Probably one of the more common questions is, ‘Should [we] focus on better disciples or focus on reaching out?’ The reality is that we need both. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot separate evangelism and discipleship. We need missional churches that are focused on serious disciple-making, not just leading people to make a decision. For this to occur, we must identify what a disciple is. As we fully define a disciple to include both the inner disciplines of personal spirituality and the outer disciplines of missional living, then we will move our churches to be filled with missionary disciples like the early church.
Breaking the Missional Code, p. 68-9
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