disciple making jerry d. porter

DISCIPLE MAKINGJerry D. Porter

Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, Idaho – October 15, 2010

Disciple Making

Our Highest Goal: To Be Like Jesus

Disciple Making

To MakeChristlike

Disciples in the Nations

Disciple Making

Always teaching and

Always being taught!

Take 1 minute to define:What is a Christlike

Disciple?

To Make Christlike Disciples In the Nations

Take 1 minute to describewhat needs to change in

our life to make Christlike disciples in

the nations?

To Make Christlike Disciples In the Nations

Disciple Making

“Christianity without

discipleship is Christianity

without Christ.” Dietrich

Bonhoeffer

Disciple Making

• Wesley’s System of Interlocking Groups:

• “Society” – corporate

• “Class” - open group

• “Band” - closed group

Disciple MakingWesley told his lay

preachers: “Preach in as many places as you can. Start as

many classes as you can. Do not preach

without starting new classes!”

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“My brother Wesley acted wisely – the souls

that were awakened under his ministry he

joined in classes. This I neglected and my

people are a rope of sand.” George Whitfield

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Programs do not make disciples. Disciples make

disciples!

Disciple Making

Jesus said: “I will build my church. . . You

make disciples.” Instead, we are all trying to build the

church and few of us are making disciples!

Disciple Making• Intentional discipleship• Begin with our family

and children• Invest more time in

fewer persons• Rich personal

relationships

Cali, Colombia House of Prayer Church of

the Nazarene

OCT 2009: 30,000 persons present2,500 persons embraced faith in Christ

Disciple Making

Who is discipling

you?Who are you

discipling?

Disciple Making• 1. Pray for guidance• 2. Ask a fruitful Christlike

friend to disciple you• 3. Ask fruitful & faithful

Christians to join your discipleship group

• 4. Clarify expectations in time and discipling others

Disciple Making• 5.Select the disciple

making meeting frequency & agenda: Bible, book, group topics, etc.

• 6. How will we pray for each other and hold each other accountable as Christlike disciples making disciples who make disciples?

Paul’s disciples include Achaicus, Ampliatus, Andronicus, Apelles,

Apollos, Aquila, Archippus, Aristarchus, Aristobulus, Artemas,

Asyncritus, Crescens, Demas, Epaphras, Epenetus, Erastus,

Eubulus, Filemon, Fortunatus, Gaius, Hermas, Hermes, Herodion, Jesus

(called Justus), Junias, Linus, Luke, Mnason, Barnabas’ cousin Mark,

Narcissus, Nereus, Olympas, Onesimus, Onesiphorus, Patrobas,

Philemon, Philologus, Phlegon, Pudens, Rufus, Secundus, Silas,

Sopater, Stachys, Stephanas, Timothy, Titus, Trophimus, Tychicus,

Urbanus, Zenas, and women, including Apphia, Claudia, Julia, Mary, Nympha, Persis, Phoebe,

Priscilla, Tryphena, and Tryphosa.

1. Jesus 2. Jesus discipled Peter.

3. Peter discipled Barnabas.4. Barnabas discipled Paul.5. Paul discipled Timothy.

6. Timothy discipled ”reliable persons” 7. Reliable persons

qualified to teach others.” (2 Tim 2:2 NIV)

Disciple Making

Jesus prayed all night and then began to gather his 12 disciples. He invested 3 years in these disciples who in turn would disciple others. If each disciple gathered 12 in a 3 year period, they would multiply from…1 to 13 to 150 to

1,800 to 20,000 to

A quarter of a million to

3 million in a 21-year period.

Disciple Making

• MULTIPLICATION:• During 30 days, would you prefer $10,000/day or ONE PENNEY per day, doubling daily the number of pennies?

• $300,000 or $10,000,000?• Fold a piece of paper 50 times

Disciple Making

• MULTIPLICATION:• During 30 days, would you prefer $10,000/day or ONE PENNEY per day, doubling daily the number of pennies?

• $300,000 or $10,000,000?• Fold a piece of paper 50 times

–Stack of paper to the moon & beyond!

Disciple Making

Disciple Making

Always teaching and

Always being taught!

Disciple Making

To MakeChristlike

Disciples in the Nations