FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
SOUNDS GREAT,
BUT WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
How can I get involved, what are you trying to accomplish, what does involvement look like? These are questions people want to know and so hopefully the sections below answer those three questions.
Hopefully the graphic shows the journey an individual goes on with arrow 3 being entry point into DMP. Then from that stage the ways they can get more invested into the project.
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We desire that each person finds a team that fits their gifts and role and helps them to invest some of their time to see a movement of disciplemaking happen.
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Everyone speaks about being a community and so do we. The graphic is our attempt to focus on 4 key ways that we are behaving that hopefully will bring about a powerful community moving into mission together.
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We have asked that everyone get involved in an action group and come to our annual gathering in October. But, as you can see there are other ways if you so desire to connect and be part of the group.
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF DISCIPLE-MAKING?
We believe that Jesus modelled for us a way of doing ministry that resulted in generations of disciples making disciples and we want to follow that. Below are some value statements that hopefully bring into focus what disciple making looks like.
Disciple Making is Personal.
Jesus says “Come and See” and “Follow Me” (John 1). This is an invitation to the disciples to share life with him, and to watch and imitate him. Paul followed Jesus, sharing his life with others (1 Thess 2:8) and inviting them to imitate him as he imitated Christ (1 Cor 11:1). We are to do the same.
The heart of disciple making is someone one step further along in their faith journey sharing what they know about how to get there.
Disciple Making is a Process.
Disciple making is an intentional series of steps or actions towards an end goal. The end goal of the disciple making process is to be ‘mature in Christ’ (Col 1:28). Like a child’s journey to physical maturity: ‘discipleship’ is the process - the growing - not the end result.
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Disciple making is a process not a programme! It’s not what we do for 10 weeks with a new Christian. In fact, it’s not equivalent to (or accomplished by) any regular programme, whether weekly groups or annual residentials! There is a key place for these things but they are not the same as disciple making.
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Disciple Making is about Multiplication.
The disciple making process is geared towards multiplication as we invite others in to share life and imitate us as we imitate Christ.
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A key mark of spiritual maturity is inviting people into the discipleship process. Spiritual maturity is not marked by knowledge or position, but by multiplication.
What do we mean by movement?
We see movement as timely and sustained multiplication reaching at least four spiritual generations. This comes from 2 Timothy 2:2: where Paul tells Timothy to entrust his teaching to ‘faithful men who will be able to teach others also’. There are four generations mentioned here - Paul, Timothy, ‘faithful men’ and ‘others’.
We want to see a movement across the UK of young people making disciples of other young people, resulting in a fundamental shift in the culture of youth ministry and releasing disciple-makers who will imitate Christ and grow to maturity.
Discipleship is a personal process that leads to multiplication that can result in a movement.