Now More Than Ever !!

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Here at disciplemen.com, we are always looking for YOUR input. The following is exactly that – input from one of the members of the community (enjoy!):

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Now More Than Ever !!
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Disciplemen. Com has upscaled its resources to meet today’s critical needs for the man in God’s service; whether you be father, husband, young adult, or leader at church or in government.

More so today than in days past, we know God’s promises of provision are just as sure and more than match our needs. A favorite verse of mine describes the watchcare of us in the Person of the Holy Spirit.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Eph 3:20.

A careful word study of ‘exceeding abundantly’ will just thrill your soul so that you’ll share it with others or bust. A truth to understand is that God has provided some of our needs collectively. That is, we need to share our talents, joys, hurts, and God’s provisions within the church family. Look at the last word in the previous sentence ‘family’. We all know the advantages, disadvantages, power, and comfort of the family. It’s no wonder God created the family structure so soon in His creation of all that there is.

I’ve been blessed so many times by the words John was inspired to write in chapter 17. We get to listen in to the Only Begotten Son of God praying to God the Father in Heaven. He specifically mentioned several times that you and I be unified; we be a team; we be a family. Part of that purpose was so we could be a symphony of varied talents, personalities, strengths etc.

I believe God has preserved our freedom in this country and others so that we could be a team; a family; a forum that shares victories, answers, tools, talents as produced in disciplemen.com.

The Bible presents this sharing principle and the responsibilities each generation has in leading and strengthening those up and coming.

Now it’s easy to sit back with an ‘arms-folded’ attitude and see needed improvement in our forum, blog etc. But the forum and software are the tools and not the goals. Our quest is to seek the lost sheep, strengthen the saints, and anticipate the VERY soon return of our Savior Jesus Christ. Disciple.Com is a great place to share how God has blessed you in your service to Him.

Read all of John 17 slowly without distraction. Tell God (and one of your friends) about the diamond in verse 20.

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

Don’t delay… disciple today!

(submitted by James “Gramps” Curtis)

disciplemen.com NEW PHASE RELEASED!

From the last disciplemen.com Insiders Update E-mail:

September 4, 2007

The new disciplemen.com is primed and ready for its official launch. All we need is you and the NCMM members to list their resources for leader’s in the men’s discipleship movement! Help meet the needs of these leaders by participating in the 3-Step launch process:

1) REGISTER if you haven’t done so yet
2) JOIN the Leadership Directory and let the other users of the site know you are committed to discipling men.
3) CONTRIBUTE your favorite resource to the Best Practices & Resources section. Have you used a great book in a small group or mentoring relationship? Found a great Bible Study curriculum or web site? Created a useful tool for the men in your church? See if it’s listed in the BP&R, and if not, post the resource yourself – you can even attach documents, power point slides or pictures to your posting to equip other leaders to use it more effectively. We are hoping to have 750 resources listed the in the Best Practices and Resources center as soon as possible.Join one of our upcoming disciplemen.com launch conference calls & we’ll walk through the launch process outlined above.

The schedule for these calls will be:
Friday, September 7th – 11 a.m. EST
Thursday, September 13th – 1 p.m. EST
Wednesday, September 19th – 2 p.m. EST
Tuesday, September 25th – 4 p.m. EST

The conference calls will last approximately 1 hour with half of this being a demonstration time and half being for Q & A.If you would like the telephone number and conference call code to be included in one of these sessions, please email us at resources@disciplemen.com and we’ll be happy to provide further details.Here are a few of the things users of disciplemen.com can look forward to with this release:

• User submitted resources to the Best Practices & Resources section
• New entries into the Leadership Directory
• More information about members of the Leadership Directory
• New search functions throughout the site
• An entirely new 5-Star Ratings system for all resources
• A revised comments/reviews ability, tied to Ratings
• A new design for the How-To’s section
• Ratings now added to the How-To’s section
• Ability to earn more user points
• Forums to communicate with the community and the developers.

We are excited to see how God uses disciplemen.com to help connect discipleship leaders all over the world.

Thanks, and God Bless!

The disciplemen.com team
 

A ’soft’ Launch at NCMM

disciplemen.com was launched at the NCMM meeting last month in Kansas City. During the conference, the beta release of the site, available at new.discplemen.com, was demo’d in the opening plenary session. All four sections of the site – What’s happening?, How To’s, Leadership Directory and Best Practices & Resources – were up and running. The 48 hours leading up to the event were hectic, as you can imagine, but the guys at Modomo Technologies, our developer, pulled a rabbit out of their hats and had the site ready to go, with only a few of the usual bugs – I mean ‘features’ — you might expect in a beta release.

Over 100 men’s ministry leaders registered on the site as users, and most of those joined the Leadership Directory as well. Plus, more than 60 new resources were added to the Best Practices & Resources Center.

It was a great week with leaders from around the country.

Next Release Coming at NCMM

On April 12-14, a few hundred leaders in the men’s discipleship movement will gather at the National Coalition of Men’s Ministries annual conference, entitled Momentum. We’re excited to be launching the next phase of disciplemen.com at this conference!

In the disciplemen.com Internet Cafe, attendees will be able to access the brand new Leadership Directory, where they can list themselves along with their interests and expertise for others to contact them. In addition, the Best Practices and Resource Center will be rolled out, allowing leaders to post materials that they have used – books, curriculum, events, speakers, etc. – and share them with other leaders from around the world.

It’s not too late to register for this conference. In addition to the disciplemen.com Phase Two debut, there will be representatives from 50+ ministries dedicated to helping leaders disciple men in the local church.