Disciple Making
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Matt. 4:19
dis-ci-ple
noun
someone who follows Jesus in order to become just like Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and is committed to the mission of Jesus.
"A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher" (Luke 6:40).
dis-ci-ple mak-ing
noun
A specific type of relationship carried out by people who are primarily motivated by Christological, covenantal, or missional aims, using Jesus' methods that are relational, intentional, and missional. The relationship leads to fruit that multiples in the form of new disciples, new disciplemakers, and momentum in three dimensions: (1) out toward the lost, (2) in toward the church, and (3) down into the life of the individual disciple.
"And the Spirit said to Philip, 'Go over and join this chariot.' So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?' And he said, 'How can I, unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him" (Acts 8:29-31).
The disciple making vision:
We must look to Jesus' life and ministry as the inspired example for us to follow. That means the manner of our disciple making should be consistent with Christ: we must replicate the principles used by Jesus today to make disciples of Jesus. That means our disciple making must be:
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relational,
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intentional, and
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missional
Additional Resources
Books
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The Bible! More specifically, read the gospel accounts and Acts.
Podcasts
Other Resources
We cannot separate the teachings of Jesus from the methods of Jesus and expect to get the results of Jesus.
-Jim Putman
