Dan DaughertyDirector of Discipleship For much of Western Christian history, a disciple has been used as interchangeable with Christian. For the most part, there is truth in this description. Biblically, when one surrendered to Jesus, they began their journey of discipleship. You don’t have to look any further than when Paul (Saul at the time) had his conversion experience to understand that being saved by Jesus meant more than what we often see in the Church today. Throughout the New Testament, it is clear that when a person met Jesus, not only were they saved, but they dedicated their lives…

Dan DaughertyDirector of Discipleship June 19, 1996 was the day that everything changed. It was on this day that Jesus saved me. I finally surrendered my life to Christ after being a very young atheist. I was fifteen years old and really had no clue what was next, but I knew that my newfound faith in Jesus was going to demand more of me than just accepting that Christ paid the penalty for my sin. As, I began to read the Bible more, I realized that I was right. As I would soon discover, there is so much more to…