The church is in need of major renovation when it comes to making disciples. The concept of making disciples to follow the Lord Jesus Christ seems completely foreign to the church today. In order to achieve the desired goal of making disciples for Christ, training others to go out and proclaim gospel, and helping others to train people to disciple one another, one needs to go back to foundation of the Word of God. It is in God’s Word where multiple examples are found of how to make disciples to follow
disciples and ultimately disciple-makers. The church plays a critical part in this discipleship experience. The Lord created the church so that people could be mentored and assisted to grow in their relationship with Christ. The goal is maturity in Christ and this kind of spiritual growth only happens over a period of time. In this paper, I will give a detailed explanation of my personal plan to develop disciples for Jesus Christ within the context of the church. To further cultivate this plan, I will
is one who focuses more on equipping people than informing them. Information is good and must be given. However, if information is the only thing that is given, many times it can fall on deaf ears. In my local church, there are people who show up to Sunday school and every other discipleship function we offer. They are faithful to be present to hear the Word of God and seldom break that pattern. They love hearing the information, but it seldom becomes anything more than just information in their lives
ones that involve small groups. Within the small groups models, they can be broken down into further detail, such as pastoral involvement, the church’s goal, missions mindedness, etc. In this paper, I will explain my philosophy of small groups in a church and the importance of the relational group in authentic disciple making. I will also explain how missional groups can help the body of Christ move out into the community. Finally, I will summarize my status in regards to living in community with other
Christ and to lead and help others to follow in Jesus lifestyle, it’s not always going to be easy but an understanding of what it means for us to disciple, this is not easy either but as long we trust in God to help us we can get through this. Also how important it is to disciple through evangelism. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
DISCIPLE MAKING PLAN ___________________ A Paper Presented to Dr. William J. Higley Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary ___________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course DSMN 500 Discipleship Ministries ___________________ by Cynethia Gillispie March 2016 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………….…………….3 Vision……………………………………………………………………….……………………..3 Values………………………………………………………………………………………...…...4 Views………………………………………………………………………
with Mentor to develop spiritual growth o Monthly - serve in a volunteer position at church alongside Mentor Section 3: Faith into Action - Months 7 & 8 (Objectives 8, 9, 10) o Work with mentor to develop personal Spiritual Agenda o Participate in 2-3 Service projects outside of the church building o Identify personal long-term role within the community of believers (with aid from mentor). Section 1: Discipleship Download - First four months (Objectives 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) Key Objectives Upon completion
emotion and resultantly a change in actions. This change is rooted in a Biblical worldview which shapes and molds all else based upon the foundation of Jesus Christ. Joseph Allotta says it well when he says, “The work of discipleship is so much more than moral development. The goal is to have young people being able to make their own decisions about following Christ for the rest of their lives.” To integrate this growth and development within the classroom of a Christian school we must seek to both
The Nature of Discipleship It might be of value here if we considered briefly the nature of discipleship. It is a word in constant use among aspirants in Christian lands, as in the oriental religions. Discipleship could be defined as the final stage of the path of evolution, and as that period in a man's experience in which he is definitely self-conscious. It is the stage in which he knowingly pledges himself to impose the will of the soul (which is essentially the will
SEMINARY DISCIPLE MAKING PLAN Submitted To Dr. Douglas White In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Completion Of DSMN 500-B05 Discipleship Ministries By Clarence Hudson Abstract Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples…”These powerful words to the 12 disciples and all believers are to be center around the local church (The Body of Christ). Which is emphasized’ throughout the New Testament—making disciples through the Body of Christ. Like Apostle Paul, this author