Discipleship: Life as a (Healthy) Group Project

When we read the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20), we can mistakenly read it as a call to evangelize, to proclaim the gospel message. And while that is part of Christ’s commission to us, it is only part of it. To make disciples is to teach and train our fellow believers to become mature followers of Jesus; to help them “observe everything [Jesus] commanded” us (Matthew 28:20), as they grow in their knowledge of, obedience to, and love for the Lord.

But growing in spiritual maturity isn’t ...