{"id":761,"date":"2026-04-30T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/?p=761"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:48:57","slug":"1-why-is-the-church-not-making-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"1.Why Is the Church Not Making Disciples?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making.png 1024w, https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-why-church-is-not-making-706x706.png 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Leaders Are Not Modeling Disciple Making Believers reproduce what they SEE , not what they HEAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believers imitate Disciple makers not leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1 Corinthians 11:1 \u2014 \u201cFollow me as I follow Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Philippians 4:9 \u2014 \u201cWhat you have seen in me\u2014practice these things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Church leaders don\u2019t disciple, the church won\u2019t disciple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Fear of Commitment and Accountability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real discipleship requires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Time ,Transparency, Correction and Obedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Many believers prefer comfort over transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real discipleship requires obedience and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Luke 9:23 \u2014 \u201cTake up your cross daily and follow Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Hebrews 3:13 \u2014 \u201cEncourage one another daily\u2026 so none may be hardened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comfort destroys discipleship<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Leaders Are Not Modeling Disciple Making Believers reproduce what they SEE , not what they HEAR. Believers imitate Disciple makers not leaders. \u2022 1 Corinthians 11:1 \u2014 \u201cFollow me as I follow Christ.\u201d \u2022 Philippians 4:9 \u2014 \u201cWhat you have seen in me\u2014practice these things.\u201d If Church leaders don\u2019t disciple, the church won\u2019t disciple&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-reflection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiftlife.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}