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Discipleship without mission is discipleship without Christ.

The church often lacks maturity and missional impact because discipleship is at its periphery. In order to get discipleship to the center, leaders need a locally rooted, culturally contextual discipleship pathway to tether disciples who are disciplemakers to the neighborhood or network around them.

Pastor and discipler E. K. Strawser shows that when discipleship becomes central to your leadership and community, then discipleship becomes central to congregational mission and cultural renewal. Centering Discipleship ([link removed]) is a gutsy practice-based guidebook for leaders who are doing the hard work of re-imagining and re-structuring their churches and communities to turn spectators into missional, mature followers of Jesus.
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E.K. Strawser (DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine) is the co-vocational lead pastor of Ma Ke Alo o ([link removed]) , non-denominational missional communities multiplying in Honolulu, Hawaii; a community physician at Ke Ola Pono; and an executive leader at the V3 Movement ([link removed]) , the church planting arm of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.

Praise for the Book:

"Centering Discipleship is a masterful book that powerfully illuminates the essentials of disciplemaking. . .Read this brilliant book and put Eun's decades of learning and wisdom into practice."
–Lisa Rodriguez-Watson, national director of Missio Alliance

“[D]rawing from her wealth of wisdom gained from on-the-ground experience leading and discipling missional communities, [E. K. Strawser] serves as a wonderful guide for the rest of us in crafting our own contextualized pathways—not another cookie-cutter program or curriculum to implement uncritically—for following Jesus in mission and in transformation where God has called us.”
–Kyubeom Lee, director and associate professor of missiology at Missio Seminary

“Because she draws from her own rich, on-the-ground experience of making disciples and equipping communities for mission, Strawser has a way of making profound truths accessible and doable. This is the book I wish I'd had when I planted my first church."
–Ben Sternke, author of Having the Mind of Christ and pastor at The Table, Indianapolis

“This practical book is both compelling, as it is rooted in a lived story, and impressive, as it suggests practical ways to make this happen in your church."
–Debra Hirsh, cofounder of Forge Mission Training Network and author of Redeeming Sex
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