DISCIPLE-MAKING Equipping Your Disciples to Make Disciples

2 Timothy 2:2

THE PURPOSE

THE PROBLEM

THE PLAN: Disciple-Making Overview — The 4 E’S (Col. 1:28-29)

EQUIPPING PARTICULARS Process:

Principles:

Practicals:

Person:

Disciple-Making: Equipping

Suggested Books on Disciple-Making 1. The Lost Art of Disciple-Making – Leroy Eims 2. Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be – Leroy Eims 3. Disciples are Made Not Born — Walt Henrichsen 4. Discipleship – Allen Hadidian 5. Master Plan of Evangelism – Robert E. Coleman 6. Spiritual Leadership – J. Oswald Sanders 7. The Fuel and the Flame – Steve Shadrach

Vision

Need

Solutio

n

Message

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visio

n is

the

WOR

LD (

Rev.

7:9

)

The

grea

t nee

d in

the

wor

ld is

LAB

ORER

S (M

att.

9:36

-38)

.

The

solu

tion

is M

ULTI

PLYI

NG D

ISCI

PLEM

AKER

S (M

att.

28:1

8-20

).

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m. 1

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!!!!!!!!"!Having!your!own!Evangelistic!Bible!Study

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commits!him

self!for!an!extended!period!of!time!to!a!few!individuals!who!have!been!

won!to!Christ,!the!purpose!being!to!aid!and!guide!their!growth!to!m

aturity!and!to!

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!

!

ONE$ON$ONE$PLANNING$

DIRECTION$QUESTIONS:$

Where$am$I$taking$them?$

We#are#taking#them#toward#spiritual#maturity.!

!

Where$are$they$now?$

What#key#observations#have#I#made#about#my#disciple#this#week?#

!

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In#light#of#these#observations,#what#is#their#biggest#need?#

!

Which$aspect$of$the$Wheel$Diagram$do$we$need$to$focus$on?$

WORD# PRAYER# EVANGELISM# FELLOWSHIP$

Which$aspect$of$the$Training$Language$do$I$need$to$use$to$help$them$take$their$next$step?$

Do$it$in$Front$of$them$

Christ>likeness#

Do$it$With$them$

Confidence#

Teach$them$Why$

Conviction#

Show$them$How$

Competence$

Keep$them$Going$

Consistency$

DISCIPLESHIP$GROUP$PLANNING$

THOUGHTS$FOR$PLANNING:$

What!key!observations!have!I!made!about!my!disciples!this!week?! In!light!of!these!observations,!what!is!their!biggest!common!need?!

! !

ANNOUNCEMENTS$OR$ADDITIONAL$ASSIGNMENTS:$

!

DOGROUP$WEEKLY$FLOW$

Prayer$

(10#min)#Scripture$Memory$

(10#min)#

Share$Time$&$

Accountability$

(25#min)#

Assignment$

Discussion$

(30#min)$

Wheel$Diagram$

(30#min)$

ACTS!Prayer!Method! Review!&!Practice!

1)!Prepare!thoughtful!questions!for!the!share!

time.!!

2)!Ask!about!their!time!alone!with!God.!

!

1)!Use!the!discussion!questions!for!the!book!

provided.!!

2)!Lack!of!emphasis!of!assignments!results!in!lack!

of!completion.!!

Pick!an!aspect!to!discuss!each!week.!

Topi

c:G

oal:

"Whe

re a

m I

taki

ng th

em?"

Nex

t Ste

ps:

Ac

tivite

s to

Mov

e Th

em F

orw

ard

Scrip

ture

:

Rela

tions

hip

w/

Chris

tSo

meo

ne w

ho is

mot

ivat

ed b

y Ch

rist's

love

, is

a se

lf-fe

eder

and

prio

ritiz

es s

pend

ing

intim

ate

time

with

H

im o

n a

regu

lar b

asis

.

Get

in th

e w

ord

with

them

; Pra

y w

ith th

em; H

elp

them

un

ders

tand

wha

t it m

eans

to w

alk

with

Jesu

s da

ily; H

elp

them

ex

amin

e th

eir m

otiv

es o

n a

regu

lar b

asis

; Are

they

livi

ng li

ke

know

ing

Jesu

s is

a p

rivile

ge?

Mk.

1:1

5; Jn

15;

2 C

or.

3:18

; 5:1

4-21

; Phi

l 3:7

-11

Unde

rsta

ndin

g of

Gos

pelSo

meo

ne w

ho d

eepl

y un

ders

tand

s th

e go

spel

and

ap

plie

s it

to th

eir h

eart

Shar

e th

e go

spel

with

them

aga

in; S

tudy

pas

sage

s th

at

expl

icitl

y ex

plai

n th

e go

spel

; Hav

e th

em e

xpla

in th

e go

spel

to

you;

Tea

ch th

em h

ow th

e go

spel

app

lies

to re

al li

fe m

omen

ts

Rom

. 3:1

9-26

; 5:1

-11;

Ti

tus

2:11

-14;

Rela

tions

hip

w/

Sin

Som

eone

who

hat

es s

in, s

earc

hes

them

selv

es fo

r it

and

viol

ently

figh

ts it

by

livin

g a

life

full

of re

pent

ance

an

d fa

ith

Hel

p th

em id

entif

y id

ols

in th

eir l

ife b

y w

alki

ng th

em th

roug

h "H

eat,

Thor

ns, C

ross

, Fru

it"; M

odel

a li

fe th

at is

mak

ing

war

on

sin

& is

not

OK

with

it in

you

r life

; Be

quic

k to

con

fess

sin

; M

emor

ize

Psa.

119

:9,1

1 w

ith th

em

Psa.

119

:9,1

1; 1

Cor

. 6:

12-2

0; 1

0:13

; Rom

. 6:

1-23

; 1 Jn

. 1:9

; Psa

51

Com

mun

itySo

meo

ne w

ho s

ees

thei

r des

pera

te n

eed

for

com

mun

ity a

nd ta

kes

nece

ssar

y ac

tions

to m

ake

it a

real

ity

Expo

se th

em to

oth

er C

hris

tians

; Be

open

, vul

nera

ble

and

trans

pare

nt in

acc

ount

abili

ty; D

evel

op a

dee

p fri

ends

hip

with

th

em; H

ave

fun

shar

ed e

xper

ienc

es; T

ake

them

to c

hurc

h;

Hel

p th

em w

ork

thro

ugh

conf

lict;

Teac

h th

em h

ow to

hav

e fe

llow

ship

Heb

. 10:

24-2

5; Jn

. 13:

34-

35; A

cts

2:42

-47

Evan

gelis

mSo

meo

ne w

ho p

assi

onat

ely

desi

res

to c

omm

unic

ate

the

gosp

el to

oth

ers

as a

life

styl

e, h

as th

e sk

ills

to b

e ab

le to

do

so a

nd h

as a

hea

rt fo

r the

lost

full

of

com

pass

ion

Take

eva

ngel

ism

thro

ugh

each

asp

ect o

f the

trai

ning

la

ngua

ge; T

each

them

the

Gos

pel G

rid to

ol a

nd a

pply

eac

h as

pect

of t

he tr

aini

ng la

ngua

ge; D

o a

sile

nt o

utre

ach;

Pra

y fo

r un

reac

hed

peop

le g

roup

s

1 Co

r. 9:

16-2

7; M

att.

4:19

; 28:

18-2

0; A

cts

1:8

God

's W

ord

Som

eone

who

love

s &

pra

ctic

es e

ach

aspe

ct o

f the

H

and

Illus

tratio

n (H

ear,

Read

, Stu

dy, M

emor

ize,

M

edita

te, A

pply

) & b

elie

ves

God

's P

rom

ises

(Life

styl

e of

faith

& tr

ust)

Appl

y ea

ch a

spec

t of t

he tr

aini

ng la

ngua

ge to

the

OIM

A m

etho

d; H

elp

them

do

indu

ctiv

e st

udy

of a

n ep

istle

; Buy

a

scrip

ture

mem

ory

box

for t

hem

& h

elp

set i

t up;

Exp

ose

them

to

a m

issi

onar

y bi

ogra

phy

whe

re p

eopl

e w

alke

d by

faith

2 Ti

m. 3

:16-

17; M

ark

11:2

3-24

; Jn.

8:3

1; R

om.

12:1

; Jos

h. 1

:8; M

att.

4;

Psa

1:1-

3; 1

19; 2

Tim

. 2:

15; J

ames

1:2

2-24

; Ac

ts 1

7:11

Trai

ning

Obj

ectiv

es fo

r a D

isci

ple:

Bui

ldin

g a

Labo

rer

Pray

erSo

meo

ne w

ho b

elie

ves

in th

e po

wer

of p

raye

r, pr

ays

for G

od to

do

big

thin

gs, d

epen

ds o

n pr

ayer

and

en

joys

spe

ndin

g tim

e w

ith G

od in

pra

yer

Appl

y ea

ch a

spec

t of t

he tr

aini

ng la

ngua

ge to

the

ACTS

M

etho

d; P

ray

for G

od to

ach

ieve

gre

at th

ings

in fr

ont o

f the

m

& w

ith th

em; K

eep

a tru

st G

od li

st a

nd ta

ke n

ote

whe

n G

od

answ

ers

pray

er; G

o on

pra

yer w

alks

; Fas

t & P

ray

toge

ther

Col.

4:2;

Jer.

33:3

; Lk.

5:

16; 1

The

ss. 5

:17;

Mk.

1:

35; J

n. 1

7

Lord

ship

Som

eone

who

follo

ws

hard

afte

r Chr

ist a

nd re

volv

es

thei

r life

aro

und

His

val

ues

no m

atte

r if t

hey

feel

like

it

or n

ot

Hel

p th

em u

nder

stan

d ho

w to

mak

e Lo

rdsh

ip d

ecis

ions

; Liv

e a

life

that

is o

rder

ed a

roun

d Ch

rist's

Lor

dshi

p in

fron

t of t

hem

; St

udy

the

pass

ages

pro

vide

d

Luke

6:4

6-49

; 9:2

3-25

; 14

:25-

33; C

ol. 1

:15-

20;

Heb

. 1:1

-2

Iden

tity

in C

hris

tSo

meo

ne w

ho u

nder

stan

ds a

nd a

pplie

s th

eir p

ositi

on

in C

hris

t in

the

gosp

el to

thei

r ide

ntity

and

vie

w o

f th

emse

lves

Hel

p th

em s

ee w

hat t

hey

tend

to g

et th

eir i

dent

ity fr

om; H

elp

them

see

wha

t the

y te

nd to

wor

ship

; Sho

w th

em th

e W

orsh

ip,

Iden

tity

& A

ctio

ns c

ircle

s; H

elp

them

reco

gniz

e lie

s th

ey a

re

belie

ving

and

bat

tle th

em w

ith tr

uth

Gal

. 2:2

0; 2

Cor

. 5:1

4-21

; G

al. 4

:1-7

; 1 Jn

. 3:1

-3

Life

Man

agem

ent

Som

eone

who

ord

ers

thei

r life

aro

und

thei

r pur

pose

, m

issi

on a

nd v

isio

n an

d liv

es in

resp

onse

to th

e go

spel

w

ith e

xcel

lenc

e (G

reat

Com

man

dmen

t & C

omm

issi

on)H

ave

a w

eekl

y pl

anni

ng ti

me

with

them

; Tra

in th

em in

the

"Do

it no

w" p

rinci

ple;

Nee

d fo

r per

sona

l res

pons

ibili

ty; B

e a

prob

lem

sol

ver;

Fill

out a

Rol

es, O

bjec

tives

, Goa

ls s

heet

with

th

em; T

each

them

the

"Pur

pose

Pyr

amid

"

Prov

. 3:5

-6; 1

9:21

; 1 C

or.

10:3

1; M

att.

28:1

8-20

; M

ark

12:3

0-31

; Eph

. 5:

15-1

7

Wor

ld V

isio

nSo

meo

ne w

ho h

as a

hea

rt fo

r the

wor

ld &

des

ires

to

see

ever

y tri

be, t

ongu

e &

nat

ion

reac

hed

by

them

selv

es g

oing

, or s

endi

ng s

omeo

ne e

lse

Pray

for u

nrea

ched

peo

ple

grou

ps; G

et a

wor

ld m

ap; L

ook

up

"nat

ions

" in

a co

ncor

danc

e; S

hare

the

gosp

el w

ith a

n in

tern

atio

nal p

erso

n; T

each

them

abo

ut a

ll of

the

need

s in

the

wor

ld; E

xpla

in th

e 10

/40

win

dow

is &

pra

y fo

r it

Mat

t. 28

:18-

20; R

ev. 5

; 7:

9-12

; Mk.

13:

10;

16:1

5; Is

a 6

Char

acte

rSo

meo

ne w

ho re

flect

s Ch

rist i

n th

eir c

hara

cter

(H

umili

ty, i

nteg

rity,

exce

llenc

e, in

tent

iona

lity,

initi

ativ

e,

cour

age,

wis

dom

, com

pass

ion,

ser

vant

hood

, di

ligen

ce, d

isci

plin

e)

Mod

el C

hris

t-Lik

e Ch

arac

ter i

n fro

nt o

f the

m; C

halle

nge

them

on

asp

ects

of t

heir

char

acte

r the

y ne

ed to

gro

w in

& c

apita

lize

on te

acha

ble

mom

ents

Phil.

2:1

-11;

Mk.

10:

45;

Eph.

5:3

;

Visi

on fo

r Mul

tiplic

atio

nSo

meo

ne w

ho s

trong

ly d

esire

s to

mul

tiply

thei

r life

un

til th

e da

y th

ey d

ie, b

elie

ves

they

are

cap

able

of

mul

tiply

ing

thei

r life

& is

now

pra

ctic

ing

this

in a

pe

rson

al m

inis

try

Show

them

the

mul

tiplic

atio

n ch

art t

hat i

llust

rate

s th

e di

ffere

nce

in m

ultip

licat

ion

& a

dditi

on; C

onst

antly

talk

abo

ut

them

mul

tiply

ing

thei

r life

; Hel

p th

em fe

el th

ey a

re c

apab

le;

Shar

e yo

ur c

onvi

ctio

ns; W

here

's y

our m

an?;

Del

egat

e re

spon

sibi

litie

s to

them

to b

uild

thei

r con

fiden

ce

Mt.

4:19

; 9:3

6-38

; 28:

18-

10; 2

Tim

. 2:2

; Jn.

20:

21