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Fishers of Men

Posted on by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Spiritual | 10 Comments

I will make you fishers of men
fishers of men,
fishers of men,
If you follow me.
If you follow me.
If you follow me.
I will make you fishers of men
If you follow me.


This traditional children’s song was taken from Matthew 4:19 where Jesus says to two fishermen, “Come, follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” This past weekend at Central Christian almost felt like fishing because of the sheer number of people that got baptized. But as news has spread about the amazing thing that has happened in Vegas, one subtle question has arisen from various people I have interacted with: what is next?

Becoming a believing and baptized Christian is not the end of the Christian journey, but rather the beginning. Recently I had the chance to sit in on a luncheon where author Tony Morgan gave a quick 20 minute presentation. During the talk he hit on the subject of discipleship. He quoted Matthew 28 where Jesus called us to make disciples. During Tony’s Talk he said, “It is not the churches job to disciple it is the disciples job to disciple.”

How would you disciple such a large number of people? What are your thoughts on Tony’s quote?