Monday, February 11, 2008

On Mission Moment - Discipleship Essentials

Our purpose as a church is to...

“reach people for Christ and get them grounded, growing and on mission”.

Part of growing in Christ is embracing the discipleship essentials. This post zeros in on these essential practices for the believer.

Discipleship Essentials

We believe there are a handful of Biblical practices that lay the foundation for a lifetime of Spiritual growth. The sooner a person understands and starts building on these practices, the better.

The Foundation –A Real Relationship with Christ - As you can see from the picture above - It’s starts with a real relationship with Christ. This is someone who...
  • Professes faith in Christ’s finished work
  • Experiences assurance of salvation
  • and has been baptized.
We also talk about this as being Grounded in Christ.

Growing in Christ - On that foundation we start growing in Christ

  • We spend time with God, drawing near to God to drink daily from the stream of living water (Effective time with God).
  • We start studying God’s word so we know what we believe and stand strong in our faith (Bible Centered Christian).
  • We surround ourselves with a spiritual support team of iron sharpening relationships that lift us to the next level as followers of Christ. (Christ-Centered Relationships).
On Mission for Christ - Next we turn around and make a contribution to the cause of Christ. We call this being “On Mission” for Christ.

  • We put our gifts into play for the kingdom of God, we take the abilities God has given us and offer them back in service to the one who gave His life for us. (Gift-Based Serving)
  • We worship God with our wealth, we put our treasure where our heart is and leverage our resources for the cause of Christ. (Generous Giving)
  • Next we turn around and take the good news to others, so they can get in on a real relationship with Christ. (Relational Outreach)

Our hope is that all our members will grow in the discipleship essentials.


If you want to find out more about the discipleship essentials
1) Attend “Accelerate”
This workshop will introduce you to the discipleship essentials. You can check more information on Accelerate here.
2) Stay tuned for a new workshop - Discipleship Essentials
- We are preparing a workshop for people who want to learn more about the discipleship essentials. You should be hearing more about it later on in the year.

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