Category: Training
Podcasts + Discipleship: Click to Learn How to Use PursueGOD
PursueGOD is a new kind of discipleship curriculum for an increasingly complicated world. We use podcasts on a variety of topics to offer no-nonsense answers to everyday questions. Then we organize these podcasts into series so you can use them to make disciples at church, home, or in the world. Here’s how it works:
- Pick a series from our homepage. There’s plenty to choose from!
- Each series contains multiple lessons. Click on the numbered tabs to open each lesson.
- Start by listening to the podcast on your own, before you meet as a group. Take notes as needed, and listen again if it helps. Consider starting a discipleship journal to track what you’re learning.
- Meet as a group to talk through what you learned from the podcast. Each lesson includes shownotes, talking points, and discussion questions. Click on the # tab to explore additional topics.
- Listen to the podcast above for more helpful tips or check out one of our many training series.
Pastor Training (Series)
Create a culture in your church where disciple-makers are the rule, not the exception.
Marriage Mentor Training
A 2-week series to help couples mentor other couples with the powerful discipleship tools from pursueGOD.org.https://youtu.be/J3eByRSzOZ8 Marriage mentoring allows couples in church to receive care – not...
Overseer Training (Series)
A 3-week primer on joining the pastoral team as an overseer/elder at a biblically-functioning church.
Pursuit Training (Series)
A 4-week fast track to train disciple-makers on our 12-week series called “The Pursuit”.
SALT Boot Camp (Series)
SALT is a 9-month student leadership program that equips students to grow in faith, serve consistently, and lead by example in their local church.
Board Training (Series)
Use this series to onboard new members to the governing board at your church.
Preacher Training (Series)
A 3-part series on how to preach and make disciple-makers.
Small Group Training
A 3-week series to help you lead a small group with the powerful discipleship tools from pursueGOD.org.
Disciplemaker Training
Learn how to make disciples with the Bible-based resources at pursueGOD.org.
Worship Member Training
Ready to join a worship team at church? Use this 3-part series to get trained for the job.
Worship Leader Training
Explore the four main areas of responsibility for a worship team leader: planning/preparation, rehearsal, services, and song leader standards.
Watch Me Disciple
Sit in on real-life disciple-making conversations to see the pursueGOD tools in action. This series features topics 10-12 in The Pursuit.
Student Training
Use this series to launch pursueGOD student groups in your church or ministry.
Sound Team Training
Equip and empower those interested in joining the sound team by addressing a servant heart, technical training, and how to keep growing in this ministry.
Worship Team Mentoring
Learn the practical and philosophical applications that will equip both you and your worship ministry to grow in a pursuit of God.
Standalone Topics
- How to Use PursueGod Resources in Groups, Mentoring, and Family Devotionals
- Create a Caring Small Group
- How to Plan and Perform a Wedding
- How to Make Disciples
- Follow Up Email Template for Mentor Requests
- Discipling Through Topics 1-3
- How to Preach with Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
- How Do I Start a Hard Conversation?
- Disciplemaker Essentials
- Small Group Leader Essentials
- Value #3: We Win As a Team, Not as Individuals
- The Environments for Disciple-making
- Value #5: We’re On Mission With Jesus
- Value #4: We Give Up the Good For the Better
- Value #2: We Work Hard at Healthy Relationships
- Value #1: We Look to God and His Word in All We Do
- Leader’s Intro to PursueGOD
- What Qualifies You to Preach?
- Intro to PursueGOD Preaching
- Making Handoffs for Premarital Mentoring
- The Four Purposes of a Mentor Rally
- Praying For The Government At Church
- 3 Spiritual Conversation Starters
- Intro to PursueGOD Small Groups
- How to Use a Mentor Journal
- Linking PursueGOD Resources to Your Church Website
- How to Preach without Notes
- The 5 Priorities of a PursueGOD Pastor
- The Starter Convo: How PursueGOD Mentoring Works
- Driving Toward Disciple-making in Your Small Group
- Partner Page Tour at PursueGOD.org
- Discipling Through Topics 10-12
- Launching a PursueGOD Men’s Ministry
- Expectations in Mentoring
- Getting Rejected in Mentoring
- Using Discussion Questions in Small Groups
- Disciple-Making Tips for Introverts
- How to End a Failed Mentoring Relationship
- The Profile of a Healthy Leader
- Create a Culture of Prayer from the Stage
- Launching a Mentor-Based Youth Ministry
- Three Phases of a PursueGOD Small Group
- Envisioning a New Kind of Church
- Pastor Essentials
- When Handoffs Aren’t Working
- Discipling Through Topics 7-9
- Discipling Through Topics 4-6
- The Tension Between Relationship and Mission as a Mentor
- Leveraging Ministry Teams for Disciple-making
- Making the Handoff as a Pastor
- How to Recruit for Ministry Teams
- Using FLEXTALK as a Bridge for Disciple-making
- Don’t Throw Your Pearls to Pigs
- Using Good FORM to Make Disciples
- What Is the Gateway for Youth at Your Church?
- Getting to the Root of Your Problems as a Church
- Should a Parachurch Ministry Make Disciples?
- The Flywheel for a Discipleship Culture
- 5 Practical Tips for Marriage Mentors
- Tracking Disciple-making with Planning Center
- Pastoral Insights from a Sales Guru
- Small Group Rally (Series)
- When the Institution Competes with the Mission
- Are You Qualified to Lead a Student Group?
- How to Kick Off Mentoring at Your Church
- Planning a Memorial Service
- Eliminating Sideways Energy
- How to Start a Student Group
- 5 Obstacles to Faith in Christ
- The Strategic Role of Small Groups
- 3 Callings on All of God’s People
- Disciple-Making in the Military
- Tracking Your Discipleship Relationships
- Why Christians Can Learn From Non-Christians
- Getting 5-Point Clarity for the Team
- What Are the Qualifications for a Marriage Mentor?
- What Is Marriage Mentoring?
- How to Mentor a Younger Man
- What Mentors Make
- Getting from A to X
- Key Discoveries in a Pursuit of God
- The Structure Curve for FLEX Mentoring
- Close the Loop
- How to Invite Someone into Discipleship
- How to Lead a Small Group with PursueGOD Conversations
- Making Disciples of All Nations
- Strategies for Reaching Internationals
- The Philosophy of Reaching Internationals
- Reaching Internationals
- Who Is My Neighbor?
- Pushing Past the Awkward in a Mentoring Relationship
- Am I Qualified to Baptize Someone?
- How to Mentor a Busy Man
- Men – How to Help Your Wife Make Disciples
- What is PursueGOD Mentoring All About?
- Becoming a Disciple-Maker | Get in the Game #1
- How to Pray for the People You Mentor
- The Importance of Relationships in Mentoring
- Seeing People as Jesus Does
- How to Power Through in Mentoring
- Understanding a Full Circle Pursuit of God
- Here’s What You’ll Get Out of Mentoring
- iPhone Tips for Mentors
- The Full Circle Mindset for Christian Men
- What Is Mentoring and Who Should Do It?
- Boundaries in Mentoring Others
- How NOT to Start Mentoring
- The Mentoring Law of Discovery
- Training Leaders Like Jesus Did
- Calvinism, Arminianism, and Disciple-Making
- Confront Passive-Aggressive People on Your Team
- Mentoring New Believers
- Listening for Someone’s Defining Moment
- Next Steps in Mentoring
- The 3 Principles of PursueGOD Mentoring
- The FLEX Method for Students
- 4 Stages of Biblical Mentoring
- Jesus Wasn’t Unwilling to Serve | John 13
- 3 People Lists for Biblical Mentoring
- Empowering Mentors to the Nth Generation
- Marriage Mentoring Handoffs in Ministry
- How to Start Mentoring Conversations Anywhere
- Methodolatry vs. Disciple-making
- Why Use The Mentor (FLEX) Method?
- The Futility of a Me-First Mindset
- The 3 E’s for Sports Ministry
- How to Help Someone Pursue God| The “FLEX” Method
- Here’s the Real Reason No One Makes Disciples
- What is the Best Way to Share My Faith?
- Where to Draw the Line with Someone Rebelling Against God
- Here’s How Marriage Mentoring Really Works
- Your Role and God’s Role in Making Disciples
- What Is a “Full Circle” Disciple?
- Exploring the 3 Phases of Mentoring
- Understanding the Stages of Pursuit
- What Does Mentoring Look Like?
- Mentoring at Home in Real Life
- The Five Thresholds of Faith Intro
- How to Be a Disciple-Maker Maker
- How to Be a Catalyst in Your Church
- When to Stop Mentoring Someone
- How NOT to Make Disciples
- Jason | How Mentoring Changes Lives
- Help! I Don’t Have Anyone to Mentor
- How to Start a Student Mentoring Group
- What Is the Role of Women in Ministry?
- Don’t Waste Your Brilliant Mind
- How Long Should You Mentor Someone?
- 5 Lame Excuses Not to Mentor
- 5 Reasons You Should Mentor
- Hard Truth About Mentoring
- What Is a “Discipleship Culture” (and How Can We Get One)?
- 3 Types of “Almost” Disciples
- How Do I Start a Mentoring Relationship?
- When to Call In a Pro in Your Marriage Mentoring
- Small Group Ground Rules
- The Importance of Small Groups
- How to Mentor Over the Phone
- Sharing Ministry in a Small Group
- How to Motivate Your Mentee to Keep Coming Back
- Understanding Relational Discipleship
- How to Share the Truth in Love
- Sharing the Right Truth at the Right Time
- Sharing the Last 10%
- You Can Only Play Your Part in Ministry
- God Wants Regular People to Speak Truth
- How Do I Love People I Don’t Like?
- How PursueGOD Works
- 5 Tips to Keep Mentoring Simple
- 3 Mentoring Principles for Biblical Discipleship