{"id":562,"date":"2020-07-24T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplingasyougo.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2020-07-24T13:59:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:59:47","slug":"becoming-a-disciple-maker-in-a-local-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplingasyougo.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a disciple-maker in a local church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last blog we compared how the Church today gauges effectiveness and how that compares with \u2018How did Jesus gauge effectiveness?\u2019 In response Graeme Jones who has extensive experience as a Church leader responded with the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI wonder how many churches could simply define what discipleship looks like. Is it a course, a Bible study, mentoring, personal time with God guided by a book or person, etc. Then how does a person become a disciple maker in a local church. I don\u2019t think many know how they can personally be involved in the disciple making process\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read my initial response at the bottom of the last blog <a href=\"https:\/\/disciplingasyougo.com\/?p=549\">\u2018How did Jesus gauge effectiveness?\u2019<\/a> But let\u2019s go a bit deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Discipleship is more than learning<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t put people into a world where they\u2019re experiencing what    they\u2019re learning, they\u2019re simply learning information and not living in obedience to it. By continuing to give them more information, you\u2019re simply making them more and more disobedient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1776, Methodists accounted for 2.5 percent of religious adherents in the American colonies, the second smallest of the major denominations of that time.&nbsp; By 1850, Methodists comprised 34.2 percent of religious adherents in the United States, which was 14 percent more than the next largest group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What set Wesley and his followers apart from the other religious groups surrounding them was that <em>\u201cmany church leaders were telling people what they <strong>ought <\/strong>to do, but individual Methodists were telling each other what they were <strong>doing<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 In other words, as they went about relating to potential disciples, they talked with one another about what was happening and also linked these emerging disciples with others on the same journey. John Whitefield said: <em>My brother Wesley acted wisely; the souls that were awakened under his ministry he joined in class, and thus preserved the fruits of his labour.\u00a0 This I neglected and my people are a rope of sand<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Discipleship is a relationship not a program<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discipleship is all about loving God, loving others and making disciples. Loving God is a personal, intimate journey. Discipleship is not measured by following a set of rules, or learning a lot of facts, it is based on your relationship with Jesus. Loving others is two-fold: loving people as I live and relate with them in a small faith community and loving others with the compassion of Jesus which motivates me to make disciples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To take this discussion even further, the following 2 links will take you to two blogs where you will find an interview I did with Dr. Robert (Bob) Logan on this subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loganleadership.com\/colin-noyes-on-discipleship\/\">Colin Noyes on Discipleship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loganleadership.com\/colin-noyes-on-interacting-with-potential-disciples\/\">Colin Noyes on interacting with potential disciples<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next blog will give you the link to the final two blogs by Bob Logan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last blog we compared how the Church today gauges effectiveness and how that compares with \u2018How did Jesus gauge effectiveness?\u2019 In response Graeme Jones who has extensive experience as a Church leader responded with the following. \u201cI wonder how many churches could simply define what discipleship looks like. 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