For the last five months, I have been serving as the Interim Discipleship Pastor for a nearby church. In that capacity, I recently led a five-week discipleship group through The Forge Bible Study on Wednesday nights. On Sunday following our final study together, I had arranged for 75 church members…
Our discipling groups are places for practicing care with one another so that care spills over into lives beyond the group.
Competence and confidence will come from repetition and conversation. How are you accomplishing these goals?
When your disciples gain competence and confidence they desire to share what they have learned. Invest forward.
Four questions are shared to better understand discipleship needs along with seven options for addressing those needs.
Some personalities struggle with tension. But like stress, these discipleship tensions are made to be experienced.
Hold accountable or encourage? Some need a drill sergeant barking orders, but most people prefer someone walking with them toward change.
We tend to try to make most things too complicated. We tend to underestimate the power of simplicity. Starting small is best.
Great disciple-making questions are naturally relational, encourage conversation, deepen insight, lead to assessment, and taking next steps.
Which had the greatest impact on your growth as a disciple: events or people? What if we change events versus relationships to AND?
Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.