Real-Life Discipleship Training Manual: Equipping Disciples Who Make Disciples Avery Willis, Jim Putman, Bill Krause, Brandon Guindon
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

"Living as Equip is a crazy fun and life-changing equipping experience designed to "equip" junior high and middle school students to be disciples who make disciples who make more disciples. Aug 24, 2011 - Once you have listed the ideal qualities of a disciple, examine your church's programming to see how—or if—you are helping people reach this ideal. By Bobby Jamieson In his book The Art of Pastoring, David Hansen paints a striking picture of this when he describes the parallel between a great “spiritual director” and a great fly fishing guide: The very best quality of the In keeping with his somewhat mystical, contemplative spirituality, Hansen sees the role of a spiritual director as discerning God's work in someone's life and drawing attention to it. Apr 16, 2014 - If you are in an established church work with all your heart to get the people there making and multiplying disciples. Aug 7, 2013 - Rather than throwing stones, David and I offered some tried and true methods to disciple teenagers, help them live out their faith in word and action, giving them opportunities to serve on their own as well as in a student leadership team. They are about the things that Jesus was about (Luke 4). Almost Right out of the Equip training manual (click the image to enlarge for reading). May 20, 2013 - 28:19) And during his time on earth, Jesus also gave us a model of disciple making to follow. Aug 8, 2012 - About 100 students and youth leaders from 5 different ministries from 3 different states gathered at Ridgewood Church in Minnetonka, MN for the Equip Training Experience. A committed American church goer does not necessarily = Disciple. Sep 14, 2012 - The Heart of a Disciple-Making Pastor. People who, when around them, make you think you are seeing a bit of what Jesus was like. Aug 20, 2013 - Jim Putman, pastor of Real Life ministries in Post Falls, Idaho, suggests a different approach than Alan Hirsch, founding director of Forge Mission Training Network, or even Derwin Gray, pastor of Transformation Church and author of Limitless Life. Apr 16, 2010 - Matthew 28:18-20 uses the words teach [matheteuo] and teaching [didasko], which indicate that we are to make ongoing students, to disciple, and to share information. When we look at Jesus' model, we see 5 key components that he used to make disciples. But what The teenagers in my small group will be blown away that there's a Christian author who uses the popular post-apocalyptic fictional premise to address their real-life issues.” If I had What are you doing to make disciples? A disciple is: Intentional about equipping others for the work of ministry; Studying/obeying the Word of God; Accountable to other believers; Empowered by the Holy Spirit; Reproducing what he was taught with others. The equipping process to participate in this command come through the local church. Start with those who are willing and build from there.