What Is The Church Doing Wrong? (The State Of Theology 2025 And Discipleship Report)

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the State of Theology survey, why it is so concerning, and what we can do next.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the state of theology survey?
• What is an evangelical according to this survey?
• What is the Lifeway report?
• What is a common discipleship strategy used by churches?
• What is a roadblock to making disciples?
• What are some things that are concerning in the report?
• Why is it a problem that people don’t think the Holy Spirit is a person?
• How the difference between interpretation and orthodoxy?
• Why is this so concerning?
• What do we do?
• Do you have a definition of disciple?
• Why do scope and sequence matter?
• How does dissonance play a role in discipleship?
• Why do we believe so much in the Training the Church Ministry Cohort?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• 1 Corinthians 2, Genesis 3, Romans 5
• State of Theology Report
• Lifeway Pastors’ Views on Discipleship
• “Deep Discipleship” by JT English
• Deep Discipleship Curriculum
• Training the Church Ministry Cohort

Follow Us:
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Website

Our Sister Podcast:

Tiny Theologians

Support Training the Church and Become a Patron:

patreon.com/trainingthechurch

You can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.

To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.

Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.