Making Disciples

At our church, we are currently working through a discipleship plan from birth to death.  The committee responsible for this is called the Discipleship Ministries Committee (DMC for short).  We have also been talking a lot about discipleship as pastors at our Tuesday meetings and now on our Thursday afternoon planning sessions.  I love these conversations!

At times, it seems like we might not be making progress.  But I am glad we are asking some difficult questions.  We have also had the benefit of three people from our church attending Exponential. They heard some great speakers and are excited about what they learned.  As part of that discussion, we have had at least two conversations based on content from Exponential.  We also started reading a book together as DMC, PMC (Pastoral Ministries Committee), and pastors.  It is called DiscipleShift by Jim Putman.

I look forward to seeing what God is going to do at Hesston MB as we discuss and implement some of the ideas we are hearing.  Hopefully, the outcome will be as Putman writes, "a church exists to make disciples who make disciples. And the primary methodology is Christlike love expressed in life-on-life relationship."

So, how about you?  What is your plan for discipleship?  Is it done in classes, small groups, the worship service, or some other venue?