Coaching isn’t Telling

Coaching isn’t Telling

by Steve Cordle, Executive Director, The River Network International (trni.org) If you watch a coach of a sports team, you might get the idea that coaching is telling others what to do. Maybe even screaming at people. That’s what we see athletic coaches do, after all....
Coaching = discipleship+

Coaching = discipleship+

by Steve Cordle, Executive Director, The River Network International (trni.org) Teaching has always been central in the Church. Every week, preachers and teachers explain God’s will as revealed in Scripture. That is important. But just hearing information does...
Equipping for All

Equipping for All

by Steve Cordle, Executive Director, The River Network International (trni.org) An Equipping Track is a church-led process that prepares members to live for Jesus and to engage in his mission. (Some may call this a Discipleship Pathway.) Ephesians 4:11-12 says that a...
It’s A Team Effort

It’s A Team Effort

by Steve Cordle, Executive Director, The River Network International (trni.org) Jesus commissioned us, his followers, to make disciples. Part (but not all) of that process involves teaching. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of...