Where to Start Church Discipleship
On the first page of Discipleship I brought up three positions that most people in leadership find themselves. 1. Being successful at discipleship. 2. Having a desire for discipleship but not understanding why people don’t have the same desire that you have. 3. Being unconcerned with discipleship. Let me address the former first. I want to address each one of these things, and I believe that you should be familiar with each one of these because they can become the cycle of your ministry.
Being successful at discipleship
One of the things you should consider when you have been successful at discipleship is that it can change or fade with time, different people, and different circumstances. The truth of Scripture never changes. We cannot change the truth of the gospel and the truth of the character of God, and to do so in order to continue being successful at discipleship would be a massive failure. Generations change, however, and so does world views, so you must be able to learn what is changing in the world in order to better understand what you are fighting against currently. That is something that a website may not be able to help you with, however, my hope is that there are things on this website that will help renew you.
Having a desire for discipleship but not understanding why people don't have the same desire that you have.
Being unconcerned with discipleship
We addressed the person having no desire for discipleship on the homepage. And logically you would not be here if you have never had the desire to disciple people. So you are perhaps burned out. You have been in ministry for a long time and it has taken its tole. In many ways I cannot tell you something you don't already know and understand. So our approach will be more to rejuvenate and refresh you, to encourage you and help you get back to the place that you once were.
There are many thing that we need to consider when creating a discipleship program within your church. The first thing you should understand is that you need to be discipled yourself. It doesn't matter how long you have been doing ministry. There is something amazing about being refreshed through hearing good preaching and or teaching. Don't forget to do that, because I know you are busy disciplining others.
