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This question of addition or multiplication is a popular one in the church today.  Our church is seeking to find the answer to the question.  One of the ways we are seeking answers is our DMC (Discipleship Ministries Committee) at Hesston MB Church is reading through Multiply by Francis Chan.  We have been discussing for several months now the best way to be a church that makes disciples who makes disciples.  Multiply was where we decided to start.  I have read most of the book now and wanted to share a few quotes from my reading on the chapters focused on the New Testament. "It is our pleasure to serve this King, and we should find joy in submitting to His will. Furthermore, it should not be enough that we ourselves enjoy a healed relationship with our King; we should want every person on earth to experience this great salvation." "We need God's power in order to carry the gospel into every part of the globe. Only God's power can transform rebels into disc...

At our church, we are currently working through a discipleship plan from birth to death.  The committee responsible for this is called the Discipleship Ministries Committee (DMC for short).  We have also been talking a lot about discipleship as pastors at our Tuesday meetings and now on our Thursday afternoon planning sessions.  I love these conversations! At times, it seems like we might not be making progress.  But I am glad we are asking some difficult questions.  We have also had the benefit of three people from our church attending Exponential. They heard some great speakers and are excited about what they learned.  As part of that discussion, we have had at least two conversations based on content from Exponential.  We also started reading a book together as DMC, PMC (Pastoral Ministries Committee), and pastors.  It is called DiscipleShift by Jim Putman. I look forward to seeing what God is going to do at Hesston MB as we discuss and imp...