Running around Africa earlier this month, I ran into some of the people from I Am Second who are regularly doing good things in the least likely places.
If you are not familiar with their videos and materials, this stuff is good and useful in every context for reaching, discipling, and gathering people into groups that equip themselves to go do the same.
Here is just one of many video-testimonies of a changed life by putting Jesus first and becoming ‘second.’
Good Blog Reading
My friend, Michael Hutcheson, blogs here and I enjoy his writings. Here is a great article on community and discipleship that starts within our own heart and closest sphere from which it spreads to others.
Challenging Book
Stetzer and Rankin have authored the book Spiritual Warfare and Missions that challenges every believer to understand his role in the mission field throughout the world. They call out Satan’s ongoing strategy to convince Christians that the Great Commission is optional. "Through deceit, he is eroding the authoritative mandate of Scripture, leading believers to tell themselves that international discipleship is a task better left to denomination and mission agencies—not the sort of kingdom work that every believer can do."