Putting it all together, a disciple is one who is: Following Christ (head). A disciple has surrendered to Jesus as Savior and Lord of his or her life. A disciple is one who says, “I know He is Lord and Savior and I accept Him as my authority.” Being changed by Jesus (heart). Jesus said we would know a tree by its fruit (see Matthew 7:17-20). He did

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Jesus, the disciple-maker, not only shared the truth about Himself with His disciples but also offered an opportunity for them to connect with Him.

“come, follow me”: a disciple knows and follows christ From Jesus’ perspective, a disciple is one who follows Him.

Share Your Testimony Disciple-makers need to be able to tell others who they are and what God has done in their lives. The spiritually dead need to hear about our experiences with God. We must be truthful and be sure not to sound as though we are perfect, because those we spend time with will soon discover our foibles anyway. As we share, we can

three keys to His success: Jesus was an intentional leader in every sense. He did His disciple-making in a relational environment. He followed a process that can be learned and repeated. In other words, An intentional leader + relational environment + reproducible process = infinite number of disciples

here’s how we use storying. Our pastoral team meets and chooses a story set for the year that we think is relevant for our people and what they are dealing with. This is called a biblical arc. Three years ago, we did a walk through the Bible from the Old Testament to the Cross. The next year, we went through the gospels, showing what Jesus did to

Jesus shared with His disciples the truth that He was the Messiah.

“fishers of men”: a disciple is committed to the mission of christ