1. Bath Deanery Everyone a disciple Everyone a disciple-maker

2. THE STORY SO FAR

3. 2011

4. CHANGE

5. CHANGE

6. VISION FOR GROWTH

7. MAKING DISCIPLES

8. VISION Our desire is to see hundreds more people drawn into discipleship and our whole community changed and transformed by God’s loving rule.

9. 2012

10. ONGOING REVIEW EVERY parish to draw up a DISCIPLESHIP VISION as a basis for ongoing review

11. A DISCIPLESHIP VISION outlines the way that a church hopes to make and nurture disciples

12. HOW ARE DISCIPLES MADE AND NURTURED?

13. IMPRESSION INVITATION INSTRUCTION IMMERSION IMITATION Making Growing

14. GAINING A DISCIPLESHIP VISION

15. Agree underlying assumptions about discipleship Gain agreement over developing and implementing a Discipleship Vision – Agree a definition of discipleship – Set out a simple Discipleship Vision Statement – Agree a way to embed this vision in the life of the church family Determine the process through which you currently make and nurture disciples Making a DISCIPLESHIP VISION

16. IMPRESSION INVITATION INSTRUCTION IMMERSION IMITATION Making Growing

17. Determine ways to improve these or how you will develop them further Determine the way you will equip the saints for whole life discipleship and ministry Set out how you will evaluate the level of discipleship in the life of the church and review the discipleship culture of the church for different groups of people Making a DISCIPLESHIP VISION

18. DO IT