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A Fun & Fruitful Year of Disciplemaking Multiplication!

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Note: We are disciplemaking missionaries with  Cadre Missionaries . As such, we give a brief ministry update here at  Cup O' Joe with Bill  once every three months—especially for those who love, pray, and support us. We'd love to give you our new missionary prayer coaster (above)! Send your complete mailing address  to this email  and it shall be done. Or  give a year-end donation b y  donating here  and we'll send you one. Or you can send a check to  Cadre Missionaries PO Box 278 Sycamore, IL 60178 Instructional Video Below: How to use our missionary prayer coaster... If video above doesn't appear, go here . They also make great ornaments for your Christmas tree! Look at What God is Doing! (Click any image below to enlarge for reading, viewing, and praying.)   Can you help us  continue  multiplying disciple makers ? Here's how... 1.  Invest in disciplemaking via the Allisons and Cadre Missionaries 2.  Join our email prayer team  ("prayer team" in subject

We can't be Cadre Missionaries without friends like you

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  We need your help to fulfill our disciplemaking mission. Can you help us? We are your disciplemaking missionaries serving Jesus Christ with Cadre Missionaries.  No $ gift is too small—and each gift would be deeply appreciated. Donate here . Or you can send a check to  Cadre Missionaries PO Box 278 Sycamore, IL 60178 We couldn't be disciplemaking missionaries without friends like you who pray and $upport us.  WE THANK GOD FOR YOU!

Thanking God for Framily, the Blues, and Disciplemaking

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We have a wealth of Christmas songs.  Songs of Thanksgiving? Not so much. Here's my new favorite from  Pastor Glenn Kaiser . If video doesn't appear,  go here . Thank you  for tracking with us via  Cup O' Joe with Bill! Friends + Family = Framily 1.  WHY Thanksgiving Can Create Disciplemaking Moments. 2.  The WHO of Thanksgiving . 3.  The HOW of Thanksgiving . 4.  If You're in Charge of the Thanksgiving Prayer . (I dare you.) 5.  Don't Forget the Kids at Thanksgiving . What are YOU thankful for? Subscribe: Let me encourage you most Mondays ! Track with me on social media!      Instagram            Facebook            Twitter     

Just having some fun AND trying to make a point...

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  I understand the sentiment of the meme and I find it humorous. It is a crazy world we live in these days. I offer this little bit of sanity . Track with us on social media!      Instagram            Facebook            Twitter      Subscribe: Let me encourage you most Mondays !

The gaping hole in our understanding of Jesus and disciplemaking...

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If we don't understand the differences between training and speaking, teaching, and preaching, then there is a gaping hole in our understanding of how Jesus actually made disciples. How is training different than speaking, teaching, and preaching? What could a Jesus-like approach to training look like for you? These are the primary questions designed to help you explore The Training Genius of Jesus. But here's the catch:  The Training Genius of Jesus  isn't a book to be read, consumed, and forgotten. It's an interactive dialogue with a handful of disciplemaking friends who are wrestling how Jesus made disciple makers . Surprise! When it comes to  training,   if you're doing all the talking, you're doing it wrong. Here's an excerpt from The Training Genius of Jesus Who should you do this with? * Church staff * Small group leaders * Volunteer ministry leaders * Your family How to Use The Training Genius of Jesus It's as simple as this... * O pen the bookle

6 Free Podcasts: The Transformational Power of Disciplemaking Friendships

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1.  23 Minutes from My Soul to Yours . 2.  The Simplicity of Disciplemaking Friendships . 3.  YOU Are a Disciplemaker. Yes, You . 4.  Video: Disciplemaking as a Way of Life Step #1 5.  God Want's You to Help Others Find and Follow Jesus . 6.  Disciplemaking with Your Family .   Get your copy here . Disciplemaking training experiences that comes to you & your friends . Subscribe: Let me encourage you most Mondays ! Track with me on social media!      Instagram            Facebook            Twitter       

How YOU Can Encourage Your Pastor(s)

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[The following is an interview the National Pastor's Prayer Network conducted with me a number of years ago. Please know that when I talk about encouraging pastors, I'm NOT only referring to senior pastors—but youth pastors, children's pastors, worship pastors, etc. The various pictures below are of some pastors I love and know as friends.] Bill, your website states, "While Cadre Missionaries  will bring training to any size church, we also have a heart for the church with one pastor (and many volunteer leaders)." Why this particular emphasis? Larger churches have an inequitable voice in America because in America bigger means successful. You can question that all you want, but that's the way it is. While we don't have an ax to grind with bigger churches simply because they are larger, we want to passionately champion what God is doing in the “regular” church . (I refuse to say "smaller" church—because it implies inferiority in our culture—