Discipleship 101 the new way…
24 May 2006

Some of these ideas I have flogged from a Crossroads launch paper on discipleship most are my own thoughts.


  • Valuing the experience that discipling provides.

  • Caring for the whole person not just their Bible reading and prayer.

  • Getting involved in other people’s lives. Getting to know/visiting their friends and family. Remembering their names.

  • Working on projects together eg. Gardening or Building together.

  • Having an open home being hospitable and inviting people round to your house for a meal.

  • Inviting people out for coffee and footing the bill.

  • Valuing hang out time. Time spent just chatting is valuable. Time spent watching TV, DVDs, Going to the beach etc together is also time spent well.

  • Meeting regularly rather than weekly. Not being a Nazi about it.

  • Increasing time spent in prayer together.

  • Sharing each others struggles and difficulties and bearing each others burdens and faults.

  • Sharing in each others joy and happy times.

  • Concentrating on fewer people relationships with a deeper level of commitment.

  • Spending time being more strategic about what things to do and learn together.

  • Not seeing full time paid ministry as an end goal for every discipling relationship.

  • Listening to people and learning to shut up.

  • Being relaxed if people don’t want to meet up or can’t or don’t have the time.

  • Being honest caring and open.

  • Show people how you “do” ministry. Passing on the baton.

  • Spending time praying for your people and asking God to help you to do discipleship better.

  • Not being a tight arse and taking the time to message and call people where appropriate.

  • Excel in the gift of random acts of kindness and thoughtfulness.

  • Being humble approaching every meeting as a mutual learning experience regardless of Christian maturity.


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