# LLMs-Full.txt - Full Content for Project Pages # Generated on: 2026-01-20T18:27:52.122Z # Total pages: 38 ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/microgroup ### Title: MicroGroup ### Page ID: 4547234 ### Content: ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/home-basic ### Title: HOME-basic ### Page ID: 4547235 ### Content: ### Transforming ### and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus ### Through MicroGroups ### in Ukraine ### Transforming ### and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus ### Through MicroGroups ### Transforming ### and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus ### Through MicroGroups ### in Ukraine ### Transforming and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups ### **Transforming** ### **and Multiplying** ### **Disciples of Jesus** ### **Through MicroGroups** ### **in Ukraine** ### Transforming and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups ###### Ralph Rittenhouse ###### and Greg Ogden ###### Making disciples one MicroGroup at a time. ###### What Others Say # How to Get Involved ##### CMG is a Coaching MicroGroup ##### Regional MicroGroup Forums ##### Training MicroGroup Cohorts ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI)**—in partnership with the local church—**motivates, equips, and coaches pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, MicroGroup-based, disciplemaking churches, both nationally and internationally. Learn how to hand off your faith to others by multiplying disciples. A Coaching **MicroGroup** (CMG) is our introductory training tool on how to grow healthy multiplying **MicroGroups**. In 8-12 weeks of online sessions, you are equipped to know how to launch your own **MicroGroups**. New CMGs are starting all the time. Join us for a special one-day, disciplemaking event, featuring GDI leadership as well as pastors and local church leaders who are multi-generational disciplemakers. Equip leaders in a mutually supportive and stimulating environment, who intend to turn churches and ministries into communities that fulfill the Great Commission’s imperative of making reproducing disciples of Jesus with particular focus on **MicroGroups**. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - 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[ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/our-training-strategy ### Title: OUR TRAINING STRATEGY ### Page ID: 4547242 ### Content: ## Our Training Strategy ### ([Download detailed GDI Approach PDF](https://account-media.s3.amazonaws.com/30204/uploaded/g/0e17030199_1706464191_gdi-approach-to-making-reproducible-disciples.pdf)) ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) The Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI) is compelled by the mission that Jesus articulated as His central imperative “MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations.” This is powerfully restated by C. S. Lewis: *"****The church exists for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs.*** *If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose. It is even doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any other purpose."* - C. S. Lewis, *Mere Christianity*, (pp. 163, 169, 170). Although most pastors and church leaders could identify Jesus’ call to “MAKE DISCIPLES” as the reason the church exists, the astonishing reality is this: When pastors are asked what their plan is for making disciples, the vast majority either have **no response or give a recitation of the church programs.** The main focus of Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI) is to answer the critical question, *"****HOW do we makes disciples?"*** Knowing the need for a simple, reproducible approach to make disciples, our **mission is to transform and multiply disciples through MicroGroups (3s and 4s).** Go Micro! This reproducible and transferable process has been tested with thousands of people for over 40 years around the world. We like to speak of context and content. The MicroGroup experience is the context. It centers on deep, trusting, transparent relationships which creates the ideal environment to **transform and multiply disciples.** **Into the context we place biblical-based foundational content. When the Word of God is engaged in the context of transparent relationships, that dynamic has the power to make us new in Christ.** **We acknowledge that there are many options for how to make disciples, yet** the proven success rate of MicroGroups ability to mature and multiply disciples verifies how to make disciples. There are four environmental conditions that thrive in a MicroGroup that makes for accelerated growth. To clarify, we have labeled these as the **Hot Houses of the Holy Spirit**.  …we are in the **Holy Spirit Hot House of Transformation.** The call to make disciples is for every follower of Jesus. Though pastors need to model intentional investment in a few to set the pace, the MicroGroup is for all the people of God. We have found that the ordinary followers of Jesus are capable and thrive as they initiate and lead MicroGroups. When Jesus announced The Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, that command was to ALL. No seminary degree required. No ceremonial hierarchy is needed. YOU, as a **Christ-follower are commissioned to accept The Great Commission from Jesus Himself!** - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - 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[FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/about-us ### Title: ABOUT US ### Page ID: 4547243 ### Content: ### Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI) ### Over 40 years ago in the 1980s, we began GO MICRO. Why? ### A MicroGroup culture has been tested over time to be reliable and valid as a strategy to make disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ. Greg Ogden takes time to reflect the origins of GO MICRO decades ago. How did this come about, and how can you best use this material? ### Well, it kind of came out of frustration. I had thought that discipling was primarily a one-to-one relationship, so I practiced that for many years. ### You know the definition of insanity, right? *"Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."* Well, that is what I did. I would meet with a man on a weekly basis for the better part of a year. We would share some of the foundations of the faith together, study basic principles like Christianity, work through foundational doctrines of the faith, and practice spiritual disciplines like Bible study, prayer, meditation, and scripture memory. We would also apply our faith to different dimensions of life, such as work and home life. ### But at the end of the year, I expected they would be equipped to disciple others. Guess what? They weren’t. ### Then I had two epiphanies, which came in close proximity to each other, that would transform my life and ministry—my "aha" experience. ### The first epiphany occurred while I was jogging around the high school track. I did this regularly, and on this particular day, I wasn’t even thinking about disciple-making or my frustrations with it. But it felt like I ran under an arrow out of the sky. It went right through me, and all of a sudden, I had the **content** and format of what would become *Discipleship Essentials*. It was all laid out in the four parts you will see in the book. I went back home, excited, and told my wife I needed to start working on this new tool. I had a sense of calling to write this discipleship tool. It all came together, and I used early versions of it, which later became *Discipleship Essentials*. ### Then came the second epiphany, which had to do with the **context** in which the material could best be used. I was completing my Doctor of Ministry degree and had written an early version of *Discipleship Essentials* as my final project. Since it was a ministry project, I tested it in three different settings: 1) one-to-one; 2) a group of ten, and 3) a group of three, as suggested by my ministry supervisor. ### I was immediately struck by the dynamics of the group of three. I would go into these meetings, sometimes feeling tired, but leave with excitement and energy! The three men provided insights into God’s Word and encouragement for each other. One-on-one is not a circle, but three is—it is a context where you can truly share your lives. ### It was in that setting that I realized the importance of bringing the discipleship tool together with the right environment. We like to call this the "secret sauce" of the discipleship process. You need a **biblically-based curriculum (CONTENT) placed in a transformational setting (CONTEXT)** to reproduce and multiply disciples. When these two elements come together, you have a powerful combination. We call these groups the "hothouses of the Holy Spirit" because we see accelerated growth taking place in this environment. [More](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWgYD_NA-vvCmm2TtLqA6xpgXpHMy-CXE?si=XMktvesMvYS3dnBI) ### The GRITS Foundation from God's Word ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) **Love** of God and love for others is our primary motivation as we come alongside others. Each of us—not just pastors, not merely priests, not only leaders—but ALL who believe in their heart in Christ Jesus are disciples. We all are to become disciplemakers. GDI is for **everyone** who calls themselves Christian. Our calling: Be disciples (Christ-followers) in practice. As Christ-followers, we experience and practice what love means. Jesus revealed how to love by obeying The Great Commandment, staying true to His first love of God the Father, and then releasing The Great Commission. Our mission, vision, and values of GDI fuse organic growth (non-clergy) and intentional outreach. GDI is *not* a program or a one-time class—but a ***lifestyle change*** *for accelerated spiritual growth in a relational environment*, for ordinary people everywhere since God's call is on all of us, not only leaders and pastors. All are called to love God first. Love is revealed by obeying God's commands. **The Great Commandment**: "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself." **The Great Commission**: “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” When Jesus spoke these, words, He gave **all authority to you and me**. He did not give this commission only to church leaders. We honor people who are not considered to be leaders who respond to the call of God to make disciples. Some may have misinterpreted Matthew 28:18-20 to be only for a few, but you and I are included! You are not left out. The pastor of a church does not have to start the organic movement. **Mission:** In partnership with the local church, ­­­­GDI motivates, equips, and coaches Holy Spirit-led people, pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, M*icroGroup*\-based disciplemaking churches. **Vision:** Encourage M*icroGroup*\-based disciplemaking people and churches to be in every nation of the world where "taproot" relationships deepen organic growth. **Values: G**enerational - **R**elational - **I**ntentional - **T**ransformational - **S**pirit-Energized (**GRITS**) **Now 40 years later *Discipleship Essentials* is translated in over 30 languages and counting.** **Generational**: The baton of discipleship is passed to, and beyond the 4th generation, through multiplying MicroGroups (2 Tim. 2:2).  **Relational**: God’s Word shapes our hearts in an open, honest and mutually accountable environment of a MicroGroup (Colossians 3:16). **Intentional**: Discipleship requires purposeful, covenantal, relational investment (2 Tim. 2:3-5; 1 Cor. 9:24-27; Colossians 1:28-29).  **Transformational**: Our life purpose consists of being continuously and progressively conformed to the image of Christ to the glory of God and for the sake of others (Gal. 4:19; 2 Cor. 3:18). **Spirit-Energized**: The Holy Spirit is the indwelling power source that guides and fuels the completion of our Lord’s mission to MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations  (John 15:5). Although most pastors and church leaders could identity Jesus’ Great Commission as the reason the church exists, this is an astonishing reality: When asked what their plan is for making disciples, the vast majority have no response. Our main focus is to answer the critical question HOW to make disciples. Knowing the need for a simple, reproducible approach to make disciples, our mission is to transform and multiply disciples through microgroups (3s and 4s). Of course, there are other ways. We do not have a monopoly on God's various ways to make disciples. Our reproducible and transferable process with thousands of people of over 40 years in numerous countries, teaches us that the MicroGroup experience, focused on relationships, is an ideal environment to transform and multiply disciples. Although this method or strategy is definitely not the only way to make disciples, the proven success rate of MicroGroups brings together four environmental conditions when we are in the Holy Spirit’s hothouse of transformation. In other words, making disciples is not just for pastors to do. Making disciples is for all followers of Christ. YOU do not have to be in ministry, on staff, certified, or have a degree to do this! When Jesus announced Matthew 28:18-20, it was to ALL, not just some, as others may distort these verses. No seminary degree required. No ceremonial hierarchy is needed. YOU, as a Christ-follower are commissioned to accept The Great Commission from Jesus Himself! Every culture varies. Within the US context, these MicroGroups will covenant to meet weekly for 90 minutes to explore a core curriculum such as *Discipleship Essentials*. The goals are twofold: A foundational curriculum creates the big picture of what being a follower of Jesus entails. After examining Christ’s all-encompassing claim on our life, disciples engage four areas of growth: 1\. Practicing basic spiritual disciplines in order to stay connected to the Vine. 2\. Grasping the central truths of the nature of triune God and His rescue plan through Jesus Christ. 3\. Understanding the internal transformational work of the Holy Spirit to develop a Christlike character. 4\. Engaging the world as witnesses to the life-changing love of Christ. From the very first engagement with the covenant, the expectation is created that the participants are committed to reproduce this same process with others following the initial completion of *Discipleship Essentials*, thus becoming a disciplemaker. A facilitator models for participants the coaching through the first third of the workbook. Then participants take turns "leading" as in an internship with a safe environment to gain confidence that they, too, could be a disciplemaker. At the conclusion of the group covenant, each member initiates the process of inviting two or three others to join them and simply reproduces the process they have experienced. As the groups multiply from 4 to 16 to 35 to 80 to 130 MicroGroups (around 500 people) over a five-year period, an entire congregation is transformed from within. During this multiplication process, a number of things can be done to inculcate this practice into the culture of a church so that momentum increases. Group members gather quarterly to celebrate the life they are experiencing; as group leaders multiply they are recognized publicly, passing a literal baton. Testimonies of transformation can be videotaped to be played publicly in the congregation. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - 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[FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/free-resources ### Title: FREE RESOURCES ### Page ID: 4547245 ### Content: ### [Free Resources](https://gomicro.blog) ### [PDF Downloads](https://gomicro.blog) #### Making Disciples #### Essential Guide to Becoming a Disciple #### Quiet Time #### Camarillo Story #### About Us ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Watch short interviews with Greg Ogden sharing his life story, explaining The Great Commission. Find out how to spend valuable time with God each day. Journaling by SOAP (**S**cripture, **O**bservation, **A**pplication, and **P**rayer) is explained and an example is free to use. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - 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Try a SOAP Journal approach, writing 1 page a day: S-Scripture; O-Observe; A-Application; P-Pray Spending time to meet with God, who is waiting for you each day, builds that vertical relationship. Try a SOAP Journal approach, writing 1 page a day: S-Scripture; O-Observe; A-Application; P-Pray How? I was not just reading a passage of Scripture or checking off a list of spiritual disciplines. I am actually meeting with God! He is speaking to me. Jesus is waiting for me to meet with Him. The Holy Spirit is reminding me and bringing words alive! I am energized instead of robotically reading and listening for specific application. No more empty ritual to perform. I am meeting with my Heavenly Father through His Son Jesus by means of His Holy Spirit in me. Not only is this rejuvenating to realize that I am meeting with an actual Person, but I am aware that He is real and wants to be with me. I am not alone. Our relationship becomes stronger. No longer is my "quiet time" a task. No longer are "devotions" a ritualistic discipline. Instead, I am energized to see and hear what He says! **NOTE: During your time of SOAPing, your mind may recall various items. Keep your agenda or a blank list beside your SOAP journal.** That could include a “To Do” list, ideas for writing, people to contact, groceries to get. Keep those on a separate list or have your agenda nearby. That distraction becomes a blessing as God the Holy Spirit reminds you of priorities. Ask God to show you *what 3 main things* to accomplish for that day. Then you are not overwhelmed to accomplish unrealistic expectations of yourself and others. The origin of SOAP Jounaling is from *The Divine Mentor* by Wayne Cordeiro. First, surrender your heart to listen. Maybe you are reading ***Scripture***, listening to sermon on the radio, or a watching a YouTube video. Be aware of an “aha” moment that catches your attention. Then, write down that verse and reference. That's the **S** of SOAP. Capture that thought. Write down that verse. Then list what you ***observe***. That is the **O**. Think of *who, what, when, where, why, how* questions to answer and respond briefly. Time may be an issue for you. Keep it short. Do not expect an essay every day. Some days, a few words from one verse is all you observe and apply and pray about. For other days when there is more time, write more. Start practicing a habit: 5 minutes, and then increase. Develop your own communication strategies. Now is the part where ***application*** is practical. What God brings to mind becomes integrated with your own experiences, memories, and specific world events. Little notes about what is happening, integrated with what you have read, tend to trigger thoughts. Get them out of your head and onto paper. That is the **A**. Last is **P**. ***Pray*** about it. 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The Holy Spirit leads as you surrender to follow your calling as a disciple and disciplemaker. It's not about trying harder. It's about training to listen to God and follow Jesus, becoming more like the image of His Son. [**Read more...**](/our-training-strategy) Perhaps the best way to address this question is to consider the various kinds of spaces needed for gatherings in a church. In his book *The Search to Belong,* Joseph Myers shares a helpful scheme as a prism through which to look at points of connection. He says that it is helpful for a church to have the following spaces: *public, social*, *personal* and *intimate*. *Public* space means that a person has a sense of identification with a church through its main *public* gathering, worship. As people move into a church, they might next look for *social* space, where they find “people like me” or who share a common chemistry. The “like me” can be anything from shared interests, common convictions, and age and stage in life. For larger churches this can take the form Next is *personal* space, which we equate with a small group, typically comprising eight to twelve persons. Here, people learn to share their life together around the truth of God’s Word, and they care for each other without the deeper vulnerability of intimacy. This group size, though, works against transparent relationships. Only as people move into **MicroGroups** do they find *intimate or transparent* space or, as Myers calls it, “naked space.” Small groups need to provide both personal and intimate space. Introduction to the value of deeper relationships is often found through the less threatening yet still personal connection of a traditional small group. But the environment of a **MicroGroup** with only 3-4 people of the same gender allows deeper transformation to occur; it also serves a vehicle for multiplication. In other words, different size groups serve different purposes. It is important to be clear about what purpose a group serves and where it fits in to our attempts to shape people’s lives. In one of my churches, we championed the motto that we were “majoring in **MicroGroups**.” In other words, we were pointing people to the ultimate Some people might argue that true relational maturity ultimately is the ability of the men and women to understand their differences, but I would argue that in the intimacy of a **MicroGroup** it is best to have same-gender groups. Having led a group with two women and groups with married couples, I have found it difficult to be transparent about particular male struggles when women are present. My guess is that the same would be true of women with men. The other concern is the obvious inappropriate bonding that could occur in a cross-gender group of this intimate a nature. It has been well documented historically that in an intense spiritual environment heart wires can get crossed. Spiritual passion can easily cross over to sexual passion. The is a lack of prepared leaders is most congregational settings. I rarely hear that a church has an overabundance of leaders. Yet, I like to say, “We don’t have a leadership deficit, we have a disciplemaking deficit.” I believe that our leadership problem would take care of itself if disciplemaking became our priority. Just as we say, “Disciples are made, not born,” so it is with leaders. We want leaders who are disciples who disciple others. When we bypass the disciplemaking stage and recruit people into leadership roles whose hearts and character and not formed in Christ, we will get poor role models. We end up putting people in institutional roles so the management of church programs can go on. My suggestion is to emphasize growing a network of disciplemaking. Over time this becomes the "farm system" from which to recruit and groom future leaders.   Urge every church who wants to be a disciplemaking congregation to make discipleship, that is, being equipped as a disciple and a disciplemaker, a prerequisite for key leadership, including professional staff positions. There are four ingredients that converge to make for the transformational environment: relational transparency, the truth of God’s Word, life-change accountability, and engaged in a God-given mission. The small number maximizes the interactive nature of these four ingredients. More people water down the impact of these three elements. Relational transparency built on trust takes longer and becomes more difficult with the more people involved. The opportunities to interact over and share insights into God’s Word are decreased with greater numbers. With a greater number of people there is a natural tendency to move away from life-change accountability to measuring accountability by external standards and commitments. First, start with prayer. Who does God bring to your mind? *Discipleship Essentials* by Greg Ogden has a Leader's Guide at the back of the workbook. This time-tested strategy with clear examples helps. One of the reasons for a covenant is to empower the leader. Without an explicit covenant the leader has no means for accountability. Having a written covenant, which serves as a basis for recruiting and convening the **MicroGroup**, will minimize this difficulty. It also gives the leader a tool that can be used to call those who have agreed to the covenant back to their stated commitments. In *Discipleship Essentials* there are two built-in opportunities to review and renew the covenant. This process is laid out so that the participants can self-assess. People tend to be harder on themselves than their partners might be. The hope is that if someone is not fulfilling they will recognize and be self-corrective when it comes time to review and renew the covenant. If the problemseems more urgent, then it would be appropriate for the leader to ask for one-on-one time with a member of the **MicroGroup**. I propose a question such as “It appears that you are having difficulty with \[whatever the observed behavior\]. Is that right? Is there a way I can be of help?” If the problem continues after offered assistance, then the leader will have to make the hard call and say, “It appears that this is not the right time for you to be in this kind of relationship.” In 2024, there are nearly 35 translations of *Discipleship Essentials* available. [Contact us](mailto:info@globaldi.org) for more info. I wish there wer a simple answer to this question. We have two major training opportunities to guide your church into a transformative disciplemaking environment. 1\. **Coaching MicroGroup**: We offer an online coaching experience that provides a group of four, preferably, but necessarily from the same church. You are guided by a coach through simulated 8-12 sessions where you experience and then are coached to lead a MicroGroup. The idea is that over several years, you will have a multiplying network of Microgroups as the way to make reproducing disciples. Within about 3 years, there will be a cultural shift that provides a tipping point to becoming a disciplemaking church. 2\. The second way is what we call a **training cohort**. A cohort is a group of leaders who are being trained together to understand Jesus' mission for His church and the means to accomplish that. There is an expectation of a monthly gathering of fellow disciplemakers who are majoring in the mission of disciplemaking. This content is a combination of biblical, theological reflection on who is a disciple, the nature of discipleship, the model, manner, and mission of Jesus and the Apostle Pau. If the long-term desire is to have a culture-shaping effect on the life of a church or ministry, the leaders must share the philosophy and lifestyle approach to discipling. The ultimate goal is that the ministry staff and the decision-making leaders would not only adopt the philosophy of discipling, but also engage in the practice of building people. That having been said, if you as an individual have a vision for making disciples that is not yet shared by church leaders, that should not stop you from beginning your engagement in disciplemaking. This can be a quiet ministry that grows within the body. In order not to sow seeds of dissension, I would either seek permission from the pastor(s) or church board, or at the least make them aware of your intention. This then lays the groundwork for a bottom-up change and states your desire to work in concert with church leaders. Information is not transformation. More knowledge does not make a disciple. Even the demons know the Scriptures. The difference is following Jesus to be a disciple. MicroGroups are focused on replication. In other words, when you are "done" with the study, you continue the practice of inviting others into another **MicroGroup** to hand off your faith, facilitating an internship-style model. This is where the leader can be a model and a coach. For example, I often hear complaints about how difficult it is to memorize Scripture. Some people will use the excuse of age. They say, “I just can’t remember things like I used to.” We want to be sympathetic, give the person a pass. In my experience it better to keep encouraging them while at the same time keeping them accountable to this particular discipline. They will be glad you did. Besides not letting them off the hook, you might want to explore some coaching techniques. Putting verses on three-by-five cards and carrying them in your purse or pocket for consistent review can be helpful. Go over suggested ways to prepare the material in the lesson. Take 20-30 minutes a day and cover material in bite-size chunks. That is better than to cram it all in the night before the group gathers. Talk together as a group about the means and patterns each of you use to get ready for the time together. Keeping a life-change journal can be useful. Record changes in habits, thinking patterns, life direction, understanding of the nature of God, or relationships that have come as a result of the discipleship process. This can serve as a wonderful record of the way the Lord is in the process of “making all things new.” There is a Leader's Guide in the back of the book. 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Victor and Maddy are located in Fraga, a town of 15,000, where there are no evangelical churches reaching the Spanish people. Victor is from Mexico, and grew up in Spain before dedicating his life to Christ’s service and being trained as a pastor in the United States at Pensacola Christian College. Maddy is from Minnesota, and went on a number of missions trips growing up, developing a heart for missions through the influence of her parents and grandparents. Our mission in Ukraine was to come alongside Igor Fedorovych, our national director, in order to provide incarnational encouragement during a time of war. Greg Ogden and Jim Johnson, representing GDI, spent April 15-22 in Lviv, Kyiv, and a one-day trip to Kharkiv. We lived with Igor, Suzanna, Eva, Mark and Leo in their home on the outskirts of Kyiv.   The evangelical community is alive and resilient in Christ in Ukraine! During uncertain times and loss, having every reason to be discouraged, we meet other Christians with smiles on their faces. Yet, with just one question, their own personal story of devastation emerges. Many have moved from the Eastern regions where Russia dominates. They left their ancestral homes with nothing else but the shirts on their backs. Read more [here](https://mailchi.mp/0926f8904aab/going-to-ukraine-in-april-9447797?e=[UNIQID]). Pastor Jim Johnson greets a parishioner at True Vine Lutheran Church in Mora, Minnesota. He will be traveling from April 10-24 to Ukraine with Greg Ogden to be with Igor Federovich, “I’m finding that takes a lot of pressure off the pastor and grows Christians faster,” Johnson added. The model of MicroGroups is unbelievably powerful to build relationships. Click here to view their schedule and Igor's video in the March 2024 Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI) newsletter. The mission is to gather people in groups of four, known as quads, to discuss the Bible and teach each other. Read more details from the Mora, MN newpaper by clicking on Jim's picture. Watch this **video** that was made in Pakistan. Making disciples like Jesus entails embodying the principles and practices demonstrated by Jesus Christ. It means intentionally walking alongside individuals to **encourage**, **equip**, and **challenge** them in love, to grow towards spiritual maturity. This cannot be done in crowds or large events because these only allow for the transfer of information. Discipleship requires **transformation**, a change of lifestyle! It is about mentoring and guiding individuals to become followers of Jesus, to be **changed by Jesus**, and to embrace the mission of Jesus, which is to make disciples who make disciples. Rev. Michel Gome in the green t-shirt is a member of our Francophone Coaching MicroGroup (CMG). He, along with two pastors from Mali and one from Burkina Faso, participated in our *Transforming Discipleship* virtual seminar in 2023 and have been working through the French translation of *Discipleship Essentials* since December. Rev. Gome is in Cote D’Voire (formally know as the Ivory Coast). Jim and Leah Gustilo host a Discipleship Conference in April. Disciplemaking prioritizes relationships with each other at a transparent, authentic level. **France and the Congo celebrate *Discipleship Essentials* now translated into French** French microgroup of guys. Jesus focused on relationships. Disciplemaking prioritizes relationships with each other at a transparent, authentic level. Throughout the world, the joy of making disciples who make disciples continues. Translations of *Discipleship Essentials* is one tool or "rails to run on" for a basic curriculum. With intentional strategies to practice handing off the interactive process, accountability to Matthew 28:18-20 increases. Facilitating meetings in a safe, transparent environment removes the fear of leading or participating. from Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique are a part of GDI’s SADC. "We had a successful meeting today. We have the General Secretary of Malawi Council of Churches, the former General Secretary of Zambezi Evangelical Church, and the pastor of a Presbyterian Church (CCAP) in Malawi. This is our first Malawi GDI microgroup. Thank you for your prayers." In the book *The Great Dechurching*, the authors tell us that 40 million people have left the Church of Jesus Christ over the last 25 years. Since 2007, 16% of the population declare themselves to be "nones," meaning they have no religious affiliation. That percentage now has risen to 30% of the US population. How do we stop the bleeding? We have to ask the question, "Why are people leaving the church?" About to go bankrupt, [Grant shares his story](https://youtu.be/KFnbM65FfZU). 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He invited a few into relationship with Himself, and that was the process that He took them through. And so, we call this, "The Power of Personal Invitation," inviting people into relationship. And so, we have introduced the concept of the "MicroGroup" as a way to introduce the relational model, which Jesus gave us: Groups of 3-4. Keep the group small in size. Customize the journey to each individual in the group, as a way of seeing transformation take place. In this session, we will look at the last two of the critical elements in our formula--the picture of how to make disciples who make disciples. We will look at the issues of intentional leadership, the "driver of the car \[MicroGroup\]." 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I recommend that you keep a prayer list, and you come back to it on a regular basis. ### Think of those people in your family, your work associates, your neighborhood, who are moving in a direction apart from Christ, but you might be that connecting link to pray for them and be the one who is sharing the Good News of the Gospel. ### So make that as a part, even of your covenant. 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[BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/cohorts ### Title: COHORTS ### Page ID: 4578149 ### Content: ### **Turning Your Church into a Disciplemaking Mission** ### **GDI Cohort Overview** ### Curriculum Topics ## GDI Cohort FAQs ### What is a cohort anyway? Sounds a bit strange... ### What are we trying to accomplish? ### Who is this program for? ### How many people will be in our group? ### How often will we meet? ### How much does it cost? ### What will be expected of me? ### What might be the dream goal? ### What is a model church? ### Why such a long period of two years? ### What will be our curriculum? ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Equip leaders in a mutually supportive and stimulating online environment, who intend to turn churches and ministries into communities that fulfill the Great Commission’s imperative of making reproducing disciples of Jesus with particular focus on **MicroGroups**. *Turning Your Church or Ministry into a Disciplemaking Mission* ***Focus:*** This is an opening opportunity to get acquainted with the cohort coach(es) and fellow cohort members, lay out expectations and agree to the covenant of commitment. **Session 1. The Goal of Disciplemaking: Transformation into Christlikeness/Process of Transformation: Vision, Intention, Means** ***Focus:*** We must first be a disciple before we can disciple others. In this session we examine the ongoing process of dying to self, conduct a self-assessment of where we are in the process, and personalize Dallas Willard’s Vision, Intention, and Means (VIM) Reliable Pattern of Transformation to our lives. ***Focus:*** What does a disciplemaking church look like? In this lesson we take an in-depth look at a church that made the transition to become a disciplemaking mission. ***Focus:*** The **MicroGroup** is environment in which disciples are being transformed and equipped to multiply disciples. In this Session we will clarify the core characteristics of a **MicroGroup**. **Session 4:** **Evaluating the Effectiveness of your Disciplemaking Mission** ***Focus:*** Assessing the effectiveness of your disciplemaking will internalize the need for specific changes and create motivation to improve. It will also provide the basis for developing a shared perspective among your leadership core. ***Focus:*** The cohort process is about leading a church, ministry or movement to embrace a disciplemaking paradigm. This will require change. In this Session we will cover the components and steps in Navigator Bill Mowry’s change process and the application of John Kotter’s change concepts to the church transition journey. ***Focus:*** Disciplemaking as modeled by Jesus is fundamentally an intimate, relational process. This differs from the usual programmatic approach that dominates church life. In this Session we explore how the **MicroGroup** maximizes this transformative relational setting. ***Focus:*** The goal of disciplemaking is to see multi-generational reproduction of disciples by everyday followers of Jesus. While the one-on-one discipling dynamic does not create reproducing disciples, the **MicroGroup** does. In this Session you will determine where the **MicroGroup** fits into your church’s disciplemaking process? **Session 8: Transformation: The Four Necessary Ingredients** ***Focus:*** The “secret sauce” of a **MicroGroup** is that it creates an environment where four transformative elements can be maximized. When we… (1) open our hearts in transparent trust to each other; (4) while engaged in our God-designed mission…we are in the *Holy Spirit’s* ***hothouse*** *of transformation.* Where is your **MicroGroup** with respect to these four elements? ***Focus:*** In this Session you we will explore the major missing element of emotional health in the totality of what it means to be a Christlike follower of Jesus. ***Focus:*** The leader of a **MicroGroup** is equivalent to the driver. This person just might be the most important leader in the church because he/she is at the center of transformation and multiplication of disciples. ***Focus:*** The curriculum is at the center of the Reproducible Process because it is the map or the GPS that guides you to your destination. It contributes to the health of a church. **Session 11. Assessing the Challenges to Growing a Disciplemaking Movement in Your Church** ***Focus:*** In this Session we will examine dangers and barriers to effective disciplemaking within the church, otherwise known as “sinkholes” and “potholes.” Discussion will center on ways to address them. **Session 12: The Dependency vs Equipping Model of Disciplemaking** ***Focus:*** Why has the church been so slow in adopting the relational disciplemaking that is so evident in the model of our Lord Jesus and the apostle Paul? A part of the answer is that the church has been trapped in a dependency model that identifies ministry with “ordained or professional ministers.” For a disciplemaking model to flourish, an equipping model which sees ministry as the province of the laity must be reinstated. ***Focus:*** The Great Commission does not start with “go and make disciples…” but with the One who issues the command. Jesus establishes his authority before He lays out His directive. **Session 14: The Mission of the Church Part 1: Which is it: Make Christians or Disciples?** have told people that they can become Christians without being a disciple. **Part 2: What are the Characteristics of a Disciple?** ***Focus:*** Embedded within the Great Commission verses in Matthew 28:18-20 are three characteristics of a disciple. The main verb MAKE DISCIPLES is described by three participles (verbal adjective with an *ing-*ending) Disciples are marked by *going*, *baptizing*, and *teaching* obedience. This lesson goes into some depth about all three. ***Focus:*** Jesus made disciples through his relational, intimate, association with a select few. This should serve as a model for us as well. **Session 17: Paul’s Empowerment Model—Spiritual Parenting** ***Focus:*** We might conclude that the goal of disciplemaking is to bring people to maturity, in other words to become adults. That is true. But Paul’s goal was for people to become spiritual parents. **Session 18:** **Practical Steps to Forming a Disciplemaking Culture** ***Focus:*** A culture defines a way of life built upon values, customs, traditions and practices that shape the attitudes and behaviors­ of its participants. In this Session you will identify three key leverage points that could have the most impact in advancing a disciplemaking culture in your church or ministry. **Session 19: Becoming a Model Church: The 3-5 Year Plan of Transforming into a Disciplemaking Congregation/Ministry** ***Focus:*** The ultimate goal for each of our churches is that the Lord would allow to them to become a model church for others who would want to become a disciplemaking church. The first step toward this ultimate outcome is to become a disciplemaking church. In this last session you will create a three year strategy and plan that identifies the framework, processes, and phases that will move your church or ministry toward being one whose central purpose is to make disciples. The plan will build on the groundwork laid down during your two years within the cohort as we assume that the majority of churches require at least five years to implement and instill a disciplemaking culture. **Session 20: Taking the Further Step to Join GDI’s Mission** For those who are sensing a call to want to take up leadership roles with GDI in our world mission, we will be engaged in the implications of GDI’s DNA: our mission, vision and values. We will look at roles in our ministry that we are aspiring to fill and see if there is a fit. This is a term I was first introduced to when I (Greg Ogden) assumed the role as Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Seminary. I confess it was new to me then. It is a term often used in an educational setting. A cohort program is “a group of people banded together or treated as a group” in a degree program or course of study. A simple way to view a cohort program is as “a group of classmates.” Though this cohort is not connected to a degree program, you will be sharing life together with fellow “students,” in this case pastoral leaders, who have the common objective of leading their churches to become disciplemaking congregations. This means that we will “coach” each other. We will speak encouraging and comforting words, problem-solve together, and stimulate each other’s biblical and theological insights. Leadership can be lonely. When we do this together, we are no longer alone. In the total of these 2 years together, we will guide and coach participants as they: • Evaluate the state of discipleship principal causes, within their church or ministry. • Acquire a solid biblical and theological foundation for relational disciplemaking. • Experience, practice and multiply a **MicroGroup** (2-3 others). • Form a leadership change team made up of staff and key lay leaders. • Formulate a vision with a three-year plan for becoming a church ministry whose central mission is to make reproducing disciples of Jesus. Realizing that it takes a minimum of 3-5 years to change a church’s culture, the cohort experience will solidly launch your ministry in this direction. We are looking for ministry leaders who strongly desire to lead their church or ministry to embrace a disciplemaking mission and who are in a position within their church or ministry to develop and implement a disciplemaking strategy and plan. This would include pastors, para-church leaders, missionaries, teachers, and professors who are focused on discipleship and disciplemaking. The ideal size would be 4 (in addition to the convener) since we are trying to live out the value of **MicroGroups**. Limiting the group to 4 optimizes the opportunity for all participants to interactively make contributions as well as receive feedback. Our experience is that if we make it any larger, such as 6-8, there are too many people dividing up the available “air time." Group dynamics suggest that in a group of 6-8 people, several would be largely silent while 2-3 would dominate. If we have 4, everyone tends to participate and feel needed and heard. The regularity of meeting is both a form of accountability and encouragement. Therefore, a monthly online meeting of 2 hours via Zoom will need to be blocked. Since we most likely will be in different time zones and groups may have international participants, this time would need to be faithfully guarded once we have arrived at a regular time each month. Your 20-session cohort will stretch over 2 years with built-in seasonal breaks, for example, the months of July, August, and December. The cohort fee is $100/session prepaid monthly. We suggest that your church or ministry leadership board contribute to the cost of the program as a sign of their commitment to becoming a disciplemaking church or organization. In addition, you will be asked to create a change-management team that will be made up of staff and key lay leaders. The more the church is invested financially and personally, the greater will be the benefits. You will be expected to complete monthly assignments which will include readings, response exercises, engagement with the church ministry leadership, and more. Continue leading a **MicroGroup** throughout your time in the cohort. Ideally, members of your **MicroGroup** will reproduce by initiating their own **MicroGroups** while you are collaboratively a member of the cohort. We believe that the only way to grow a disciplemaking movement is through the creation of model churches. A model church is one whose identity is defined by being a disciplemaking congregation that has a vision and practice of being a training center for other congregations both nationally and internationally. You will be introduced to the profile of a model church through specific examples of successful disciplemaking congregations as well as a checklist of discernible steps to take to become a model church. Leading change to a new model of ministry requires a sustained focus. Because the value of the cohort is that members provide ongoing accountability and encouragement, your investment in making disciples who make disciples is essential. In ministry, we find that being distracted and diverted by the immediate—such as the latest fire to be put out or program to adopt—we can easily lose our way. Having partners who are striving for similar outcomes with whom we must check in regularly helps to keep us on track. In addition, this timeframe allows us to move far enough into implementing a **MicroGroup**\-based disciplemaking strategy that we can see both the initial benefits and rewards as an outline for our future efforts. The curriculum is presented via an online learning platform ([**https://gdi.gele.io/**](https://gdi.gele.io/)). Gele (pronounced "jelly") is an online, scalable mentoring and discipleship platform with built-in transparency and accountability, focused on making reproductive disciples that is user-friendly and highly interactive by design. As your cohort members work through content for the month, they are often prompted to reflect on and respond to readings and other forms of content such as video presentations. Responses are viewed only by your group and often responded to by other members of the cohort as well as the cohort’s mentor/coach. This results in a much richer experience as members are stimulated, encouraged, and supported throughout the period leading up to the monthly Zoom meeting. Curriculum topics and sequencing are available in a separate file. 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[REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") 1. ***Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time*** by Greg Odgen (IVPress, 2016) 2. ***Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life in Christ*** by Greg Odgen (IVPress, 2019) 3. ***Essential Guide to Becoming a Disciple*** by Greg Odgen (IVPress, 2016) 4. ***Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God*** by Greg Odgen (Zondervan, 2003) 5. **GO MICRO: A Guide to Transforming and Multiplying Disciples of Jesus through MicroGroups** by Greg Odgen (GDI, 2024) 6. ***Emotionally Healty Discipleship*** by Peter Scazzero *(Zondervan, 2021)* - ***The Discipleship Gospel*** by Bill Hull and Ben Sobels - ***Insourcing*** by Randy Pope (Perimeter Church in Atlanta is one of the models of a disciplemaking church that we will examine in some depth) - ***Leading Change*** by John Kotter - ***The Master Plan of Evangelism*** by Robert Coleman - ***Renovation of the Heart*** by Dallas Willard - ***The Jesus King Gospel*** by Scott McKnight - Numerous articles, supplementary material will be posted per session on [**https://gdi.gele.io/**](https://gdi.gele.io/). - In addition, reference to [**https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden**](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden) will be on related topics to our monthly assignments. --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/coaching-microgroups ### Title: COACHING MICROGROUPS ### Page ID: 4578150 ### Content: ## Coaching MicroGroups # What is a Coaching MicroGroup (CMG)? ### Why do you need a Coaching MicroGroup? ### What will you learn through hands-on practice in a CMG? ### Who Should Participate in a Coaching MicroGroup? ### How does it work? ### What is required of CMG participants? ### What kind of ongoing support can you expect from GDI? ### What is the cost for participating in a Coaching MicroGroup? ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) A Coaching **MicroGroup** (CMG) is our introductory training tool on how to grow healthy multiplying **MicroGroups**. In 8-12 weeks of online sessions, you are equipped to know how to launch your own **MicroGroups**. New CMGs are starting all the time. A CMG is an abbreviated experience of the relational dynamics and key success indicators of a **MicroGroup** (3-4 pastors and/or principal lay leaders). Under the guidance of a CMG coach the participates will be prepared through practice to launch their own **MicroGroups** after approximately 8-12 online weekly sessions. These groups then serve as the foundation of a growing, organic network over time to infuse a disciplemaking culture in your church. Our experience at GDI tells us that when people launch groups without sufficient knowledge of what to do or not to do, they *often end in failure*. We are trying to avoid the common mistakes that people make. For example, a pastor is convinced that a **MicroGroup** does provide the environment to transform and multiply disciplemakers. They think, “If one group is good, let’s start 50 groups.” People are assigned to groups with great hope, and a year later you have a remnant left with a bad taste in your mouth. We teach you to “Start small. Go slow and deep. Think big." You will learn the common mistakes, but even more importantly, the success factors. \+ Why 3-4 is the context to grow transparent trust. \+ Why the combination of context (**MicroGroup**) and content in a relational setting is so powerful. +How easy it is for each person to lead the **MicroGroup**. \+ How to offer the invitation to join a **MicroGroup**. \+ The necessity of a covenant and how to help people embrace it. \+ The core model that GDI proposes for how to make reproducing disciples. A CMG is suited for pastors and church leaders who 1) are convinced that the mission of the church is to MAKE DISCIPLES who will in turn MAKE DISCIPLES; 2) have tried program after program and yet have failed to make disciples who reproduce themselves; 3) think that perhaps the **MicroGroup** approach has promise but are not exactly sure how it all works; 4) would like to experience the **MicroGroup** process before buying into the approach You will join three others with a coach for a weekly online experience of group life in a **MicroGroup** setting. The CMG will provide you with enough of a taste so that you can in short order (approximately 8-12 sessions), be able to initiate your own **MicroGroup** in your church. In addition, this will be a first step in a much longer journey of growing reproducing micro groups that have the potential of transforming your church into a disciplemaking community. Once CMG members are sufficiently prepared, they then start **MicroGroups** of their own. CMG participants, who are leading a **MicroGroup**, then meet monthly with a GDI coach, for mutual support, encouragement and problem-solving. We want you to receive additional encouragement, equipping and coaching by participating in our annual regional events. Some pastors and church leaders will become so passionate about disciplemaking that you will want to make it the focus of your ministry. Once you have led a **MicroGroup** and fostered reproduction of groups through your initial participants, you may want to consider our in-depth GDI online cohort training. ([See **Cohorts**](/cohorts)[.](/cohorts)) The suggested donation for participation in a CMG is $300 per participant. Payments may be made as follows: 2\. Choose monthly or one-time donation and the amount. We are planning similar disciplemaking events throughout the US. For more info about **Coaching MicroGroups** or **Regional Disciplemaking Forums**, contact Dave Schanuel, United States National Director. Call 816-703-8324 or email [dave](mailto:dave@globaldi.org)[@globaldi.org](mailto:dave@globaldi.org). - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - Read [***Transforming Discipleship***](/books-by-greg-ogden) by Greg Ogden, prior to the launch of the CMG. In the first couple of online sessions, you will discuss the critical distinctives of this proposed approach to making reproducing disciples. - Meet with your group weekly online for approximately 90 minutes for approximately 8-12 sessions as needed. - Complete the designated lesson in [***Discipleship Essentials***](/books-by-greg-ogden) prior to the group meeting and be prepared to interact over its content. - Actively participate in guided sharing activities as a way of highlighting and personally experiencing the highly relational nature of these groups. - Practice leading the group for a minimal one session. This will occur after the coach has modeled the facilitation process one or two times. The coach’s approach may either be replicated or adapted. At the conclusion of the lesson, you facilitate, and you and your coach will discuss the experience. - Form your own **MicroGroup** if you have become convinced of the value of the **MicroGroup** for transformation and multiplication of disciples of Jesus. --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/testimonials ### Title: TESTIMONIALS ### Page ID: 4578152 ### Content: ### Testimonials ### More Testimonials about MicroGroups ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) We asked how disciplemaking has made a difference in their lives, and here are some of the many responses. 1\. “I have learned I can do it! I’m into the Word so much more, and I know what I am here for.” 2\. “I have learned that through the process of *Discipleship Essentials* that lives change. I’m excited to disciple others. I have become focused on God’s work.” 3\. “God has taught me obedience to the leading of His Holy Spirit. I’m finding I can do it! I’ve always wanted to go deeper with the Lord. It’s finally happening.” 5\. “I see my importance in the discipleship process. I’ve grown in my commitment. I’ve become bolder.” 6\. “I love the connection within our group. They are the first friends I go to for prayer. It has been wonderful to hear and share for different perspectives of our chapter themes. *Discipleship Essentials* gets me into the Word. I am more confident in knowing His story.” 7\. “I’m praying for others more often with an open heart to those in need.” 8\. This is encouraging me to speak up and share with others and to have joy and not fear in doing so.” 9\. “I have learned that through the process of *Discipleship Essentials* that lives change. I’m excited to disciple others. I have been become focused on God’s work.” 10\. “As a disciple in God’s Word, I see my mission is to pass on the baton and disciple others. I’m growing in patience with others and love as God is patient and loves me me. Witnessing is not just leading people to Christ but caring and discipling them in their faith to grow and help others grow in God’s Word together.” 11\. “This gives me encouragement to pursue a new career path I believe the Lord has revealed to me.” 12\. I have experienced the power of an almost daily walk with Christ. I have learned to share more time and energy and food.” 13\. I learned that under the joy of spending time with God and with sisters in Christ. I’ve become closer to God and closer to others. I’ve experienced the importance of making disciplers among those in our church fellowship, being known and knowing each other in Christ.” 14\. “I like intentional discipleship. Relationships are intentional as well. It happens on purpose.” 15\. “I learned that men are most often alone and worshiping alone. I have grown as I am not alone and that I can worship with others and enjoy it. I have changed and I am involved more deeply in the lives of others and in our worship. We should not hold back or introducing others to begin discipling. The material we love is perfectly suitable for high school and above.” 16\. “We have to do God’s work (make disciples). This is not a country club.” 17\. “I was coasting. It’s time to take action and get involved in God’s calling.” 18\. “I’m learning to be closer to God and to be a loving wife to my husband that God wants me to be. It is also teaching me how to lead others to Christ. We are living in a temporary home. Since starting my triad in January I have seen the Lord working more and more in me.” 19\. “I’ve learned to be more intentional about sharing the things God has been teaching me and not keeping it to myself. That is selfishness, and I grow as I share and see others grow in return.” 20\. “Discipleship Essentials causes me to have a deeper more meaningful relationships with other people in my life that I’ve known for years but have not really invested time in a relationship with them.” - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - 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[NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - "He (pastor) comes back to the office so excited!" (from an assistant to a pastor in Massachusetts) - "It's magic! MicroGroups free me to be me. They are not like a class for discipleship with a dozen people." (from a 90-year-old woman in Florida) --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/microgroups ### Title: MICROGROUPS ### Page ID: 4578166 ### Content: ### Why MicroGroups are Ideal for Making Reproducing Disciples ## MicroGroup Leadership Options ### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ### [Regional Disciplemaking Forums](/regional-forums) ### [Cohorts](/cohorts) ### Shift from 1:1 to 3-4 (Triads/Quads of 3-4 People) ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) 1.    **Container for accelerated growth**: The MicroGroup is the container or context for a highly relational setting that creates the environment for accelerated growth. The reason growth is accelerated in this smaller units is profoundly simple. It has to do with personal investment. When people commit themselves to study Scripture, record their own insights, and then come together to verbalize their discoveries, they are getting God’s Word into their life. These insights are shared in trust-based community. This means that biblical truth through the Holy Spirit is creating self-awareness and shaping character. This is why we refer to MicroGroups as “hot houses of the Holy Spirit.” In other words, participants have realigned their lives for the purpose of becoming mature, reproducing disciples of Jesus. 2.    **Groups formed through personal invitation:** MicroGroups are generally formed when one person, after prayerful consideration, invites two or three others on the journey to grow toward maturity in Christ. Jesus spent time in prayer prior to calling His team; therefore, we suggest that people pray until the Lord puts people on their hearts to invite. Then invitations can be done with confidence that the Lord has prepared the recipient’s heart. We call this **the prayerful power of personal invitation**. It is this relational approach that separates it from a program, as we previously discussed. 3.    **Group Size:** We strongly recommend that the groups are preferably 4 in total. In other words, invite 3 other people. If one of the members cannot come for a group gathering, you still have the same dynamic with 3. Why this group size? The key to transformation is open, honest, trusting, and transparent relationships which can be fostered in the smaller environment. Size matters enormously. We keep them this small size because the larger the group the more difficult it is to grow transparent trust. 4.    **Same gender groups:** We strongly urge that the groups are men with men and women with women. To build the bonds of trust, men need other men to talk about their issues, just so, women need to do the same. It could get very complicated to have men and women together in this intimate environment. Do we need to say more? 5.    **Duration of a group:** How long do the **MicroGroups** meet? **MicroGroups** generally meet for a year to a year and a half, which is essentially the general length of time it takes to get through our foundational curriculum of *Discipleship Essentials*. This is a highly interactive curriculum designed to build solid foundations in a life in Christ. Every group has its own internal personality and culture, and therefore they must proceed at their own pace. We do not want to put them on an artificial time schedule. 6.    **Meeting length:** The general rule of thumb is a weekly meeting of 90 minutes, though what is practical can vary widely depending upon the cultural context. A meeting includes generally three parts: 1. A time to catch up, sharing personally what are the current joys and challenges in life; 2. Interacting over the biblical content, sharing your insights from the Scriptures studied and their application to your life; 3. Interceding in prayer for each other, particularly around issues of personal accountability. In addition, [prayer](/pray) moves you beyond the group to pray for family and friends who need to know Christ, and for the opportunities to serve the Lord based on the needs that touch your heart. The *MicroGroup* needs to keep a balance between inward life and outward impact. Think of these groups as communities from which you are sent to serve the Lord in all aspects of your life. 7.    **Groups are formed around a covenant.** What is the glue that holds the group together? The centerpiece that holds the group together is a covenant. A covenant is a mutual agreement between two or more parties that states the commitments and expectations in the relationship. The covenant is found in the [***Discipleship Essentials***](/books-by-greg-ogden) material. These are the mutual commitments that serve as the foundation of the group. One of the key elements of the covenant is that each person from the beginning of the **MicroGroup** journey will give serious consideration to have their own group upon completion of their current one. 8.    **Curriculum**: What is the disciplemaking content around which the **MicroGroups** gather? Of course, we recommend *Discipleship Essentials* as a foundational curriculum, because it was designed specifically for the **MicroGroup** setting. Yet we also recognize that there is other wonderful material. If you choose other material one of the main things you need to consider is whether it can serve as a transferable tool. By that we mean that the participants can use it repeatedly as they form new **MicroGroups**. 9.    **Meet in a safe place**. What is a safe place? A safe place is a space where you can share vulnerable things in your life without fear of being heard. One of the great values of the **MicroGroup** is that they are ideal for countries where larger gatherings attract unwanted attention from the authorities. The **MicroGroup** on the other hand tends not to draw attention to itself because of the smaller size. We have met in a wide variety of settings such as private homes, business conference rooms, quiet corners of a coffee house or restaurant, outdoors during receptive weather, a church facility, etc. Why might **MicroGroups** have an edge over the one-on-one relationship for making reproducing disciples? For years, I assumed that discipling relationships meant a one-on-one relationship. The very definition of discipling was one-on-one. The biblical example that was held up as the ideal was the Paul-Timothy relationship. Every Paul needed a Timothy or every Timothy needed a Paul. Thus the Paul-Timothy relationship became the paradigm: Second Timothy 2:2 is regularly quoted in support of the one-on-one approach. Paul writes to Timothy, *“What you (Timothy) have heard from me (Paul) in the presence of many witnesses you (Timothy) entrust to faithful men who could teach others also.”* It was like the baton pass in a relay race: (1) Paul to (2) Timothy to (3) faithful men to (4) those who could teach others also--four generations. Yet over the years, I (Greg) have discovered that there are drawbacks in the one-on-one model. Let us compare the dynamics of the one-to-one setting, with **MicroGroups** of 3-4. 1\. **In the one-on-one approach the discipler carries the weight of responsibility for the spiritual welfare of another.** The discipler is like the mother bird that goes out to scavenge for worms to feed to her babies. With their mouths wide open, the babes wait in their nest for the mother bird to return. The discipler is cast in the role of passing on their vast knowledge to the one with limited knowledge. Unwittingly, we have created a role that very few people can see themselves fulfilling. 2\. **The one-on-one relationship sets up a hierarchy that tends to result in dependency.** As appealing as the “Timothy approach” might be, the one in the receiving position will often, not be able to see themselves in the giving position. After all, the dynamic created is that they are the young, immature one being taught. They are there to receive from the fount of wisdom of the one who has walked longer in the faith. The gulf in “Timothy approach” is only widened when the relationship is between pastor and parishioner. 3\. **One-on-one limits the interchange or dialogue.** We liken the one-to-one discourse to a ping-pong match. It is back and forth, with the discipler under pressure to keep the ball in play. The conversation and dialogue must constantly progress to some higher plane, with the responsibility for this resting on the shoulders of the more mature. The discipling conversation is not as energetic and lively because of the limited number of participants. 4\. **The one-on-one also creates a one-model approach.** A one-model approach provides the one being discipled only one example of what the Christian life looks like. In other words, the primary influence on a new disciple becomes a single person. This can be very limiting and tends to skew the development of the disciple as the nature of the discipling experience is defined by the strengths and weaknesses of one individual. 5\. **Finally, and of vital importance, the one-on-one (1:1) model does not generally reproduce.** If it does, it is rare. Only self-confident, inwardly motivated persons can break the dependency and become self-initiating and reproducing. In the phase where I was exclusively discipling one individual at a time, I cannot recall any who went on to disciple others. A CMG is our introductory training tool on how to grow healthy multiplying MicroGroups. In 8-12 weeks of online sessions, you are equipped to know how to launch your own MicroGroups. New CMGs are starting all the time. Join pastors and local church leaders who are multi-generational disciplemakers to walk alongside you. Equip leaders in a mutually supportive and stimulating environment, who intend to turn churches and ministries into communities that fulfill the Great Commission’s imperative of making reproducing disciples of Jesus with particular focus on MicroGroups. Now in contrast to the one-on-one approach, triads or quads of 3-4 people are more energizing, joy-filled, and more readily reproducible. Why? When you add a third or fourth person…. 1\. **There is a shift from unnatural pressure to natural participation of the discipler.** When a third or fourth person is added there is a shift from the discipler \[the initiator of the group\] as the focal point to a group process. The discipler in this setting is a fellow participant. Though the discipler is the convener of the **MicroGroup**, they quickly become one of the three or four on the journey together toward maturity in Christ. The group initiator prepares and interacts with the content as a peer not as an authority who insight is to be weighted more heavily. 2\. **There is a shift from hierarchical to relational.** The triad or quad naturally creates more of a come-alongside mutual journey. The focus is not so much upon the discipler as it is upon Christ as the one toward whom we are all directing our lives. I found even as a pastor that though the relationship may have started with a consciousness that I was the “Bible answer-man” because of my title and training, that within the first few weeks the **MicroGroup** allows me to be another disciple with fellow disciples who are attempting together to follow Jesus. The hierarchy is broken because you now have a circle of equals rather than an authority of one over another. 3\. **There is a shift from dialogue to dynamic interchange.** In my initial experiment with triads, I often came away from those times scratching my head saying to myself, “What made that interchange so alive and dynamic?” The presence of the Holy Spirit seemed palpable. Life and energy marked the exchange. As I have come to understand group dynamics, one-on-one is not a group. It is only as you add a third and then a fourth that you have the first makings of a group or a circle. 4\. **There is shift from limited input to wisdom in numbers.** The book of Proverbs speaks of the wisdom that comes from many counselors (Proverbs 15:22). To this end I have often found it life-giving to have people at quite varied maturity levels in the same MicroGroup. It is often those who may be perceived as younger or less mature in the faith from which the great wisdom comes or a fresh spark of life. Ken was perhaps the least likely source of spiritual inspiration in one of my triads. After all, his other two partners were myself, a pastor and Glen, an ex-Baptist pastor, whose knowledge of Scripture exceeded mine. Ken, a retired dentist, had come to a warm relationship with Christ well into his 60’s, but lacked confidence, especially in his knowledge of Scripture. In the first weeks of our sessions, Ken sat slumped in his chair and head bowed with the bottom edge of discipleship workbook propped up on his lap hugging his chest as if he was afraid for anyone to see what he had written. Only a few weeks into our relationship, Ken was diagnosed with cancer and had to begin week-long in-hospital regimens of chemotherapy, every third week. Every third week our discipleship sessions shifted from my office to the chapel on the floor of the hospital where Ken was receiving his treatments. Even though this adversity could have been a setback for Ken, it seemed to open up a surge of God’s grace flowing into his life. The once insecure spiritual infant now was eagerly teaching us about how God’s presence was available in times of testing. It was not long before Ken had become the unofficial chaplain on the hospital floor, moving from room to room pulling his drip bag behind him. His demeanor radiated the warmth of Christ’s love. The teachers (myself and Glen) were now being taught. We were sitting at Ken’s feet, hearing a man speak wisdom beyond his Christian years. 5\. **There is a shift from addition to multiplication.** For me there is no greater joy than to see a Christian reproduce. All the above adds up to the equipping and empowerment needed for disciples who go and make disciples. For the better part of four decades, I have observed an approximate 2 out of 3 reproduction rate through the triad model of disciplemaking. 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This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) applies to personal customer information obtained by GDI, including through websites, mobile sites, applications (“apps”), and widgets (collectively, the “Services”). This Notice describes the types of personal information we obtain about customers, how we use the information, and with whom we share it. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices. The Services are for a general audience, are not targeted to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. We obtain personal information about customers through the Services, publicly and commercially available sources. The types of personal information we may obtain include: **Information Obtained by Automated Means Through Our Services** We also may obtain certain information through our Services by automated means, such as cookies (including HTTP, HTML5 and Flash cookies), web beacons, web server logs, JavaScript and similar technologies, including technologies designed to obtain information regarding your use of our Services. The information we obtain in this manner may include IP address, mobile device advertising ID, browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, information on actions taken on our Services, and dates and times you access or use the Services. In connection with our third-party mobile apps, we also may obtain your phone number and details about your mobile carrier. A “cookie” is a file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Through these automated collection methods, we obtain “clickstream data,” which is a log of the links and other content on which a visitor clicks while browsing a website. As the visitor clicks through the website, a record of the action may be collected and stored. We also may use similar automated means to obtain and store information regarding your actions while using our mobile apps. We may link certain data elements obtained through automated means, such as your browser or device information, with other information we have obtained about you to let us know, for example, whether you have opened an email we sent to you, what search queries you may have run and what advertisements you may have seen on our Services or on third-party websites and apps. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. You also may be able to delete your Flash cookies or adjust your Flash cookie settings by visiting the Adobe Flash Website Storage Settings Panel and Global Storage Settings Panel. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our Services. Your device settings also may allow you to prohibit mobile app platforms (such as Apple and Google) from sharing certain information obtained by automated means with us through our apps or other app developers. In addition, if you register with us through or connect your account with us to a third-party social media network (such as Facebook or Twitter), we may obtain certain information about you from the relevant social media network, such as your user ID and/or user name associated with that social media network, the information contained in your public profile on the social media network and friends lists. The specific information we obtain depends on your privacy settings on the applicable social media network. The providers of third-party apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins on our Services, such as social media sharing tools, also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. This information is collected directly by the providers of those features and is subject to the privacy policies or notices of those providers. The Company is not responsible for those providers’ information practices. We may use the information collected from and about you to: Send promotional materials, alerts regarding available offers and other communications, including communications through the Services and outside of the Services, such as via email and through third-party websites and apps; Communicate about, and administer participation in, special events, promotions, programs, offers, surveys, contests and market research; Respond to inquiries from you and other third-parties, including inquiries from law enforcement agencies; Supplement your personal information collected from you with additional information from publicly and commercially available sources, and/or information from Company affiliates and our business partners; Associate your browser and/or device with other browsers or devices you use for the purpose of providing relevant and easier access to content, advertising across browsers and devices, and other operational/business purposes. Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing, enhancing, analyzing and improving our Services; managing our communications; performing data analytics; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions); Protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities; and Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations and our policies. In addition, we and our third-party service providers may use information collected through automated means including cookies, web beacons, web server logs, JavaScript and similar technologies for purposes such as (1) customizing our users’ visits to and use of our Services, (2) delivering content (including advertising) tailored to our users’ interests and the manner in which our users use our Services, and (3) managing our Services and other aspects of our business. We may use third-party analytics services on our Services, such as those of Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs and similar technologies to help us analyze your use of the Services. The information collected through these means may be disclosed to these analytics providers and other relevant third parties who use the information, for example, to evaluate use of the Services. To learn more about how to opt out of Google Analytics services, please visit the link below: Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout We also may use your personal information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection. On our sites or emails or both we and our third-party service providers may obtain information about your activities to provide you with advertising about products and services tailored to your individual interests. We and our third-party service providers also may obtain information for this purpose from third-party websites and apps. This section of our Privacy Notice provides details and explains how to exercise your choices. We may engage third-party advertising networks to help us target our messaging to visitors through interest-based and contextual means. Through these ad networks, we can track your online activities over time and across third-party websites and apps by obtaining information through automated means, as described above. The networks use this information to show you advertisements on our Services or other third-party websites and apps that may be tailored to your individual interests. The information our ad networks may obtain on our behalf includes data about your visits to websites and use of apps that serve our advertisements, such as the pages or ads you view and the actions you take on those websites or apps. This data collection takes place both on our sites and emails and on third-party websites and apps that participate in these ad networks. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. To learn how to opt out of this ad network interest-based advertising, please contact us. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before using your information for interest-based advertising. We may further disclose information about you (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (2) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, and (3) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event of a proposed or completed sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation). We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we obtain about you, such as how we communicate with you. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our marketing mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us as outlined in the How To Contact Us Section below. You also can unsubscribe from our marketing mailing lists by following the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails. To learn more about how to opt out of ad network interest-based advertising, please contact us. **Accessing, Reviewing, Updating and Modifying Personal Information** You have the right to access, review, update, and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. You may request access, updates to and corrections of inaccuracies in your personal information by emailing or writing to us at the contact information set out below. We may request certain personal information for the purposes of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to his/her personal information records. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we have about you against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. The Services may be hosted in and managed from a country outside the country in which you initially provided the information, including the United States. We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to the United States or another country or both, which may not be deemed to have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When your personal information is in such countries, it may be accessed by the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities in accordance with applicable law. If you are a user located outside the United States or the country to which your information may be transferred, you understand and consent to having any personal information processed in the United States and/or such country. Your consent includes the use of cookies and other tracking technologies as described above. When we transfer your information, we will protect that information as described in this Notice. 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[NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/seminary-now-courses ### Title: SEMINARY NOW COURSES ### Page ID: 5559268 ### Content: ### [Want to learn more about discipleship? Watch my NEW COURSE with Seminary Now.](https://seminarynow.co/transforming-discipleship) ### [Sign up here to get your first three sessions of this course for FREE.](https://seminarynow.co/transforming-discipleship) ### **What is the cost?** ### **Can we obtain a discounted rate for Seminary Now?** ### **What are the various ways GDI/partner organizations can utilize the course?** ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Cost for access to the single course is dependent on volume.  The more people who access the course the less expensive it is.  As a frame of reference, the courses typically cost $40.00 per person. I am certain we can bring that cost down significantly. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - Yes! Please let me know how many people you would like to have full access and I can present you with a proposal.  - We would also be able to allow you entire organization / network to receive a discount as a promotion for your new class. - It all begins with a conversation. - All you would need to do is put me in touch with those partner organizations. --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/gomicro-gdi-disciples ### Title: GOMICRO-GDI-DISCIPLES ### Page ID: 5559289 ### Content: ### OUR STRATEGY ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) A Solution to Fulfill The Great Commission, "Go and make disciples of all nations." (Matthew 28:19) **FREE** for anyone outside the US and Canada by sending an email to gomicro@globaldi.org and is also available in paperback and digital formats from Amazon.com. A MicroGroup is 3-4 men or women invited into a trust-filled, relational community whose goal is to become fully devoted disciples of Jesus who make more disciples. At the center of a MicroGroup is a biblically-based, foundational curriculum that lays in place, block by block, the necessities to build a life in Christ. [A Solution to Growing Reproducing Followers of Jesus](/about-us) When you place biblically-based content into the context of a transformative environment (the MicroGroup) people will have the joy of fulfilling Over the last 40 years as a pastor, seminary professor, and MicroGroup leader, Greg Ogden has written curriculum materials and taught hungry Christians how to recapture the essentials of the Christian way of life. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - 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[COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/go-micro-book ### Title: GO MICRO BOOK ### Page ID: 5631125 ### Content: ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Solutions for All Disciplemakers to Fulfill The Great Commission to "go and make disciples" (Matthew 28:18-20) The curriculum covers the necessary building blocks to lay a solid foundation in any believer for relational disciplemaking. The *MicroGroup* is 3-4 people who are invited into an in-depth, covenantal relationship for 1-1/2 years, preferably meeting weekly. Establish a *MicroGroup*\-based ministry for people to have the joy of being able to fulfill Over the last 40 years as a pastor, seminary professor, and MicroGroup leader, Greg Ogden has written curriculum materials and taught hungry Christians how to recapture the essentials of the Christian way of life. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/regional-forums ### Title: REGIONAL FORUMS ### Page ID: 6337447 ### Content: ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) We are planning disciplemaking events throughout the US. For more info about **Coaching MicroGroups, Regional Disciplemaking Forums**, or **Online Cohorts** contact Dave Schanuel, United States GDI National Director. Call 816-703-8324 or email [dave](mailto:dave@globaldi.org)[@globaldi.org](mailto:dave@globaldi.org). Join us for a special one-day disciplemaking event, featuring GDI leadership as well as pastors and local church leaders who are multi-generational disciplemakers. Learn and discuss tested and proven disciplemaking strategies to empower and apply in your ministry immediately! "Disciplemaking: The Mission’s Conference" hosted by the Breckinridge Baptist Association, Hardinsburg, Kentucky "I quickly realized that this disciplemaking process is what I have needed for many years. The MicroGroup has provided me with enormous growth in such a short time. It has helped pull me out of depression. It has helped me be excited about my life and my future. This disciplemaking process has given me a renewed purpose and direction in my life." - Matt Brian Tracy (pastor at Evangel Assembly and NE Disciplemaking Region coleader) and I have prayed for 6 months that the disciplemaking seeds would be planted firmly in the hearts of the disciples during the Northeast Disciplemaking Forum, and God answered our prayers! Now let's pray that we see a harvest of reproducing disciples in the months and years to come. Our role at GDI is to water those seeds and cultivate the fleshly planted field by motivating, equipping and coaching. There were over 60 in attendance, including Nick Fatato, the Superintendent of The Southern New England Ministry Network, a fellowship of more than 180 churches and over 500 Assembly ministers serving throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/get-involved ### Title: GET INVOLVED ### Page ID: 6338643 ### Content: ### Transforming ### and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus ### Through MicroGroups ### Transforming ### and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus ### Through MicroGroups ### Transforming and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups ### **Transforming** ### **and Multiplying** ### **Disciples of Jesus** ### **Through MicroGroups** ### **in Ukraine** ### Transforming and Multiplying ### Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups ###### Ralph Rittenhouse ###### and Greg Ogden ###### Making disciples one MicroGroup at a time. ###### What Others Say # How to Get Involved ##### CMG is a Coaching MicroGroup ##### Regional MicroGroup Forums ##### Training MicroGroup Cohorts ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI)**—in partnership with the local church—**motivates, equips, and coaches pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, MicroGroup-based, disciplemaking churches, both nationally and internationally. Learn how to hand off your faith to others by multiplying disciples. A Coaching **MicroGroup** (CMG) is our introductory training tool on how to grow healthy multiplying **MicroGroups**. In 8-12 weeks of online sessions, you are equipped to know how to launch your own **MicroGroups**. New CMGs are starting all the time. Join us for a special one-day, disciplemaking event, featuring GDI leadership as well as pastors and local church leaders who are multi-generational disciplemakers. Equip leaders in a mutually supportive and stimulating environment, who intend to turn churches and ministries into communities that fulfill the Great Commission’s imperative of making reproducing disciples of Jesus with particular focus on **MicroGroups**. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") - [CONTACT US](/contact-us "CONTACT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - [NEWS AND STORIES](/news-and-stories "NEWS AND STORIES") - [SEMINARY NOW COURSES](/seminary-now-courses "SEMINARY NOW COURSES") - [TESTIMONIALS](/testimonials "TESTIMONIALS") - [YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE](/youtube-shorts-interactive "YOUTUBE SHORTS INTERACTIVE") - [YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO](/youtube-video-studio "YOUTUBE VIDEO STUDIO") --- ## URL: https://www.theglobaldiscipleshipinitiative.org/greg-ogden-new ### Title: Greg Ogden ### Page ID: 6342530 ### Content: ## Greg Ogden ##### [Coaching MicroGroups](/coaching-microgroups) ##### [Regional Forums](/regional-forums) ##### [Cohorts](/cohorts)[](/faqs) ##### [About Us](/about-us) ##### [Pray and SOAP](/pray) ##### [Give Your Testimony](/testimonials) ##### [Start a MicroGroup](/microgroups) ##### [Be a Disciplemaking Church](/growing-model-churches) ##### [Partner with Us](/donate) ##### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GOMICROGregOgden/playlists) ##### [Get Involved](/get-involved) ##### [News and Stories](https://gomicro.blog) ##### [Free Downloads](/free-resources) ##### [Books and Translations](/books-by-greg-ogden) ##### [1322 Las Posas Road](/terms-and-conditions) ##### Camarillo, CA 93010 ##### [Terms and Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) ##### [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy) ##### [Support Us](/donate) Greg Ogden is “retired” or better yet “redeployed” (as of March, 2012) from professional church leadership. He now lives in Monterey, CA and carries out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciplemaking mission of the church. From 2002-2012 Greg served as Executive Pastor of Discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook, IL in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Lay Equipping and Discipleship. Prior to coming to his time at Fuller, Greg enjoyed 24 years in pastoral ministry. Dr. Ogden is the CEO of GDI whose mission is to train, coach, and inspire pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking movements which pulsate with Holy Spirit energy. It has been a joy to be married to Lily for 55 years (as of 2024), and we have one married daughter who, with her husband, are practicing pediatricians in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Ogdens have a 17-year-old granddaughter, Claire and an 15 year-old grandson, Dylan. For future speaking invitations Greg can be reached at [greg@globaldi.org](mailto:greg@globaldi.org) or by his cell phone at 630.863.2772. - [ABOUT US](/about-us "ABOUT US") - [Greg Ogden](/greg-ogden-new "Greg Ogden") - [Ralph Rittenhouse](/ralph-rittenhouse-new "Ralph Rittenhouse") - [OUR TRAINING STRATEGY](/our-training-strategy "OUR TRAINING STRATEGY") - [MICROGROUPS](/microgroups "MICROGROUPS") - [COACHING MICROGROUPS](/coaching-microgroups "COACHING MICROGROUPS") - [COHORTS](/cohorts "COHORTS") - [GROWING MODEL CHURCHES](/growing-model-churches "GROWING MODEL CHURCHES") - [REGIONAL FORUMS](/regional-forums "REGIONAL FORUMS") - [SOAP QUIET TIME](/soap-quiet-time "SOAP QUIET TIME") - [MEDIA](/media "MEDIA") - [BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN](/books-by-greg-ogden "BOOKS BY GREG OGDEN") - [NEW GO MICRO BOOK](/go-micro-book "NEW GO MICRO BOOK") - [GOMICRO.BLOG](https://gomicro.blog "GOMICRO.BLOG") - [ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS](/essential-guide-videos "ESSENTIAL GUIDE VIDEOS") - [FREE RESOURCES](/free-resources "FREE RESOURCES") - 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