T4T A Discipleship Revolution Quotes

“4. When they come into your house, and drag you away, and throw you into prison and threaten to kill you, will you still follow Jesus? [Or “When people ridicule you and mistreat you, will you still follow Jesus?”]”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“The most effective evangelists ask people to follow Jesus. Remember, 100% of those you don’t share the gospel with and call to commitment will not respond.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“My colleague Kevin Greeson says: “Men of peace do not descend from heaven but rise up from hell!” The future leaders of the movement were men with sin-filled lives yesterday. They are sinful with lives full of problems, but they are hungry for change.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“The general guideline is this: “Could an average young believer start and organize such a church?” Otherwise, church planting will be relegated to a few highly trained individuals.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Which of the many biblically faithful models (or elements) should we implement?”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Choosing one method over the other because this is what we prefer rather than what is most effective and reproducible for our people group is a dangerous approach.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Remember, 100% of those you don’t share the gospel with and call to commitment will not respond.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Whatever gospel presentation you use in your T4T package you must include a call to commitment.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“effective gospel presentations become effective through repeated trial and error.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Steve, for seven years, we bought the lie that we had to build relationships first and slowly reveal our Christian identity.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Throughout our world are under-developed and under-utilized believers who need to be called out to live in true conformity to Christ and to fulfill God’s purpose to redeem a great multitude for Himself from every tongue, tribe and nation. Each believer is called to help fulfill the purpose of God in his own generation (Acts 13:36).”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“What shocked me was his statement: “I don’t know. I’ve never been asked.” One of the reasons we don’t get to CPM is because we aren’t tracking our results by CPM indicators. CPM indicators are consistent 4th+ generation believers, baptisms, groups and churches. Until you track it to 4th+ generation consistently, you don’t have a church-planting movement.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Don’t get distracted by the messiness. Keep pushing toward a CPM.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“A large number of Paul’s epistles were written to address problems. That’s the nature of ministry. We don’t enjoy the problems, but they are often a sign of growth.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“The bottom line is this: Your discipleship lessons must be biblical.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Remember: conviction does not equal obedience.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Some Christians emphasize Bible study, but not obedience to the Word. When that happens, the unspoken value is the truth of the Word, but not the authority of the Word to act upon in everyday life.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“The goal of the middle third is to give the trainees enough biblical content to obey and pass on. You don’t want to give them so much that they can’t obey. Nor do you want to give them so much that they can’t pass it on.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“If we will change our approach to follow Jesus’ Great Commission, His Spirit will empower us to see results far beyond what we have experienced previously.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“the best term for this type of disciple is “trainer” because it carries with it the idea of passing on what one receives (Matt. 10:8).”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“We don’t build relationships with just a few lost people and then months or years later finally reveal to them that we are believers and begin to share the gospel. If we do, we may find that the few people we’ve invested so much time in really aren’t open to the gospel.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“If we help non-believers discover the value of the King, not simply try to get them to make a decision, we will help them become fervent followers of Jesus.”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“1. Go, not come – we must go where the lost people are. 2. Everybody, not just some – share with everyone because you never know whom God will choose. 3. Make trainers, not just church members – train every believer to obey what he learns AND pass it on (be a trainer).”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“the Great Commission teaches all believers three things: -- Go, not come -- Share with everybody, not just some -- Make trainers, not simply church members”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“In some Christian ministry, we assess how mature a believer is based on how much he knows. But the New Testament assesses the maturity of a believer based on how much he obeys (e.g. John 14:15; James 1:22-25)”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution

“Scholars of Acts agree: This movement took place in the power of the Holy Spirit through the lives of ordinary, months-old and even weeks-old believers as they were equipped by the apostles and other believers. A discipleship revolution ignited a firestorm of loving evangelistic zeal and fervent obedience that took the kingdom into the remotest corners of the known world in a period of years and decades, not centuries!”
― Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution