Chris Swain
Chris Swain currently serves at Long Hollow Baptist Church as the Executive Director of Replicate Ministries. After fours years of service in the United States Marine Corps, Chris served in full-time ministry for 14 years in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, and Georgia, leading ministries ranging from Students, to Collegiate, to Spiritual Formation. Most recently, Chris served as the Director of Student Ministry Publishing at Lifeway Christian Resources serving the Church in its mission of making disciples. Chris’s heart is to expand the Gospel through disciple-making in the local church.
Articles for Pastors
Is Your Church Healthy?
Rather than equipping the saints, too often, we tell those we lead what to think, what to do, and how to do it. Do you have a healthy church? Take this checkup to find out.
Articles for Pastors
Is Your Church Healthy? Part 1: Engaged
Every week I have the opportunity to record a podcast, Making Disciples with Robby Gallaty, with Pastor Robby. When we record, we spend a...
Articles for Outreach & Missions
Q&A: The Top Ten Disciplemaking Questions
Over the past few weeks, we have been answering the top 10 questions we get about disciplemaking. This week we cover questions 3 and...
Articles for Pastors
Evaluating Your Easter Preparation
In 1998, I proposed to my wife. In order to propose I wanted to get the blessing of her father for the marriage. This...
Articles for Pastors
Discipling the Whole Church – Every Age, Same Page
The whole church needs to emphasize the Great Commission: make disciples. Programs, processes, events, and budgets ought to result in effective disciplemaking. Find out more about discipling the whole church.
Articles for Outreach & Missions
How to Start a Discipleship Group (D-Group)
Some of the best times to start a Discipleship Group (D-Group) are after the start of a new school year (usually in August) and after the first of a new year.
Articles for Pastors
Discipling Your Staff: Are You the Problem?
The way we lead is replicated by those we lead. The challenges and struggles we have with those we lead are often reflections of our leadership.
Articles for Pastors
Discipling Your Staff: A Step-by-Step Strategy
The challenge with discipleship is that everyone has their own idea of what it is. What you think of, when you think of discipleship, will inevitably skew the way you practice it.
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