"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people" Mark 1:17 According the the gospel of Mark, this is the first thing Jesus said to his disciples. We see in Mark that he first called Andrew and his brother Simon (we know as Peter), and just a few verses later he sees James and his brother John. These men were fishermen. They made a living by selling the fish they would catch in their nets. Jesus at multiple times during his ministry interacts with the disciples professional expertise. Luke 5, Jesus teaches the crowds from one of their boats. Afterwards, He instructs them to cast off to deeper water and re-cast the nets. After explaining that they had not caught a

Who are the 3 people who you are most invested/investing in? If you’re married, one of these people is likely your spouse, and appropriately so. If you have children it is also likely that you are investing yourself into your children. Today, I am going to ask you, who are the two additional people that you are heavily invested/ing outside your nuclear family? So who are your three? If you are not sure, then stop here in your reading, and ask God to help you think of three people who will pursue God’s mission with you. We are not meant to love Jesus alone. We are intended for community. Who were Jesus’ closest three? Everyone knows that Jesus had 12 disciples. But it is also clear that

Family on Mission is a concept that is foundational to making disciple makers. What does it mean? How do we define family? How do we then invite that family to join us on mission? How does this concept inform the tools we employ and the metrics we use to gauge success? Let's start by talking about the word Family. Today the word family is used very broadly. We can talk about our church family. We can talk about our relatives, or our natural family. We can talk about our immediate "nuclear" family. We can listen to CEO's refer to a company family... For our purposes we want to use family based on the greek word "oikos". Oikos has been translated into the english word "household."

Ciertamente les aseguro que, si el grano de trigo no cae en tierra y muere, se queda solo. Pero, si muere, produce mucho fruto. Juan 12:24 Cada semilla de trigo puede crecer una planta de trigo. Cada planta puede producir hasta 8 cabezas de trigo. Cada cabeza contiene hasta 50 granos de trigo. Increíblemente, cada semilla de trigo en una temporada puede producir más de 400 semillas adicionales. Esta es una ley simple de multiplicación que podemos ver en todo el mundo agrícola. Este es un principio que Jesús usó para demostrar la naturaleza explosiva del Reino de Dios entre las naciones del mundo. Encontramos una serie de parábolas agrícolas en Marcos 4, que ayudan a ilustrar esta simple verd

Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24 Funny question: Have you ever seen a wheat plant? Have you ever seen just one all alone in a field? No of course not. Typically thousands of seeds are planted at the same time. Similarly we are not meant to serve God in isolation. We are meant to be a family on mission. We are stronger when we are linked together with others. This is a benefit of biblical multiplication. Believers grow best when they are growing together. Every wheat seed can grow a wheat plant. Each plant can produce up to 8 heads of wheat. Each head houses