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Discipleship: The Growing Disciples Series
 

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GROWING DISCIPLES
Jesus did not command us to make decisions, but disciples. These foundational resources help new and growing believers understand and begin developing six disciplines for following Christ in their daily lives. These small group discipleship studies will be offered throughout 2010 at various times on Sundays and maybe on Wednesdays. There will be training for those who want to lead or facilitate a group study.

The Call to Follow Christ Six Disciplines for New and Growing Believers
by Claude King

Ground new believers in habits that will last a lifetime.
 
Fellowship with Believers
by Mel Blackaby and Bo Stevens

Helps believers understand the nature of the church as a whole and how to function as the body of Christ.

Suggestions for small-group sessions and one-to-one mentoring are included. Includes a music CD by Damaris Carbaugh with seven songs corresponding to the weekly topics. Daily interactive devotionals average 10 to 15 minutes.

 

Guides believers to develop healthy relationships, spend time with other believers, help one another grow strong in the Lord, and serve together to accomplish His kingdom purposes in the world. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)
 
Abide in Christ

by Andrew Murray and Bo Stevens

Based on Andrew Murray's The True Vine and delivered in a contemporary, interactive format.

 
Witness to the World

by Oscar Thompson and Carolyn Thompson Ritzmann

Based on the classic book Concentric Circles of Concern by the same authors, this study focuses on relational evangelism.

Offers practical lessons from the parable in John 15 to help Christians experience love and friendship in relationship with Christ. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)

 

Disciples are challenged to recognize their ever-growing concentric circle and to share their faith with family, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, and even strangers. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)

 
Pray in Faith

by T. W. Hunt and Claude King

Revised edition of Hunt's In God's Presence Participants learn to hear from God in prayer, and respond to God through confession, praise,
 
Minister to Others

by Richard Leach and David Wheeler

Helps new and growing believers and churches respond to Christ's call to a life of service.

worship, and thanksgiving; and join God's work through petition and intercession. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)

 

Reveals how God draws lost people to faith in His Son through acts of service and ministry evangelism. Encourages believers to develop a servant lifestyle. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)

 
Live in the Word

by Philip Nation

Believers will learn to recognize God’s voice in His Word and understand that His promises will accomplish whatever He desires for our lives. Leader guide included. (6 sessions)
 
 
 
DISCIPLESHIP PROCESS

Our Discipleship Process

·    Our Purpose: Glorify God by making Jesus known to all people.

·    Our Mission: make disciples.

·    Our Vision: make disciples who love God, love others, and serve the world.

·    Our Guiding Principles: from Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger.

Clarity  è Movement è Alignment è Focus

1.     Clarity is the ability of the process to be communicated and understood by the people.

2.     Movement is the sequential steps in the process that causes people to move to greater areas of commitment.

3.     Alignment is the arrangement of all ministries and staff around the same simple process.

4.     Focus is the commitment to abandon everything that falls outside of the simple ministry process.

Our Scriptural Basis

Our Mission: Make disciples - fully devoted followers of Jesus .

·      Go … make disciples of all nations … baptizing them … teaching them  - Matthew 28:19-20.

·     You, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also - 2 Tim 2:1-2 (HCSB) ¾ make disciples who reproduce themselves.

Our Vision: Make disciples who love God, love others, and serve the world .

·      Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind – Matthew 22:37.  Love God

·      Love your neighbor as yourself – Matthew 22:39. Love others

·     If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but shuts off his compassion from him—how can God’s love reside in him? - 1 John 3:16-17 (HCSB). Serve the world.

Our Goal: Spiritual transformation for all believers

·     Spiritual transformation is God’s work of changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus.

Make fully devoted followers of Jesus who think and act like Jesus.

·     My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you - Galatians 4:19 (NKJV).

·     We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit - 2 Corinthians 3:18 (HCSB)

Our Effort: Strive to be great in all we do

·     “Good is the enemy of great” (Jim Collins in Good to Great).

·     “It is a sin to be good when God has called us to be great” (Thom Reiner in Breakout Churches).

·     Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise - Philippians 4:8 (NLT).

Our Expectation: Faithfulness from every member

·     Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much - Luke 16:10 (HCSB).

·     Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful - 1 Corinthians 4:2 (NKJV).

  • We encourage every member to participate weekly in one worship service, one Bible study group, and one discipleship group and minister to believers and non-believers as the Lord leads.
 

 
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