For churches, leaders, and families
Don’t Drop the Baton.
The need for effective and authentic discipleship is the absolute, most important need of the church today. There is no greater issue.
The Discipleship Deficit
The need is real. The handoff matters.
Pastors, leaders, and families care deeply about discipleship. The question is whether people are being formed, equipped, and sent to reproduce the life of Jesus.
“The cost of discipleship is indeed great. But the cost of nondiscipleship is far greater.” — Dallas Willard
Fewer than 5% of U.S. churches have a consistently reproducing disciple-making culture.
While 87% of pastors say discipleship is a top-three priority, only 27% actually have a plan to achieve it.
Only 30% of U.S. pastors have specific methods to evaluate discipleship progress within their congregations.
Almost 50% of adult Christians are not engaged in any form of discipleship community.
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Only 17% of Christians know what the Great Commission is and what it means.
Only 4% of American adults and 12% of children’s pastors hold a fully biblical worldview.
Research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University confirms that only 1% of Generation Z possesses a comprehensive biblical worldview.
Only 10% of Christian twentysomethings develop into “resilient disciples” who trust foundational scripture, commit to Jesus personally, and desire to impact others.
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These figures come from different studies, populations, and years. Three figures were supplied by the client and are labeled below because an independent source has not been located.
- Discipleship.org / Exponential national study (fewer than 5%).
- 87% / 27%: client-supplied figure; independent source not located.
- Lifeway Research, 2024 Pastors’ Views on Discipleship, page 15 (30%).
- Almost 50%: client-supplied figure; independent source not located.
- 17%: client-supplied figure; independent source not located.
- American Worldview Inventory 2023 and American Worldview Inventory 2022 (4% / 12%).
- American Worldview Inventory 2026, page 6 (1%).
- Barna, Only 10% of Christian Twentysomethings Have Resilient Faith (10%).
Reproducible Discipleship
Become the kind of disciple who makes disciples.
Many followers of Jesus want to make disciples but lack a clear way to begin. Gino and Michelle help pastors, leaders, and families move from information to practiced, relational discipleship—until making disciples becomes second nature.
You cannot impart or produce something you are not.
Step One
Start with the right framework
A clear, biblical model of how Jesus made disciples—so you know exactly where to begin.
Step Two
Implement it in your life and ministry
Guided practice in your church, school, team, or home—with trusted coaching along the way.
Step Three
See reproduction happen
Disciples who make disciples—the fruit Jesus commissioned us for.
About Gino & Michelle
Their own lives were changed by relational, Jesus-type discipleship.
For more than four decades, Gino and Michelle have carried that same burden into churches, campuses, homes, and leadership rooms.
The goal is simple: disciples who make disciples.
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Coaching & Training
Hands-on guidance for churches, leaders, schools, and teams ready to build healthy, Jesus-type discipleship.
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Speaking & Conferences
Messages that bring conviction, clarity, and a call back to Jesus’ model of making disciples.
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Marriage & Family
Discipleship where it matters most—so the home becomes the first place faith is seen and passed on.
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The Resource
Start the journey with the book.
Black Belt Discipleship gives you the framework—a practical training path for helping people authentically follow Christ, who then help others know and follow Him well.
“There has never been a time like now when Gino’s message and words need to infiltrate our world.”
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
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Pastors, leaders, and parents need more than another program. Let us help you build discipleship that can be lived and reproduced.
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