Todd Engstrom

Category: discipleship

  • 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…

  • Being a Disciple

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    The 2013 Verge Conference was themed around Discipleship, and has given me plenty to think about. As my family has grown and our church has continued to grow, my time is increasingly spoken for. It seems like there is always a person or a task that needs immediate attention. I’ve been convicted about the necessity…

  • 2012 Verge Talk – Who is the Missionary?

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    At Verge this year, I referred to the video above from Verge 2012 as the reason why we are pursuing missional communities. It’s a simple argument for the need for new forms to engage our cities with the gospel. What do you think needs to change about how we gather as the church?

  • Ministry vs. Discipleship

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    My friend Sean Eppers posted some content on the Woodlands Point Pastor’s blog that Tyler David and I did on “Ministry vs. Discipleship” for one of our staff meetings awhile ago.  Below is a sample: Ministry Discipleship Reactive Proactive Ministry tends to involve a much lower level of relational investment, and for both parties there…

  • Discipleship and Ministry | Part 2

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    For my initial thoughts on the challenges of remaining faithful to discipleship in the midst of ministry, go here.  I’d like to expand a little more fully on my thoughts from the last post. In brief, I’ve found that it can be extremely difficult to continually cultivate the centrality of discipleship, or the process of…

  • Discipleship and Ministry

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    I’ve been spending some time lately reflecting on my ministry and the coming season.  As my role has continued to change and our church has continued to grow, the pressures have changed and my time is increasingly spoken for. In addition, it seems like there is always a person or a task that needs immediate…

  • Manhood | Matt Adair

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    I just watched Matt Adair’s talk from the Fight Club 09 conference, and thought it was an excellent sermon on corrections to our perspective of Jesus and biblical manhood. I’d encourage you to give it a listen: http://www.fightclub09.com/home/medi/ It is session #4.

  • Discipleship | Repost Set 2

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    As I’m on vacation, I’m reposting some links to things I have written in the past on this blog.  Below are links to the series I wrote on Discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part 2 – Practice of Discipleship Part 3 – Process of Discipleship 1 Part 4 – Process of Discipleship 2…

  • Discipleship | Wrap Up

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    Below is a link summary of the series I just finished on discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part 2 – Practice of Discipleship Part 3 – Process of Discipleship 1 Part 4 – Process of Discipleship 2 Part 5 – Tools I Use I’ve thoroughly enjoyed writing through my discipleship philosophy, and hope…