Characteristics of a Disciple

This is not an exhaustive or complete list. But when talking about a disciple, you need to have a starting point. These are my “starting points”.
Disciples are:

obedient to the will of God
growing in their relationship with Jesus
displaying fruits of the Spirit
serving people
producing other disciples

This list begs the question, “How?” after each characteristic. “How is a [...]

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A Discipleship Plan

Ok, so in reality it is a buisness plan, but I need to justify myself for mixing business and the church. I am enrolled at TUFW for Business Administration. A degree I started a few years ago. This semester I am taking Creative Innovation and New Venture & Entrepreunership. For both classes I will be [...]

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Begin with the end

So to answer the question to my last post how would you create a church full of disciples? I think the first step is to begin with the end in mind. You can do that by asking two questions: ”What does a disciple look like?” Or, “what characteristics identify a disciple?” Here are a few I came up with:

Works towards Christ-likeness: [...]

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How does a church create disciples?

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 [...]

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Concepts vs. Action

I just finished the discipleship section in Alan Hirsch’s book The Forgotten Ways. He ended the section talking about the difference between Action Learning vs. Academy Learning. Since Christianity started with the Jews, discipleship was modeled from the Hebrews, which is an action oriented-learn as you go-working with a mentor way.
As Christianity moved into the gentile audience, [...]

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