A couple weeks ago a new site was launched called Gospel Centered Discipleship that is devoted to Discipleship of all kinds. The articles on the site in the first two weeks have been great! GCD.com was launched by Jonathan Dodson and Austin City Life with, JT Caldwell being the man behind the scene. Together they have pulled together a great, very wide selection of articles, ebooks and other content for those of us who are thinking through Discipleship from a gospel perspective.

I not only wanted to mention the launch of the new site, but also that my first article is up on the site. In my article I talk about the need for community in the discipleship process.

Community-Shaped Discipleship: A Plea to Youth Workers

There are many great truths that students can learn from books and curriculum. Yet, the problem comes when you leave discipleship efforts merely to a book – even walking students through a book in a study format – you are short-selling the student. The real need of the student is to see us, our leaders and other adults in the real world, in real gospel-centered community, living out the Word of God. Gospel centered community is the primary environment in which students will learn what it means to follow Jesus. Real life is the lab of the gospel.

Check it out! And make sure to browse the rest of the articles on the site, they are well worth your time!