gence ▁of ▁Miss ional ▁Commun ities ▁continued ▁its ▁prominent ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁Ver ge ▁Conference , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁seeing ▁an ▁expanded ▁Miss ional ▁track ▁at ▁the ▁Ex pon ential ▁Conference ▁and ▁the ▁S ync ▁Conference ▁at ▁Char l eston ▁Southern ▁University . ▁ ▁Network ▁and ▁account ability ▁If ▁MC s ▁are ▁“ low ▁control / high ▁account ability ,” ▁having ▁a ▁church ▁structure ▁that ▁inv ests ▁in ▁lay ▁leaders ▁and ▁emp ow ers ▁them ▁while ▁holding ▁them ▁account able ▁is ▁of ▁param ount ▁importance . ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁used ▁vehicle ▁for ▁this ▁are ▁called ▁Dis ci ples hip ▁Hud d les , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁ 4 – 1 0 ▁leaders . ▁The ▁frequency ▁of ▁these ▁groups ▁diff ers ▁based ▁on ▁each ▁individual ▁church , ▁but ▁generally ▁speaking ▁they ▁meet ▁at ▁least ▁once ▁a ▁month ▁and ▁as ▁often ▁as ▁once ▁a ▁week . ▁Hud d les ▁are ▁a ▁place ▁where ▁leaders ▁are ▁act ively ▁being ▁dis ci ple d ▁in ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁pe ers , ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁held ▁account able ▁for ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁their ▁groups ▁by ▁their ▁Hud d le ▁leader . ▁The ▁two ▁central ▁questions ▁of ▁a ▁Hud d le ▁are : ▁ 1 ) ▁What ▁is ▁God ▁saying ▁to ▁you ? ▁ 2 ) ▁What ▁are ▁you ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁about ▁it ? ▁By ▁seeing ▁that ▁leaders ▁follow ▁through ▁on ▁the ▁plans ▁they ▁form ▁from ▁answering ▁both ▁of ▁these ▁questions , ▁a ▁culture ▁is ▁developed ▁of ▁both ▁high ▁support ▁and ▁high ▁challenge . ▁Over