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Our guest today is Jonathan Dodson. Jonathan is the founding pastor of City Life Church in Austin, TX which he started with his wife, Robie, and a small group of people. They have three children. He is also the founder of gcdiscipleship.com and author of a number of books including Here in Spirit: Knowing the Spirit who Creates, Sustains, and Transforms Everything, The Unbelievable Gospel and Gospel-Centered Discipleship. He enjoys listening to M. Ward, watching sci-fi, and going for walks.
Questions:
- What are Fight Clubs?
- How do you equip leaders to lead Fight Clubs? How do you support Fight Clubs from the pulpit and encourage participation?
- How have you seen Fight Clubs contribute to the ministry of the church and impact the lives of Fight Club participants?
- Gospel-Centered Discipleship released in 2012. If you wrote it today, what from your experiences in the last 6 years would you be sure to include?
- Here in the Spirit just released. How is this different from other books about the Holy Spirit? Talk about the backstory — what circumstances or insights led you to this specific topic?
Quotes:
“Fight clubs are discipleship groups. We are fighting for faith to trust and to treasure Jesus.”
“They follow the process of text-theology-life.”
“God picks your community, you pick your friend.”
“It’s not a highly programmed environment. It’s a natural outworking of the gospel in an ordinary disciple’s life.”
“Fight Clubs promote holiness in our church.”
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