If you want to NOT make disciples, just run a bunch of programs in your ministry without real purpose.

But if you DO want to make disciples, every program, event, or activity must be in line with your ministry process. We have to do things intentionally if we're going to accomplish our goal of making disciples.

I read a great article over on the YouthMinistry360 blog that hit this really well. They ask:

If we aren’t leading students to become disciples, what are we leading them to become?

They list some other things our students might become if we're not being intentional about our discipleship.

Check out the full article here. [via YouthMinistry360]