“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. ”
— Ephesians 4:11-13

Rooted in Ephesians 4:10-13, cohorts are available for Alliance workers and spouses to grow in development as Kingdom workers.

Each cohort focuses on five values that can help build your church as a disciple-making community:

  1. INTENTIONAL - a clear path for development in a specific area

  2. RELATIONAL - to learn and grow with other brothers and sisters

  3. COMPETENCY-FOCUSED - to gain knowledge and develop ministry skills

  4. TRANSFORMATIONAL - to center on becoming more like Jesus

  5. TRANSFERABLE - to reproduce in your local church or ministry

The registration form is closed. NEW COHORTS WILL OPEN FALL 2024.

2024 DEVELOPMENT COHORTS

Under each title, you can follow a link to a full description.

  • JANUARY-JUNE | This cohort will sharpen your disciple-making focus by intentionally assessing the purpose and effectiveness of what your church is doing and then developing a change project to move towards greater disciple making. See full description.

  • JANUARY - DECEMBER | This cohort will provide imagination for how the prophetic is essential in making disciples and will give you tools and practice in exercising the prophetic in ways that help you make disciples. See full description.

  • JANUARY - SPRING | Together with other ministry couples, this cohort will help you experience deeper communion in your marriage, experience heart transformation together, and help you practice loving like Jesus. See full description.

  • MEETING IN 3 U.S. CITIES | Hosted by Exponential for Alliance church leaders, the Multipliers Learning Communities helps forward-thinking leaders engage in peer-to-peer learning about the future of the church. See full description.

  • JANUARY - JUNE | This cohort will help you more fully develop the essential skill of making new disciples through sharing the gospel. It will also equip you to raise another generation of people in your church who will be equipped with tools to reach their community with the good news of Jesus. See full description.

  • JANUARY - MARCH | This cohort will provide imagination for how the prophetic is essential in making disciples and will give you tools and practice in exercising the personal prophetic prayer in ways that help you make disciples. See full description.

  • APRIL - JUNE | This cohort will provide imagination for the way healing can ground disciple making in the active presence of Jesus. The cohort will also give you tools and practice to make healthy healing ministry a part of your disciple-making pathway. See full description.

  • SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER | This cohort will provide imagination for the way deliverance can ground disciple making in the active presence of Jesus. The cohort will also give you tools and practice to make healthy deliverance ministry a part of your disciple-making pathway. See full description.

  • JANUARY - NOVEMBER | This cohort will practically help you build a disciple-making community by giving you a definition of a disciple, providing imagination for what making disciples can look like in your church, helping you get traction through test groups, and teaching you a Bible-reading tool that can be used in your church. See full description.

  • JANUARY - JUNE | In developing habits aligned with God’s mission and our hearts captivated by the glory of God and the gospel, this cohort will help you build a trellis for fruitfulness with Jesus and equip you to raise up a generation in your church to do the same. See full description.

  • OCTOBER 2023 - MAY 2024 | This cohort will help you live out of your identity in Christ and give you new and helpful language for personal transformation with Jesus. It will also increase your longing to see this happen in your congregation. See full description.

Questions? Contact Alan Rathbun.