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DISCIPLE MAKING Jerry D. Porter. Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, Idaho – October 15, 2010. Disciple Making. Our Highest Goal: To Be Like Jesus. Disciple Making. To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations. Disciple Making. Always teaching and Always being taught!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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!”
Disciple Making
“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
Disciple Making
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