Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“and i will make you”: a disciple is being changed by christ

Share, Connect, Minister, Disciple process (SCMD).

MasterLife discipleship materials

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

He trained them to minister to the people who came to hear Him. As they became more confident, He sent the disciples out by twos to preach and do miracles.

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 ta

Matthew 4:19.

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

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 t