1. Pastoral Discipleship: Pastor as Discipler
Dr. Christopher Cone
drcone.com
calvary.edu

2. Analogy of Growth: Stages of Maturity
New birth– believing in Christ – Jn 3
Infancy – learning truth, milk of the word – 1 Cor 3:1-2, 1 Pet 2:2-3
Childhood –learning how to learn truth, solid food – 1 Cor 3:2, Heb 5:12
Adolescence – processing, analyzing, and applying the word – Tit 2:6, 1 Jn 2:13-14
Adulthood – being mature, applying and sharing the word, parenting – Ezra 7:10, 2 Tim 2:2, Tit 2:2-8

3. Pastoral Discipleship Models
Examples from the commissions – Mt. 28:18-20, Mk 16:15, Lk 24:47-53, Acts 1:1-8.
Example of Christ with His disciples – Mt 13, 17:1, 17:24-27, 24:1-3
Example of Paul with Timothy – 1 Tim 1:2-18, 2 Tim 1:2-4, 2:1

4. Pastoral Emphasis: Stages of Maturity
New birth– pastoral preaching, evangelism
Infancy – pastoral teaching, depositing knowledge
Childhood –pastoral teaching, modeling learning
Adolescence – pastoral teaching, modeling thinking and method
Adulthood – pastoral teaching, peer relationship, modeling fatherhood

5. Pastoral Challenges in Discipleship
Time
Finding faithful men
The banquet hall or the kitchen?
Many? Few? One?
Setting the agenda
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