Dr. Paul Kaak is an associate professor of leadership at Azusa Pacific University and someone who has taught me a lot about living out the mission of Jesus.

For today’s post, I’ve joined the 7 Link Challenge posted by Darren Rowse on problogger.net. Here’s Darren’s challenge: Publish a post that is a list of 7 links to posts that you and others have written that respond to 7 categories listed below.

When I was in high school, I went on a missions trip to Guadalajara, Mexico during spring break with students from our church youth group.

To be a disciplemaker 1) you have to be with Jesus, and 2) you have to be with lost people. Here’s the incredible wisdom of Jesus disciplemaking strategy – what He did with His disciples is what He expected them to do with others. He called them to follow Him, and He expected them to call others to follow Him.

Christ’s strategy was disciplemaking! He invested in a few men, calling them to be with Him, grounding them in the truth of the gospel. Why? He invested in them so that when He returned to heaven, they would continue the work that He had begun.

How Jesus Made Disciples | missionalchallenge.com

Here’s the practical truth and wisdom of how Jesus made disciples…

Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples ” (Mt 28:19-20)

For the past nine months, I’ve been coaching Russ Johnson, a church planter in Asheville, North Carolina. Russ has written a post on how their church has transitioned to become a disciplemaking church.

Don’t start churches to make disciples.

S.O.A.P. Journaling | missionalchallenge.com

How do you feed your soul? How will you become spiritually strong?

Journaling is an excellent way to both record and process what God has spoken to you. It’s also a useful tool to reflect on and review some of the ‘learnings’ that you have received. Without writing them down, you may forget those blessings and some very important lessons!