A Disciple’s Sovereign

Passage: Mark 5:-20 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection Read Mark 5:1-20      They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. 3 He lived among…

Portraits of Growth: Lauren Meekins

At NSCBC, we believe that multiplying disciples who make disciples is crucial to seeing a gospel movement on the North Shore. Throughout the year, we want to highlight encouraging stories of our people growing through discipleship groups and preparing to multiply their faith. If you are interested in joining a D-Group, to be discipled and make disciples,…

Portraits of Growth: Shauna Anthony

At NSCBC, we believe that multiplying disciples who make disciples is crucial to seeing a gospel movement on the North Shore. Throughout the year, we want to highlight encouraging stories of our people growing through discipleship groups and preparing to multiply their faith. If you are interested in joining a D-Group, to be discipled and make disciples,…

The Kind of Disciples We’re Becoming: Forming Deep Friendships

This is the fifth post in a series aimed at continuing to increase our clarity around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples. You can read parts one , two, three, and four here.   It’s Organic:  Gospel Hearts, Gospel Storied While our church has sought greater clarity by describing 5 “marks” of growing disciples, it…

Portraits of Growth: Jim Longhurst

At NSCBC, we believe that multiplying disciples who make disciples is crucial to seeing a gospel movement on the North Shore. Throughout the year, we want to highlight encouraging stories of our people growing through discipleship groups and preparing to multiply their faith. Will you tell us a little bit about yourself? I’m Jim Longhurst,…

The Kind of Disciples We’re Becoming: Applying the Gospel

This is the fourth post in a series aimed at continuing to increase our clarity as a church around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples. You can read parts one , two, and three here.   First Comes Renewal In the previous posts, I argued for the importance of concretely describing what it looks…

The Kind of Disciples We’re Becoming: Experiencing Renewal

This is the third post in a series aimed at continuing to increase our clarity as a church around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples. You can read parts one and two here.   Flying Blind In the previous posts, I argued that it is crucial for a church to have a shared, workable…

The Kind of Disciples We’re Becoming: What We’re Talking About

This is the second post in a series aimed continuing to increase our clarity as a church around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples.  You can read part one here.   When We Don’t Define Because Jesus’ central calling to his church is to make disciples who make disciples (Matt. 28:16-20), this is an…

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