Can Laypeople Make Disciples? | Ep 40

What if we've outsourced discipleship to professionals?In this episode, Brian Fisher explores a growing assumption within modern Christianity: that spiritual formation primarily happens through institutions, programs, and professional Christian leaders. Drawing on the writings of Robert Coleman, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and others, he asks whether the New Testament presents a different picture—one in which ordinary believers gather together to help one another become more like Jesus.The conversation examines the difference between the church institutional and the church universal, wrestles with questions of authority and accountability, and challenges the idea that meaningful discipleship can only occur under professional supervision. Along the way, Brian revisits the Five Key Elements of Formation and explains why Greenhouses are designed to cultivate the kinds of relationships that foster confession, growth, trust, and transformation.As Season 3 continues, listeners are invited to consider a provocative possibility: that some of the most formative discipleship communities may emerge not from programs and institutions, but from committed groups of ordinary people pursuing Jesus together.Join us online! Web: ⁠⁠soilandroots.org⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠ https://soilandroots.substack.com/