Good morning, it's Bob.

My friend Ryan goes about sharing his faith a lot differently than I do.  Makes sense.  He lives in a different type of neighbourhood.

In my neighborhood almost everyone values God.  They have pictures of idols, statues of Buddah or Mohammed, maybe even incense sticks.  Parents visit the temple or mosque regularly.  Many of their ideas are wrong, but most people respect Jesus.  This makes it easy for me to say "I heard an interesting story about Jesus this morning", and launch into a Bible story.

When NLTC (New Life Training Curriculum) was first offered at the University of British Columbia they only offered Level 1.

I had finished Level 2 at another university and did NOT see my need to repeat either of these.

The trainer was very smart.  

"Bob I would like you to teach Level 1 the next time it is offered."

Those 15 words totally changed my attitude.  I was hanging on every word of the trainer, taking careful notes not only of the main points, but also of illustrations I could use when I taught.

Paul is training people to begin and lead Disciplemaking Movements in my home state (Oregon, USA).

I suggest you watch his podcast:  Visioneering, Training, Coaching and Mentoring - Developing Leaders Within Disciple Making Movements.  It is a bargain at $5.

Dave helped bring the New Life Training Curriculum (NLTC) to Australia.

As we sought to adapt it to the Australian audience Dave made it clear that center on what the Bible says.

That sounds obvious, but many times discplemakers will give a Bible reference and assume that everyone knows what that verse says.  That is a dangerous assumption.

I thought you might want to read what Bill Hodgson said about disciplemaking.  

Bill started the youth ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ in Australia, was our National Director, and is now an international leader with Global Church Movements.

Bill has written several training programs including Shift m2M, which is designed to help church leaders move from running ministries to leading movements.

Good morning. 

Here is the email I promised to send you.

I asked people who had downloaded materials from our website "what makes a great disciplemaker?"

Ishmael in Kenya, teaches the New Life Training Curriculum  (NLTC) and downloaded the manual from our website.  I think you downloaded materials from here as well. Ishmael has found this material has a great impact on his students.

It's Bob here.

Remeber the article called [[ material title]] you downloaded from my website  in [[download_time]] ?. I hope it was helpful to you

I've been experimenting with a new style of evangelistic party which is working quite well for me.  Maybe it will give you some ideas for your next party.

The format starts off quite similar to what I've been doing for years: