The Dust Has Not Settled @ Calvary in Dover, Delaware (The Discipleship Dare)!

The dust has not settled at Calvary AG Church in Dover, Delaware. It has been 8 weeks since they launched 40 days of Discipleship w/ Jess Bousa (author of "The Discipleship Dare) who dared the congregation to make discipleship a priority (1/3/2010).

The Discipleship Dare (http://thediscipleshipdare.com/) is still alive and well @ Calvary. They are still starting groups using the book as a tool. They are still leading classes based on the book. It's amazing to see what God has been doing there. Below is a report from the field by Angela Coon, the senior pastor's wife, who bleeds discipleship!

First read the press release about Calvary's numeric and spiritual growth w/ The Discipleship Dare titled: "Popping the Discipleship Lid Off Your Church @ https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4_rGJowYl1TMGYzYmExOGQtYmI5Yy00YjMyLWIzNmYtYzdiMGEwZmQyMzUy&hl=en

Angela Coon said, "The dust hasn't settled yet. We're still doing our [The Discipleship Dare] class until the end of March because of the two weeks lost to snow and one to a rescheduled Business meeting. We had a great class today -- God really moved. It began with a marvelous testimony of God's provision -- we couldn't help but take time to Praise the Lord. Then the presence of the Lord just manifested himself in a mighty way and one guy went to the piano and started playing "Here in His Presence" and we started singing it. Then as it quieted down to a hush people were led to pray. There was weeping and interceding. It was so neat.

We were on "The Commissioning of a Disciple." We had 20 minutes left so we discussed "Worship" and "The Presence of God." It’s like we experienced a couple of the chapters, really neat. We had great services today too. WOW! What a presence of the Lord in the services and Pastors sermon really hit it home. It was the second part of a two-week sermon on the Vision of the church. Once again discipleship was front and center. It’s exciting to see what is happening.

People are still buying [The Discipleship Dare] books and starting groups of their own or doing it one on one. One guy told me today that he was mad at the book. (Seriously). He said, “it just shows how far off we Christians are in how we're really supposed to be” -- myself included. It's seems to really be challenging them to rethink the comfortable place they have been in.

I hope the dust is never settled. I hope we never settle for anything less than living life as a disciple and making disciples as a lifestyle. God is moving and He is faithful. He has promised that He will do it, so I'm watching and expecting and seeing results. Praise God."