Todd Engstrom

Category: discipleship

  • The Process of Church Discipline

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    Much of what I have written here in the past focuses on the formative work of discipline in the church – discipleship.  Within Scripture, however, we also find another form of corrective discipline, commonly called “church discipline”.  This series forms the basics for a primer I wrote for The Austin Stone to understand church discipline.…

  • The Heart Behind Church Discipline

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    Much of what I have written here in the past focuses on the formative work of discipline in the church – discipleship.  Within Scripture, however, we also find another form of corrective discipline, commonly called “church discipline”.  This series forms the basics for a primer I wrote for The Austin Stone to understand church discipline.…

  • The Theology of Church Discipline

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    Much of what I have written here in the past focuses on the formative work of discipline in the church – discipleship.  Within Scripture, however, we also find another form of corrective discipline, commonly called “church discipline”.  This series forms the basics for a primer I wrote for The Austin Stone to understand church discipline.…

  • A Primer on Church Discipline

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    Much of what I have written here in the past focuses on the formative work of discipline in the church – discipleship.  Within Scripture, however, we also find another form of corrective discipline, commonly called “church discipline”.  This series forms the basics for a primer I wrote for The Austin Stone to understand church discipline.…

  • The Triperspectival Content of Biblical Leadership

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    Recently, I had a seminary assignment to write out a personal philosophy of leadership.  The process of clarifying and writing my thoughts was very helpful for me, and I thought I would share it as a series here on the blog. What is Biblical Leadership? Where Jesus Wants Us To Go Meeting People Where They…

  • Meeting People Where They Are

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    Recently, I had a seminary assignment to write out a personal philosophy of leadership.  The process of clarifying and writing my thoughts was very helpful for me, and I thought I would share it as a series here on the blog. What is Biblical Leadership? Where Jesus Wants Us To Go Meeting People Where They…

  • Where Jesus Wants Us To Go

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    Recently, I had a seminary assignment to write out a personal philosophy of leadership.  The process of clarifying and writing my thoughts was very helpful for me, and I thought I would share it as a series here on the blog. What is Biblical Leadership? Where Jesus Wants Us To Go Meeting People Where They…

  • What is Biblical Leadership?

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    Recently, I had a seminary assignment to write out a personal philosophy of leadership.  The process of clarifying and writing my thoughts was very helpful for me, and I thought I would share it as a series here on the blog. What is Biblical Leadership? Where Jesus Wants Us To Go Meeting People Where They…

  • Parenting, Education and Mission

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    Recently, I was chatting with a member of our church who has been intentionally living on mission for several years amongst unreached people groups in Austin.  He has children that are similar in age to mine, so we struck up a conversation about school.  In that conversation, I was incredibly challenged by his faithfulness to…

  • Discipleship and Leadership Development

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    In this series of posts, I am going to unpack the strategy and structure of leadership development we have implemented at The Austin Stone for missional communities.  I’ll be looking at: Introduction Discipleship and Leadership Development Identifying Leaders – Two Different Methods Questions to Ask When Considering a Leader The Basic Qualifications for Leadership Basic…

  • The Difficulty of Balancing Ministry and Discipleship

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    I’ve found that it can be extremely difficult to continually cultivate the centrality of discipleship, or the process of selectively investing a small number of individuals in order to teach obedience to what Jesus taught (Matthew 28:18-20). I tend to think of Ministry and Discipleship in two different grids: Ministry Discipleship Reactive Proactive Low relational…

  • Interview on Discipleship with Eric Geiger

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    My friend Eric Geiger interviewed me on his blog on the topic of discipleship recently.  Below is an excerpt: Discipleship is meeting someone where they are, and taking them where Jesus wants them to go. This definition has served for me as a fundamental axiom in discipleship, in leadership development, and in organizational leadership. The…