Have you ever heard something like this:
“Try to include a balance of evangelism and discipleship in your resume—churches like that better.”
“That church is more of an evangelistic church, but we’re an equipping church.”
“If we hire you as our youth pastor, will you spend more time focused on the church kids, or on trying to reach the lost?”
“I have a new believer in my group. Do you know of any good studies on discipleship?”
Have you noticed this confusion over discipleship? Have you felt it yourself? One youth group teaches the Word, equips its students to serve, and offers small group opportunities for deeper study and fellowship. Are they making disciples? Another group focuses on making new disciples: evangelism. Is that supposed to be our focus? Still another group has a six-week discipleship program where new believers are trained in the basics of the faith. Is this discipleship?
What is disciple-making, really? And how do we know if we’re actually living out Christ’s commission? Keep reading
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