Praying for a Healthy Church

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Comment by Jonathan D Thomas Sr on May 24, 2011 at 8:40pm

I've never been involved in a small group study, although it sounds very interesting. I've been to several large Bible Study groups, especially Baptist Men's Meetings. However, I've never really been discipled and I don't know how to go about discipling someone else. My church needs help. Where can I start (after I finish praying)?

Comment by Jenni Biegler on November 18, 2010 at 11:50pm

Judy, I went through a lot of Navigators stuff, including the 2:7 series. I miss this stuff and people who are interested/committed to going through it together.

Comment by Judy Secor on November 18, 2010 at 9:48pm

Navigators are awesome in their helps for discipling and making disciples and disciplers. Try their 2:7 Series. Go to NavPress online, or click on Cindy's book at right upper of this page to get there.

Comment by Jenni Biegler on November 3, 2010 at 12:42am

I just received a copy of "Real-life Discipleship Training Manual". It's a great resource for training your leaders to disciple others. It is set up to work well as a small group study. I'm eager to use it but don't have the opportunity to do so at this point. What is your church currently doing in the area of discipleship?

Comment by Michael E. Coleman on October 25, 2010 at 10:11am

Jenni,
Thank you for you comments, I think they are spot on. We must stop the confusion and become more than an inch deep. The very life of the church must revolve around discipleship. I visited a church recently that asked the question, Do you want to go deeper? This to me was a wonderful invitation to discipleship. It so permeated the life of the church until it was the question each individual was answering for them self.

Do you have other ideas that you could share?

Comment by Jenni Biegler on October 24, 2010 at 6:49pm

I'm passionate about discipleship but find that so many either don't know what it is at all or they confuse it with Evangelism. Someone has said that the problem is that the church is a mile wide but only an inch deep.

Great emphasis on Evangelism got people saved but then what? How many of them were taught how to grow and become mature followers of Christ?