2. Key Elements to Life-Transforming Discipleship
TEAM DAY JANUARY 28, 2017

3. Rev. Dr. Earl L. Gillett

4. Discipleship & The Church
If you make disciples, you will always get the church. If you make the church, you may or may not end up with disciples. Mike Breen

5. Three Primary Questions need to be answered:
1.What does the future of the church look like? 2. How do we make disciples? 3. How do we reach the un- churched and de-churched?

6. To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations
Our Nazarene Mission:
To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations

7. Discipleship & The Church
Our conversations: Discipleship vs. Leadership vs. Missional & Organic

8. Can we agree?
Jesus gets to define what a disciple is and does. See: Luke 9-10 Matthew 28 Acts 1

9. Making Disciples Like Jesus
Fundamental characteristics of Jesus’ discipling method:
INVITATION
CHALLENGE

10. Invitation Defined Close Relationship Complete Access to Life
Fellowship
Vulnerability
Life on Life
Love
Support
Encouragement

11. Challenge Defined Accountability Inquiring Homework Revealing Learning
Push for Excellence

12. Discipleship Leadership Missional Living

13. How do we learn? How do we train others?
Making Disciples???
How do we learn? How do we train others?

14. Making Disciples???
Our Way: Information  Life Change Jesus’ Way: Instruction  Immersion  Innovation

15. Relationship with God in Jesus Christ
Key Element #1:
Relationship with God in Jesus Christ

16. Committed to God’s word: learning knowing living
Key Element #2:
Committed to God’s word: learning knowing living

17. Community & Koinonia (oikos – household/tribe)
Key Element #3:
Community & Koinonia (oikos – household/tribe)

18. Disciple-maker oriented - Disciples want to become who the Rabbi is.
Key Element #4
Disciple-maker oriented - Disciples want to become who the Rabbi is.

19. Key Elements #5:
Discipleship deepens three relationships: God God’s People Last, Least, Lost People

20. Discipleship deepens three relationships

21. Discipleship starts with ordinary people (no class excluded)
Key Element #6:
Discipleship starts with ordinary people (no class excluded)

22. Where / What is a 21st century place to make it happen?

23. Where / What is a place to make it happen?
CLASS (John Wesley)
Small Groups
Sunday School
Pods
Huddle
Worship Services
Organic Missional Communities
Information based classes

24. Building a high challenge, high invitation church requires unique:
Vehicle
Culture

25. Where / What is a 21st century place to make it happen?
HUDDLE A Huddle is a discipling environment for current and/or future disciples and disciple-makers (leaders)

26. What this discipling relationship offers:
A discipleship vehicle: Huddle
A discipleship language: LifeShapes
Access to you, the discipling leader

28. 8:6: :

29. More Resources
rcnchurch.com/3dm Discipleship & Mission Conference May 8-9, 2017 Decatur, IL