Or, should a church create disciples? That is one of the questions we are wrestling with as a staff? Sometimes it feels as though churches are more into managing programs rather than creating/equipping/building disciples. Most everyone would agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all discipleship system. And that is not the conclusion I am coming to with this post. However, we can become more intentional about creating disciples.
It seems for the past 15-20 years a lot of churches, County Line included, began to add programs/ministry left and right. With the idea that the more programs we have the more we can offer people and the more opportunity we will have to attract people to the church. Not a bad idea, at first. The reality, as we fast forward to today, is that the leadership is stuck managing programs rather than creating disciples (See Great Commission at the end of Matthew’s Gospel).
So, if we could start all over again, with the focus of creating disciples, how should we proceed?
[...] 26, 2008 by nathantatman So to answer the question to my last post how would you begin to start a church full of disciples? The first thing I would do is to begin [...]