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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition Podcast, equipping the next generation of believers, pastors,

and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

On today's episode, you'll hear a panel discussion from TGC's 2021 National Conference

on how discipleship strengthens the church.

Hi there, my name is Melissa Krueger and this is the panel on discipleship,

building churches one life at a time. We're so glad you could join us.

We're glad you could join us if you're here in person or if you're watching virtually,

so thank you for coming and being a part. I'm going to start with panel introductions,

so we're just going to go down and introduce ourselves.

Sure, I'm Trillian Newbell, I'm a writer-speaker and so glad to be here from Franklin-ish,

Tennessee. I'm Vanessa Hawkins, I'm the Director of Women's Ministry at First Presbyterian

Church Augusta and the Diversity Advisor for PCA Women's Ministry.

I'm Courtney Dr and I'm the Coordinator of Women's Initiative for the Gospel Coalition.

One thing all of us love to do is disciple and just we've all seen the benefits of being

disciples in our own life and discipling others. So I'm just going to ask some questions

and we're going to go through this and hopefully it will be helpful. So the first thing I think

that's helpful to talk about is what do we even mean when we talk about discipleship?

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