These pages are designed for use to aid discipleship among Christians through individual Bible study, Cell groups, Home groups, or for meeting one to one. If you wish, you could use the questions, while leaving the group to choose their own translation of the Bible.
Just as a baby is lost without its parents, a young believer needs help and support to start off life with Jesus. The areas of support needed include -
- Engaging with Jesus
- Living examples of how to live the faith - (That would be you :-) )
- Engaging with the Bible
- Help to see the spiritual dimension of the issues of life they go through.
- Someone to be bringing them before God in prayer.
Make Disciples
What a privilege it is when the Lord brings us to the point where the grace and love that He has poured into our lives can be poured out as an overflow into the lives of others!
It is not just a privilege, it is also a challenge. Thankfully the Lord already knows our limitations. He knows that we don’t understand things perfectly and is willing to help us through our stumbling efforts at the beginning.
We have here pages that are aimed to make things a little easier for those starting out and to help those who have been at it for some time come to a deeper realisation of what it is all about.
The Principles of Ministry pages contain the Biblical teaching. These deal mostly with our attitudes in ministry. The fundamental is that Jesus is the source of all we do. The great issue is when we think we have it sorted and do everything our own way, or the way we were taught. These pages will help us to understand how God works through us.
The Practical Disciple making pages look at some practical means of helping a Christian. The focus here is on personal ministry in order to help a younger Christian to engage with Christ in the adventure of life that God has set before them. The aim is to give you enough help that you are able to go with them relationally, and have enough of a plan that you don’t get lost on the way. The last four pages deal with helping people at their spiritual life stage - new to faith, growing in faith, involved in ministry, and growing in maturity and leadership.
The Practical Group Ministry pages are for those who lead some form of discussion group. These look at some of the tools that will help you find your way through the process of leading a group. Subjects include - group dynamics, environments for growth, discussion dynamics, and crafting questions..
The Experiences of Leadership pages are some examples from my life that I hope add a bit of colour to the rest.
