Keeping It Real: Handling Discipleship Discouragements - Jay Mosser

The process of discipleship always works best if there is some sort of a plan. The only problem with plans, of course, is that they involve...well, people! Sometimes people encourage us by their spiritual responses and steps of obedience. We love that! At other times, however, we find ourselves discouraged by creative excuses or lack of follow-through or ebbing interest. Even worse are those who, over time, fall away from Christ entirely. What has happened to our former disciples? Have we failed? Is there something wrong with our discipleship approach? In this talk, we chart the course for our time together. We study Scripture and think about our discipling. We encourage one another and revitalise hope, and in doing so, we "keep it real."
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Jay Mosser has served in pastoral roles for 43 years - about 20 years in various assistant pastor capacities and the rest as senior pastor. Through those years he has served in three churches ranging from smaller (less than 50) to larger (about 1,000). Along the way he has worked with children, teens, worship ministry, pastoral care, preaching, and leadership. Jay has an M.Div. from Western (Conservative Baptist) Seminary and a D.Min. from Corban University in Oregon, where his doctoral thesis was titled How a Pastor’s Theology of Shepherding Affects the Health & Growth of a Church. He is married to Kathy and has three daughters and five grandchildren. In his spare time, he loves to read, hike, travel, watch sports, and spend time with his family.
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