Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make 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 t

Matthew 4:19.

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.

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

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

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

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

appendix c spiritual facts God created us to be in relationship with Himself (see Genesis 1:1,26; 3:8-9). God gave us a choice: Did we want to be in relationship with Him (see Genesis 2:16-17)? God warned us about the consequences of rejecting Him, not believing Him (see Genesis 2:17). We chose to be our own gods, to choose our own right and wrong

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, Connect, Minister, Disciple process (SCMD).