Discipleship 101 the new way…

Some of these ideas I have flogged from a Crossroads launch paper on discipleship most are my own thoughts.

• Valuing the experience that discipling provides.


• Caring for the whole person not just their Bible reading and prayer.


• Getting involved in other people’s lives. Getting to know/visiting their friends and family. Remembering their names.


• Working on projects together eg. Gardening or Building together.


• Having an open home being hospitable and inviting people round to your house for a meal.


• Inviting people out for coffee and footing the bill.


• Valuing hang out time. Time spent just chatting is valuable. Time spent watching TV, DVDs, Going to the beach etc together is also time spent well.


• Meeting regularly rather than weekly. Not being a Nazi about it.


• Increasing time spent in prayer together.


• Sharing each others struggles and difficulties and bearing each others burdens and faults.


• Sharing in each others joy and happy times.


• Concentrating on fewer people relationships with a deeper level of commitment.


• Spending time being more strategic about what things to do and learn together.


• Not seeing full time paid ministry as an end goal for every discipling relationship.


• Listening to people and learning to shut up.


• Being relaxed if people don’t want to meet up or can’t or don’t have the time.


• Being honest caring and open.


• Show people how you “do” ministry. Passing on the baton.


• Spending time praying for your people and asking God to help you to do discipleship better.


• Not being a tight arse and taking the time to message and call people where appropriate.


• Excel in the gift of random acts of kindness and thoughtfulness.


• Being humble approaching every meeting as a mutual learning experience regardless of Christian maturity.

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