Disciple-making & formation Resources

Gerald Griffin has been in leadership at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, for over 14 years. Gerald also serves with Practicing the Way, coaching pastors as they lead their churches in discipleship and formation.

Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage, Discipleship Enabler for the Diocese of London, supports church leaders and communities in deepening discipleship and spiritual formation. She explores three key movements of discipleship for leaders to maintain.

Diane Grano leads Lightwave church in Red Lodge, an area of rural new housing in Suffolk. The church plant is growing new disciples and working with surrounding rural villages to revitalise their mission and discipleship. For Diane, recognising where discipleship begins is vital.

At Multiply 2025, the annual church planting conference of CCX, Bishop Philip addressed the topic of multiplying missionary disciples with a talk that invited the Church to learn the art of joy from Jesus, for joy is our purpose.

Dave Gardner reflects on his first year as Missionary Disciples Project Manager of the Church of England’s Vision & Strategy Team

Matthew Frost, Discipleship Lead of CCX, shares an invitation of what to do after the dust has settled on Multiply 2025

Chris Curtis, CEO of Youthscape, outlines some key focuses to help the Church grow its work with young people.

Ric Thorpe, Bishop of Islington, believes it is impossible to separate church planting and disciple-making.

Fusion, an organisation committed to championing a worldwide movement of student mission, shares its latest resource to help establish disciple-making cultures.

Ken Benjamin, Director of Church Relationships at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, maps the route from good intentions to transformative disciple formation.

Philip North, Bishop of Blackburn, calls us to begin our formation not by looking to ourselves, but to Jesus.

Dave Lloyd, leader of the Garden Church Network, a family of missional communities in Norfolk, shares his experiences of overseeing this flourishing garden-shaped church group.