While I'm not sitting in the position to enact this in a local church, I can definitely see the value of starting such a disciple making culture. We are all called to make disciples, so I'd love for more churches to become more purposeful in how they do this. There are many books on this topic, and this one is an excellent addition to those.

Are churches called to disciplemaking? What does that look like? How does one think in terms of disciplemaking?

In The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture, Justin G. Gravitt focuses on the principles for developing this kind of culture in your church. He particularly highlights the need for casting vision and ensuring that a disciplemaking culture maintains momentum beyond the first and second generation.

Discipleship in the church has been coming up a lot in my reading lately. This book in particularly is great for casting vision and reminding all of us about the Great Commission. Jesus' commission was to the church... not the church leaders, not the scholars, but the whole church. So if we're called to imitate Christ, then disciplemaking needs to be in our DNA as well. Gravitt's book reminds readers that discipleship is should be the basic core of church life. This really is a great read for living and serving like Jesus did.

*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own.

Churches need to more emphasize the culture of disciple-making. The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture can be such a help to lay the groundwork for a disciplemaking movement in church. This is what churches nowadays need.