Is Discipleship Needed?

“When a person makes a confession of faith and is never taken through a formal discipleship process, there is little hope of seeing genuine spiritual transformation.” -Dr. Howard Hendricks, Dallas Theological Seminary

“The last command Jesus gave the church before he ascended to heaven was the Great Commission, the call for Christians to 'make disciples of all the nations.' But Christians have responded by making Christians, not disciples. This has been the church's Great Omission.’” -Dr. Dallas Willard, Author of The Great Omission, Professor

“We discovered that surprisingly few churches have a well-conceived model of discipleship that they implement. The result is that churches feel they have fulfilled their obligation if they provide a broad menu of courses, events, and other experiences, but such a well-intentioned but disjointed approach leaves people confused and imbalanced.” -George Barna, Founder of the Barna Group

“The American church is dying, not from lack of effective evangelism, nor from lack of resources, but from lack of effective discipleship.” -Michael Ramsden, European Director of Ravi Zacharias Ministries

“The church cannot grow if Christians are not actively discipling new believers.” -Ed Stetzer, Pastor, Church Planter, Professor

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” -Jesus, Mth 28:18-20

Core is an intentional, life-changing discipleship process used by people, ministries, and churches around the world. We provide a simple, proven, transformational, and Biblical process designed to bring people to spiritual maturity, a sequential spiritual life-map, articles/studies by well-known discipleship authors, and free discipleship resources. Why do we call it "Core?" Because the Great Commandment and the Great Commission are central in God's Word and the mission of every believer in every evangelical, Bible-believing, faith-based Church. Read what others have written.

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