Organic Disciplemaking
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. 13
SECTION 1 DISCIPLEMAKING.
1 UNDERSTANDING: WHAT IS DISCIPLESHIP? 25
Discipleship in the New Testament. 25
Discipleship and Multiplication. 28
After the New Testament. 31
The 20th Century to the Present. 33
2 DISCIPLESHIP OVERVIEW. 37
Creativity and disciplemaking. 37
What are our goals when discipling? 38
What about corporate discipleship? 40
Discipleship and leadership. 42
Discipleship versus grounding. 43
3 GETTING STARTED. 45
Who should disciple others? 45
Who should we try to win into discipleship? 48
Preconditions. 50
Features to look for. 51
Misleading features. 52
The hungry heart. 55
Steps Toward Discipleship. 56
Developing vision. 57
Imparting Vision. 59
Basic Steps. 61
SECTION 2 KEY COMPONENTS IN DISCIPLESHIP.
4 FRIENDSHIP BUILDING. 65
What is friendship? 66
Step 1 Initiation. 67
Step 2: Investing. 77
Step 3: Assessing and responding. 81
5 MODELING. 87
The main key to successful modeling. 89
Lessons from psychology. 92
Losing credibility as a model. 96
Typical areas where modeling is supreme. 98
Am I qualified to model? 104
6 THE BIBLE. 107
Is studying the Bible essential? 109
Incorporating scripture study into our meeting time. 113
Deciding what to study. 115
The reliability of the Bible. 115
Motivation to study. 116
The story of the Bible. 117
Main theological themes in the Bible. 117
Interpretation. 118
Sharing knowledge. 120
Moving to independent Bible study. 120
7 PRAYER I: GETTING STARTED. 121
Teach us to pray. 122
Getting started. 123
Taking initiative. 124
Group prayer. 125
Thanksgiving. 127
8 PRAYER II: MINISTRY AND PRAYER. 131
Other-centered prayer. 131
Exploratory prayer. 133
Praying in the name of Jesus. 134
Spiritual warfare. 136
9 COUNSELING.. 143
What about professional counseling? 144
Lay counseling. 146
Typical areas to counsel: Inter-personal conflict. 147
Typical areas to counsel: Self-absorption. 151
Typical areas to counsel: High expectation relating. 152
Typical areas to counsel: Sexuality. 155
Typical areas to counsel: Marriage. 159
Typical areas to counsel: Avarice. 160
Typical areas to counsel: Bad habits. 161
Failure in counseling. 165
Our most powerful tool. 166
10 ENCOUNTERING LACK OF PROGRESS:
DISCERNING WHAT TO DO. 169
Make the Call. 169
Deciding when to call. 172
Starting a Campfire. 173
Points of Resistance. 174
Discerning resistance. 175
Dissonance. 178
Responding to resistance. 179
11 ENCOUNTERING LACK OF PROGRESS:
PRACTICING DISCIPLINE IN LOVE 187
Preparing for discipline. 187
The meeting. 199
Follow up. 200
Failure in discipline. 202
SECTION 3 COACHING.
12 EARLY MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT. 209
Disciples who don’t minister. 211
Building convictions. 212
Prayer. 214
Evangelism. 214
Edification. 215
Building motivation. 216
Giving. 217
Expanding ministry: Evangelism. 218
Expanding ministry: Discipleship. 221
13 MOVING TOWARD INDEPENDENCE. 225
Coaching discipleship. 226
Planning. 228
Dealing with setbacks. 229
Skills needed in coaching. 231
14 COACHING GROUP LEADERSHIP. 241
Leadership theory. 244
Delegating and empowering. 245
Teaching. 245
Leading discussion. 247
Assessing a group. 249
Encouragement. 250
15 RELEASING: PREPARATION. 251
Teaching God’s part in ministry. 252
Perspective on failure. 255
Integrity and stability. 260
Compromise. 262
16 RELEASING: THE TRANSITION. 263
Nurturing ongoing motivation. 264
17 LEADING DISCIPLE MAKERS. 267
Disciplers need oversight. 268
Goals: Reminding them of the vision. 269
Reporting. 270
Develop a sense of team. 272
Ongoing training. 274
Coaching. 275
Recognition. 276
APPENDICES. 279
Appendix 1 Goals for discipleship. 281
Appendix 2 Verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible. 295
Appendix 3 Inductive Bible study method. 297
Appendix 4 Grammatical-historical hermeneutics for lay readers. 299
Appendix 5 Assurance of salvation. 301
Appendix 6 What is God like? 303
Appendix 7 Five things that help people grow spiritually. 305
Appendix 8 When to refer to professional counseling. 309
Appendix 9 Assessing your group. 321
Appendix 10 Principles for fostering successful leadership teams. 323
Appendix 11 Leadership responsibilities. 329
END NOTES. 331
RECOMMENDED READING. 341
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