If you have been a Christian any length of time you have heard the bible verse about us being a body of believers and Jesus is the head of the body (Romans 12:4-5). That is where discipleship is birthed. The community setting where Jesus draws each of us together is what makes discipleship so important to believers. The community helps to build up the body as a whole and then helps strengthen the individual parts who intern make the body stronger.
Churches aren’t meant to make leaders. Leaders come from discipling new believers to maturity, not teaching leadership course to people who don’t know Christ very well or stealing leaders from other churches. That is just a fact. I love reading leadership books that talk about all the good leaders being somewhere else and how they need to be persuaded to come help us. While that can be a quick fix and help now, what happens when they are stolen by another church? Mature leaders who have been discipled in your church will stay with you through thick and thin, and they will make more disciples as they grow.
The church community must be mature. This is where many churches are struggling today, and it comes from trying to use programs to disciple our people, not people to disciple our people. We fell into the trap of the quick fix and the pastor who is hands off, and new believers we left to fend for themselves at worse, or given DVD curriculum at best. We must relearn disciple making and begin to disciple one-on-one. You know you have a core group of believer you can work with to start the ball rolling. Two things I recommend, one is Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time
Media can be a useful supplement, but it is hollow when compared to true teaching. I know I am accountable for this people but I hope I can have the courage to spread salvation to them.
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I was really involved until I moved to the booneys! I was a volunteer at The House of Ruth..a crisis pregnancy center.Also at The Mission…a weekly donation of food,clothes,and hygene kits for the needy.Both these programs are very helpfull to the comunity.The House of Ruth is an education based program that pays our clients in mommy $ for watching educational films about how to care for their child/ren the $ can be used to buy diapers,wipes,formula,furnature,and clothes to name a few.Great program.The Mission hosts a daily free lunch to feed the Hungry and people can come get things they need like food,clothes,blankets and hygene kits once a week.It also helps ALOT of people!
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I agree with you Steve leaders come from disciplining new believers to maturity, not teaching leadership course to people who don’t know Christ very well. Jesus draws each of us together is what makes discipleship so important to believers.
I just got done working with a church that used a DVD curriculum…and what you’re saying is so true. One on one communication and teaching is how to gain disciples. Media can be a useful supplement, but it is hollow when compared to true teaching.
Nice post It seems like churches have become an extension of the world in there desires to compete with each other. I think there has been some misunderstandings that have been passed down, that the Messiah himself warned the church (which is actually the people and not a building) against.
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Absolutely discipleship is a must if you are really a true Christian. I must admit that I have not been doing discipleship for quite a time now, I know I am accountable for this people but I hope I can have the courage to spread salvation to them.
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