What is Discipleship?

The word discipleship brings many different ideas to people’s minds. For some it’s a class that someone leads. For others, it’s a one-on-one weekly or regular meeting where the Bible is studied or life is discussed. For many more, discipleship is a small group of people who study the Word together. All of these are forms that discipleship can take and all have merit.

Broadly speaking, discipleship is any setting where someone learns. During Sunday morning corporate worship, discipleship happens. During community group, discipleship happens. During small group meetings, discipleship happens. But there are also discipleship opportunities when two people watch a movie and then discuss it or when parents explain to their child why something is or isn’t allowed or when a group plays a sport together.

The example from Jesus is not a roped-off time, but an all-of-life approach. Even when He was teaching a group of thousands, He was primarily teaching His disciples. Every word, every action, every decision was intentional and was meant to teach.

 

The Rhythm of Discipleship
At Perkinsville, we want Christians to understand that discipleship is not an isolated event or meeting in our lives, but is something that we are always doing. It’s a rhythm of our lives. We can do it well or do it poorly, but we are always teaching something. As a church, we want to be intentional about the things we do, the people we spend time with, the things we say and do, and the decisions we make.

We want to equip you with resources and opportunities for intentional opportunities to both be a disciple and to disciple others.