{"id":258066,"date":"2022-10-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/?p=258066"},"modified":"2024-01-25T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:43:29","slug":"conversation-alice-matagora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/blog\/conversation-alice-matagora\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Conversation with Alice Matagora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-join-the-conversation-with-alice-matagora-author-of-how-to-save-the-world-disciplemaking-made-simple\"><strong>Join the Conversation with Alice Matagora, author of <em>How to Save the World: Disciplemaking Made Simple<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stories from a &quot;Not So Great&quot; Disciplemaker | &quot;How to Save the World - Disciplemaking Made Simple&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8cU8imYUqs?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Q<\/em><\/strong> <strong>In your very first chapter, you share how you were the not-so-great disciplemaker. What do you mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I first started disciplemaking, I had just come out of a season of depression and anxiety, with an eating disorder. By being around The Navigators, I experienced so much healing and freedom in those areas. But what really accelerated my growth was being discipled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10.11.22-Resource-Web-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10.11.22-Resource-Web-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10.11.22-Resource-Web-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10.11.22-Resource-Web-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10.11.22-Resource-Web.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And my discipler shared this vision with me: that a girl fresh out of her anxieties and depression could go and make disciples too. She didn\u2019t need theological training. She didn\u2019t need to have grown up in the church. She simply needed to pass on what she knew about having a relationship with Jesus to somebody else. That\u2019s it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Q <\/em><\/strong><strong>So what is disciplemaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Very simply, it\u2019s helping somebody have a relationship with Jesus, and then helping them help somebody else do the same thing. And that \u201csomebody\u201d can just be a couple steps behind you in your walk with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discipleship is intentionally spending time with someone reading God\u2019s Word, praying together, and doing everyday life together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can always find one person to disciple. These days, I am a &#8216;naptime&#8217; disciplemaker because I\u2019m at home with two kids under the age of three. I don\u2019t ask, &#8216;How can I add something else into my busy life?&#8217; Instead, I offer it to the Lord. He can multiply it, like how He took a young boy\u2019s fish and loaves and multiplied them to feed thousands. The two girls I\u2019m discipling from the nearby university\u2014they drive to my home while the kids are napping.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Q <\/em><\/strong><strong>Tell us more about why you call disciplemaking \u201cfriendship with a vision.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All of the women I\u2019ve discipled have ended up very good friends. But when we first started, I saw what God could do if they had a deeper walk with Him. And I wanted to help move them toward this deeper walk, because I truly believed it would transform their lives. Which would transform their families, and then transform their communities. The impact is endless!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Q. <\/em><\/strong><strong>Why do people need to get your book, \u201cHow to Save the World\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My book is grounded in Barna and Navigators-funded research around the critical opportunities and obstacles of a disciple becoming a disciplemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I want people to take away from reading this book is that no matter where they are in their walk with Jesus, they can start making disciples right now. Disciplemaking is a calling for every person who says that they\u2019re a follower of Jesus. But not only that, there are some people who will never set foot in the doors of the church\u2014people you are living around, playing with, and working around, that only you can reach. God can use you in those spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a great need for the message of God\u2019s love to go out everywhere. But we need everyday people to do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-63dda377 has-cool-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-how-to-save-the-world-sample-chapter\"><strong><strong><strong><em>How to Save the World<\/em>\u00a0Sample Chapter!<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice shared how even in her weakest moments she was encouraged to be a disciplemaker. Disciplemaking didn\u2019t require a theological degree. Instead it was about sharing with a friend how you\u2019re growing in your relationship with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you ready to grow your confidence and take your next step in disciplemaking? Here\u2019s a FREE sample chapter of&nbsp;<em>How to Save the World: Disciplemaking Made Simple<\/em>, by Alice Matagora published by NavPress. 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