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Discipleship is not one of the things the church is supposed to do, it is the thing the church is commanded to do.
Jesus knew he only had a 3 year window to build into his ragtag team everything they needed in order to be trusted with the kingdom.
3 years
to teach them everything they needed to know
to give them hands-on training and experience
to develop spiritual disciplines
to turn them into leaders
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We have continued to have our Strategic Discipleship small groups through the pandemic and have just switched to meeting on Zoom. The material actually does well on Zoom and our people have been able to see each other and learn together.
We have continued to have our Strategic Discipleship small groups through the pandemic and have just switched to meeting on Zoom. The material actually does well on Zoom and our people have been able to see each other and learn together.
If you are looking for material that is Biblical and aligns with God’s Word this book will assist you! Our church is using this material to disciple people and our people are growing spiritually. The material is organized, builds on each lesson, has momentum, and is Biblically sound.
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He could not waste his time; he had to maximize every moment.
Everything he did with them was purposeful and moved them closer to the leadership goal.
Jesus’ message to the church was to stay focused on the primary task of making disciples who, in turn, would make other disciples.
Every church believes that it makes disciples, and it probably does to some degree.
The question is, “How effective are we at intentionally and strategically creating leaders who, in turn, create ongoing disciples?”
Jesus did it in three years.
Phase 1
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Foundations
Who Is God?
Who Are We?
Who is Jesus?
Why Did Jesus Come?
The Lordship of Jesus
Understanding Baptism
The Lord’s Table
The Holy Spirit
The Spirit-filled Life
The Bible
Prayer
The Family of God
Life of Jesus
Jesus In Genesis
The Tabernacle
The Promised Messiah
Jesus’ Birth
The Temptation of Jesus
The Kingdom Of God
Kingdom Character
Prayer
The Family of God
Phase 2
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Spiritual Disciplines
Philippians 1-4
Praying Without Fear
Praying For Relationship
Praying Strategically
God’s Resources
Expressing Dependence
Giving Yourself
Spiritual Identity
Lie: I Am Not Loved
Applying The Truth
It Is Finished
Lie: I Must Do More
Applying The Truth
God Is Changing You
Lie: I Cannot Change
Applying The Truth
You Are Significant
Lie: I Have Nothing To Offer
Applying The Truth
The Big Picture
Ministry Partnership
Partner Commitment
Phase 3
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The Mission
The Mission
The Core Message
Knowing Your Story
S.A.I.L.
Strategic and Intentional
Spiritual Warefare
Satan’s Identity
Jesus’ Victory
The Believer’s Authority
Exercising Authority
Maintaining Freedom
Living Your Faith
Hearing God
Discerning the Message
Spiritual Focus
Responding to God
Submission to God
Navigating Suffering
Submitting to Others
Judging Others
Resolving Conflict
Judging vs. Forgiving
How to Forgive
Church Discipline
Worship
Worship and Integrity
Worship and Praise
Phase 4
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Going Deeper
The Priority Of Context
Words To Look For
The Main Principle
Biblical Tension
Applying The Word
Narrative Passages
Kingdom Rule
Restored Rule
Ruling Courageously
Ruling Strategically
Living Grace
The Grace Tension
The Scorecard
Grace and Obedience
Sharing Grace
Godly Sexuality
Sexual Purity
Boundaries
Church Leadership
Leadership Ministries
Struggling With Authority
The End Times
End Time Events
Understanding Judgement
Understanding Heaven
Our Perspective
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Our Approach to Discipleship
A worship service is a wonderful time and there is no question about the power of the spoken word to impact lives. Large group teaching has its definite biblical role to play. Effective discipleship, however, does not happen in a large group setting. There are simply too many people at different stages of life to move them all one step forward. Jesus understood this. He taught large crowds about the kingdom of God, but intentional leadership development he left to a small group approach.
Our small group discipleship strategy maps out a 4 year (approx. 26 weeks of studies/year) process providing teaching appropriate to each stage of development.
Spiritual Gifts & Ministry Placement
You will notice we provide no teaching on spiritual gifts or ministry fit in this curriculum. The reason for this is that we have discovered helping people find their place of ministry impact has to occur much earlier and more frequently than a one time lesson in a four year curriculum permits. We encourage churches to offer this type of training several times a year to get people practically involved in ministry areas where they are effective. There are several ministry tools already on the market that can help with this task.
Teaching & Shepherding
We have said that discipleship is not just conveying information. However, conveying information is “part” of the discipleship process. We are to TEACH people to obey everything Jesus commanded us. The curriculum provided is the “CONTENT” we believe every disciple needs to understand. The goal of the small group though, is that we do much more than just “teach”. We WALK WITH PEOPLE through life, helping them to become like Christ.
Understanding how to follow Christ involves having a community of people who will model godly behavior, encourage personal outreach, speak wisdom into your life, hold you accountable, encourage you and help bear your burdens. This is so important that we believe it helps to have someone with shepherding gifts to help facilitate this dynamic within the group. Teachers, by nature, want people to understand truths and community building can often get pushed to the side. Shepherds by nature want to build community and will often not get through the content that people need to understand. Having both a Teacher and a Shepherd in each group helps maintain a healthy balance and frees up each leader from having to think in two directions. A healthy tension will always exists as to which emphases gets how much time and it may vary from week to week.
Apprenticing
The End Goal
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