When we have Jesus, we experience a spiritual new birth (John 3:3; I Peter 1:3, 23; I John 5:1). In his conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus expressed to him the necessity of being “born again”. He further explained that outside of this new birth, one could never experience the kingdom of God. The only access into the kingdom of God is by way of the new birth. In other words, Jesus was telling Nicodemus “You must be born again” (John 3:7).

When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, all our sins are forgiven (Acts 5:31, 10:43; Ephesians 1:7, 4:32; Colossians 1:13-14, 2:13-14) and we are reconciled to God (II Corinthians 5:18-19).

While a student at Moody Bible Institute (between 1979 and 1983), I found myself pondering the meaning of discipleship. After years of living the process, here I was assessing its meaning. All of my reading and research resulted in a definition that has stuck with me through the years.

Eugene Burrell was my Dawson Trotman! What I mean by this is: Eugene had a passion for making disciples of new Christian believers whenever God provided him with the opportunity. When I returned to Washington, DC from Boston, MA in 1973, one of those opportunities opened up and that passion was directed towards me.

In August of 1972 I moved to Boston, Massachusetts to begin working for an engineering firm located there. Shortly after my arrival, I was approached by a co-worker who, after placing a Bible on my desk, introduced himself and proceeded to tell me a little about himself.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” (Matthew 28:19). What more need be said?

Ministry-to-Ministry (M2M) simply refers to something transacted between ministries. Generally one ministry providing a needed service in support of another ministry. Supportive ministries helping other ministries fulfill their biblically mandated ministry goals.