Discipleship
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.
Build Your Toolbox.
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Evangelism. Intentional Relationships. Prayer. Worship. Multiplication. Discipleship.
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Other Evangelism Tools
Think of the main material you are going through as your hammer. This may be a book focusing on the rhythm, a book of the Bible, or another discipleship format/material. Click on each material to find out more, or find them on the Resources page.
Pick out the rest of your Evangelism tools.
The rest of your tools are activities and exercises that help you recognize how to incorporate the rhythm of evangelism into your life. There are 8 tools, one for each week that we will be highlighting the rhythm, use them all or pick out the ones you want to do. For the full description and instructions of each activity, download the the tool guide.
Grab your
Evangelism hammer.
Evangelism Hammers
Ephesians 2 Testimony
Read Ephesians 2:1-10 and use the prompt questions to write out your testimony in the format of the scripture passage. Then practice sharing your testimony.
Oikos Map
An Oikos Map is a helpful tool you can do alone or in a group. You write out people close to you that do not know the gospel and then people close to them--it demonstrates the multiplication of the gospel that can happen.
Download the app "Questions in a Box" and practice using the questions to create gospel conversations.
Questions in a Box
Gospel-Sharing Training
Going Public
Go to a meal with fellow believers and ask the server how you can pray for them.
Remembering the Gospel
To share the gospel, it is important to remind ourselves of the gospel. Watch a short video on the gospel and talk about what stood out to you or encouraged you.
Prayer Walking
Pick a place where you live, work, or play and pray for gospel multiplication there.
Plan an Event
Plan an event to invite some of the people on your Oikos Map to. How could you share the gospel at the event?
Watch a video on how to share the gospel and then practice sharing in a small group.