s presence, we are just doing things
Instead I just did it myself with the Lord. in the flesh. We are not abiding.
and hired a staff that We used to get bothered when people were The second thing I would say is to make sure you absolutely,
would do it for them. texting while we talked. Now we’re used to it. radically, passionately love and help build the local church. I can
Now that we’re trying Now no one pays 100 percent attention. get frustrated with the church [universal], and sometimes want to
to release the aver- We need to remember when we spent do the work apart from her. Yet that’s not what Christ called us to
age person to go share focused time in God’s presence, just enjoying do. I would ask nonprofit leaders to stay close to and come under
the gospel, we find that him, thanking him, worshiping him, turning the leadership of the church. If all the workers just go off and do
there’s a lot of insecurity off our phones and getting away. I think the their own thing apart from the church, the church just gets weaker
and people feeling ill- future has to be more about retreats. We and weaker. However, Christ came to build the church. Let’s be the
equipped for the job. need to teach young people to turn off the church’s champion.
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FIRST PERSON By Dana Byers
• Pastoral counseling was located and is being pro-
Online
vided to a demon-possessed person in South Africa.
• A small group in Indonesia invited in a new believer
Connections to be discipled.
• A suicidal Filipino woman was ministered to and
connected to local help and she eventually commit-
Being a conduit for life change online ted her life to Christ.
i It’s easy to think our
online interactions
In 2004, I left a corporate marketing job because my infant
have little meaning.
son was facing a life-threatening illness. Even though spending time
with my now-recovered son was very rewarding, I did make a rather Here’s what I don’t want you to miss: None of these
fast exit from the workforce. And at that time, I was left feeling as if people knew the resources in their area were available
I was contributing less to the world around me than I had hoped. until an obedient, Spirit-led online volunteer made the
Then something incredible happened. connection for them.
My pastor, Craig Groeschel, told me I am a minister. Well, he Here’s the incredible news: We don’t have to be the
didn’t so much tell me face to face as he did tell our entire con- solution. We only need to be the conduit.
gregation one Sunday morning, but I received those empowering Pray. Welcome. Represent Christ and his church
words as spoken straight to my heart from God. As I embraced this with excellence. Usher people into community. Let
newfound truth in my life, I began to see things differently. All of the Holy Spirit guide you. People everywhere need en-
my interactions became opportunities to minister. couragement, biblical truth, restorative relationships,
Fast forward nearly a decade and I’ve discovered that I have as and the love of Christ. God’s plan to provide for all of
many opportunities to minister to people online as I do in my local, these needs — and more — includes you and me.
face-to-face community. When you make yourself available to serve, do you
It’s easy to think our online interactions have little meaning. know what will happen in your online interactions? Sud-
Our tweets join millions of other tweets sent the same minute. denly, what some refer to as self-serving, personal plat-
The blog posts we publish become old news overnight. Instagram form-building, ego-enhancing social networking is trans-
photos of smiling children behind a sea of birthday candles are formed into a primary way the Body of Christ can guide
scrolled over only once — never to be seen again. the lonely, hurt, confused, and lost people in our world
But every now and then an online connection makes a spark into community and a personal relationship with Jesus.
(and I’m not talking about online dating sites here). Sometimes the Prepare to be blessed in an indescribable way as
eternal makes its way into our “lol txt” talk. Occasionally, we type God works through you, and as you connect to other
something, hit the enter key, and that blip can change a life. online ministers. Together we can lead people all over
These occasional sparks become more common when we be- the world to become followers of Christ.
come intentional about making online connections. Here are some
recent experiences of people who’ve made themselves available to God, help us to use the online platforms you’ve
God’s work online: given us for your glory. We ask that you’d bring
• Answering questions about Jesus from a Muslim in the about eternal life change through our avail-
Middle East ability to serve others online. Use any influence
• Praying for and sharing resources with a porn ad- we have to expand your kingdom. Help us le-
dict in Pakistan verage our resources, relationships, and social
• Sharing insight with spiritual seekers in a chat networks to meet the needs of hurting and lost
room designed to discuss a biblical message people around the globe. Amen.
As surprising as these opportunities might dAnA byers is the church online community
seem to you, the fact is, people everywhere pastor at LifeChurch.tv. Connect with Dana on
go online to ask spiritual questions. I’m part Twitter @danalbyers. LifeChurch.tv, pastored
of a team of hundreds of volunteers from by Craig Groeschel, is a multi-location and
dozens of countries who represent the glob- online church attended by people in nearly
al church - online. every country and territory each week.
Here are a few powerful and recent LifeChurch.tv seeks to make a lasting
stories from our volunteer team: difference in the lives of individuals, its
• A person seeking baptism was con- community and the world. To learn
nected to a local church in her vil- more about serving at Church On-
lage in Nigeria. line, go to (lifechurch.tv/serving).
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fund. We have some givers who have been of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and
The Future of giving with us for many years, and we’re able to go the founder of the Calvary Chapel integrity 64%
back at least 10 years and show them the movement, after a long battle with lung
advances in technology authenticity 40%
cancer. He was 86.
a impact of their giving over that period of time.
open up new ways to
Discipline 38%
engage donors. how has the organization’s approach RESIgNED
to technology evolved over time? CARLOS CAMPO, as president of passion for god 31%
Regent University. Campo replaced Pat
As dIreCtor of mArketIng for It all started in a file cabinet. Our founder, humility 7%
Robertson after the founder’s retirement
the National Christian Foundation (NCF), Terry Parker, started it in his law office. We’ve
in 2010. Robertson will again serve as
purpose 5%
Pearlina Simmons knows a thing gone from having to do everything
CEO until a replacement is found.
iNTErviEW
or two about the role technol- manually to having more online solu-
WiTH
ogy plays in the nonprofit sector. tions that allow givers to do things For more information on this study, go to:
PEarliNa https://www.barna.org/barna-update/culture/609-christians-on-leadership-calling-and-career#.UlcYYVCsiSo
Since it was co-founded in 1982 over the Internet. We are approach-
SiMMONS
by Larry Burkett and Terry Park- ing 4 billion dollars given in grants

er, NCF has been helping donors and with that comes an increased Headlines:
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give — and give wisely — to multiply their number of transactions. When I started in
impact and glorify God. As technology has 2007, we were doing about 40,000 grant
grown and changed, so too has NCF as they checks a year, and this year we anticipate Cla announces its Winter 2014
help givers and organizations best use tech- doing over 100,000. We have to find ways Online academy Courses
nology to further the kingdom of God. Here, to streamline our processes on a regular basis. The CLA Online Academy is a great way
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how could christian nonprofits better
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