MANY CHURCHES HAVE NOT DEFINED A DISCIPLE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT NEED AS REQUESTED IS “DISCIPLESHIP” “ALMOST” ROUND TABLE 2500 CHURCHES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS MAJORITY OF SBTC CHURCHES ARE SINGLE STAFF DISCIPLES MAKING DISCIPLES 88% OF SBTC CHURCHES RUN UNDER 200 ON SUNDAY MORNING
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MANY CHURCHES HAVE NOT DEFINED A DISCIPLE
SECOND MOST IMPORTANT NEED AS REQUESTED IS “DISCIPLESHIP”
“ALMOST” ROUND TABLE
2500 CHURCHES
ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS
MAJORITY OF SBTC
CHURCHES ARE SINGLE STAFF
DISCIPLES MAKING
DISCIPLES
88% OF SBTC
CHURCHES RUN UNDER
200 ON SUNDAY
MORNING
David Alexander
SBTC
Rick Howerton
LifeWay
Shane Pruitt
and Cooper Taylor
C3
Lance Crowell
SBTC
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Heath Peloquin
SBTC
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III IV
V VI
Round Table
Carter Shotwell LakePointe
WHO IS AT THE TABLE?
Craig Etheredge
FBC Colleyville
Eric Reed
Houstons FBC
Nic Burleson
Timber Ridge
Chris Moody
FBC Beaumont
Gregg Zachary
Mobberly BC
Josh Allen
Bay Are FBC
Chris Shirley
Tate Springs BC
Jeff Lynn
Yorktown BC
Al Manigsaca Austin Filipino
unable to attend
coming late
Who are you?
How are you making disciples in your context? (5 minute synopsis)
How long have you
been there?
AROUND THE “ALMOST” ROUNDTABLE
Your history of disciple making
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MAKE DISCIPLES?
“Discipleship is not a ministry of the Church; it is the ministry of the Church.” !
-Aubrey Malphurs
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Organizational To change the church
and to multiply disciple making you must plan
and organize the church to make disciples.
TWO FOCUSES ON DISCIPLE MAKING
Organic It must be life on life.
DISCIPLE MAKING “Discipling is an intentional relationship in which we walk alongside other disciples in order to encourage, equip and
challenge one another in love to grow toward maturity in Christ. This includes equipping the disciple to teach others as well.”
--Discipleship Essentials (p. 17) !
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A Disciple is a person who: Putman and Harrington - Discipleshift !
1. Is following Christ (Head) “Follow me” 2. Is being changed by Christ (Heart) “I will make you” 3. Is committed to the mission of Christ (Hands) “Fishers of men”
MAKE DISCIPLES WHO MAKE DISCIPLESReplication/Multiplication is the game changing idea
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The Great Commandment
Love God
Sharing the Gospel
MAKING DISCIPLES CORE
Love others
Train in Righteousness
The Great Commission
(Shema)
Replicating
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE REALLY EXCELLING AT IN DISCIPLE MAKING? !
WHAT ARE YOU LAUNCHING OR TRYING IN THE AREA OF DISCIPLE MAKING?
DISCIPLE MAKING DIALOGUEWhere are your BURNING it up?
WHERE ARE YOU STUCK OR STRUGGLING? !
WHAT OBSTACLES KEEP HINDERING YOUR PROCESS?
DISCIPLE MAKING DIALOGUEWhat is your BURNING need?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE DISCIPLE MAKING LOOK LIKE IN YOUR CHURCH/COMMUNITY DOWN THE ROAD?
DISCIPLE MAKING DIALOGUEWhat is your BURNING hope?
Program vs. ProcessDISCIPLE MAKING
“THE MOST DAMAGING RESULT [OF PROGRAM-BASED DISCIPLESHIP] IS THAT CHURCHES CATEGORIZE DISCIPLESHIP AS JUST ONE OF THE MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH, RATHER THAN THE CORE OF ITS MINISTRY”
BILL HULL - COMPLETE BOOK OF DISCIPLESHIP(36).
TAKE 7 MINUTES
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1. Discipleship in the church will not work holis3cally or long-‐term without the intricate involvement of the Senior Pastor.
2. Pastoral Discipleship has a Training in Righteousness and a Training in Leadership component.
3. Killing programs may not be the best way to change the system/process in your context.
4. Church membership maIers and raising the bar is a key component of a robust discipleship process.
5. Alignment and redeeming exis3ng programs may allow your people to move to a discipleship centric model.
6. One of the primary keys to implementa3on comes down to developing and cul3va3ng groups (life groups, Growth groups, one on one groups…whatever model you use).
7. The metrics must change: we need to break down the numbers further in our evalua3on; to collect life change stories, as well as help staff and leadership develop a beIer scorecard for effec3veness. (This is s3ll hard to pin down.)
WHAT WE LEARNED…2013 Roundtable take-aways
MP M PPRINCIPLE
We work to help churches find correct principles in disciple
making
MODELS
There are different models that are
effect. One size does not fit all.
PROCESS
We are challenging churches to move
from a program to a process.
Multiplication
The key change is that we want disciples to make disciples…its about multiplication
ABOUT SBTC DISCIPLE MAKINGour focus
What the group asked us to consider last year from this meeting.
“Find the young gun pastors - get them
connected with disciple making pastors”
“Create networks of Disciple Making
Pastors”
CONSIDER THIS
Step 1Mandate to help churches make disciples.
Step 2
Learn what is happening in disciple making in Texas
Step 3develop clear principles that are reproducible for disciple making
Step 5mobilize disciple makers across the state
Step 4
find a place for learning and growing IGNITE
Step 8
Pray and continue to make disciplesStep 6
build up the regional leadership
Step 7Continue to develop and add new components and leaders
STATEWIDE DISCIPLE MAKING PLANSteps to change
SBTC DISCIPLE MAKING FOCUS
We (SBTC) don't make disciples
It’s about you multiplying yourselves
One Pastor/Minister at a time
RESULT: We multiply movements all around Texas and beyond.
What I am asking you to
Prayerfully consider?
TWO
Commit to be a disciple making church…embody disciples who make disciples.
THREE
Prayerfully consider connecting with the Ignite Conference
ONE
Pray for a movement of God across Texas in Disciple Making
FOUR
Host a disciple making meeting in your church with local pastors to develop pastoral discussions on disciple making
FIVEConsider working with the SBTC to be a regional Disciple Making center
SIX
Consider meeting with us again here next year to see where the Lord has taken us.
DISCIPLE MAKING ACROSS TEXAS
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What can you do?REGIONAL PLAN
TARGET PASTORS/LEADERS Find Pastors/Leaders in your area that you can target to begin talking with them about disciple making.
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PARTNER Plan with local Pastors/Leaders to partner with them if they are making disciples to reach your association
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MENTOR PASTORS/LEADERS Pastors/Leaders who are not making disciples (don’t have time or don't understand disciple making), but want to connect with you on disciple making
DISCIPLE PASTORS/LEADERS If you find someone who wants to really make disciples and is willing to let you disciple him. Begin multiplying your influence.
FACEBOOK SBTC DISCIPLESHIPfacebook.com/SBTCdiscipleship
TWITTER SBTC DISCIPLESHIPtwitter.com/Discipleship_CM
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