The Need For Discipleship

Slide 1:The Need For Discipleship 2006 CEM Day of Training

Slide 4:Problem �less than one out of every ten church attenders spends any time during a typical week worshiping God, other than when they are at a church service.� Barna Reviews Top Religious Trends of 2005 December 20,2005 www.barna.org

Slide 5:A study conducted by The Roper Organization for High Adventure Ministries in 1990 found that the moral behavior of born again Christians actually worsened after their conversions. Examined were incidences of illegal drug use, driving while intoxicated and marital infidelity. The problem can be solved, says one researcher, with a new commitment to accountability and discipleship. New Man, November/December, 1994, p. 13

Slide 6:The Need American Christians are biblically illiterate the younger a person is, the less they understand about the Christian faith fewer and fewer parents are teaching their kids much of anything related to matters of faith, young people�s belief system is the product of the mass media Barna Reviews Top Religious Trends of 2005 December 20,2005 www.barna.org

Slide 8:Warning Signs! The real issue is what kind of people are we becoming. John Ortberg The Life You�ve Always Wanted pg 34-38

Slide 12: b. The only rabbi the outcasts could touch turned out to be God Himself! c. The religious leaders had a different ness that pushed people away. d. Jesus had a different ness that drew people to him. e. True spirituality is that way.

Slide 16:Brian MacLaren, Leadership contributing editor Too many "educated" Christians have gotten lots of information but are the least Christ-like.

Slide 17:�The Christian church is failing to live up to it�s promise; we�re not even coming close to fulfilling it. Our nation has a strong economy but a weak morality. Believers are largely indistinguishable from nonbelievers in how they think and live. The church has lost its place at the table of cultural relevance. Can we restore the impact of the church through more events and buildings? No. It will take zealots for Christ-individuals who are intractably devoted to knowing, loving, and serving Him with all their heart, mind, strength and soul-if we are to transform our world.� George Barna Growing True Disciples, p. 11

Slide 18:The Bottom Line

Slide 19:We Must Be & Make Disciples Again!

Slide 21:Discipling Older Adults I understand that the age group that I am teaching today is a group of men and women that for the most part have probably been saved a long time. And for the most part you probably have a lot of Bible knowledge. But I am not here today to give you more Bible Knowledge, but hopefully challenge you to take that Bible Knowledge and apply it to create the person that God created us to be.I understand that the age group that I am teaching today is a group of men and women that for the most part have probably been saved a long time. And for the most part you probably have a lot of Bible knowledge. But I am not here today to give you more Bible Knowledge, but hopefully challenge you to take that Bible Knowledge and apply it to create the person that God created us to be.

Slide 22:What Is A Disciple Transformed people, transforming their communities

Slide 25:Design For Discipleship Preaching Sunday School Small Groups Coffee House Etc.;

Slide 27:These Ministries Should Answer Two Questions

Slide 28:We Should Be Walking With Christ Moving Towards Maturity Acknowledge His Lordship How Now Shall We Live?

Slide 33:Understanding Post Moderns �Preserving our Davids� Tony J. Powell

Slide 34:Baby Boomers / Busters1946-64 8 Million 20 something's who were active in Church as teenagers will no longer be active by the age of 30. They are driven by excellence and practicality.

Slide 35:Generation X / Cold Warearly 60�s to late 70�s Survived mass divorces as children Space shuttle explosions Public Political corruption Environmental disasters From rated G to R movies (devil child etc) Internet Age: late 20�s to early 30�s. Age: late 20�s to early 30�s.

Slide 36:Generation Y / Echo / Millenniumearly 80�s to late 90�s VERY BIG 3 X�s the size of the Boomer Generation. Very Diverse Instead of being raise by tv, this generation is raised by computers & video games. BIG 60 Million strong .Very diverse. 1 of 3 is not Caucasian. 1 of 4 lives with single parents. 3 out of 4 have working parents. 1 out of nine 9 have credit cards in high school. (co-signed by parents) this generation will take a lot of debt to college. Big company�s like nike, pepis, levi�s are not getting there business. BIG 60 Million strong .Very diverse. 1 of 3 is not Caucasian. 1 of 4 lives with single parents. 3 out of 4 have working parents. 1 out of nine 9 have credit cards in high school. (co-signed by parents) this generation will take a lot of debt to college. Big company�s like nike, pepis, levi�s are not getting there business.

Slide 37:Identify, Recruit, Equip and Deploy How do we reach them?

Slide 38:Preserving our David�s Improved communications Resource & train them Learn from them Retain them Recognize their gifts Let them minister Retain them � bill gates book the Road Ahead he talk�s about building an atmosphere that attracts and retains the brightest and the best Spiritual Entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs. He says the greatest threat to Microsoft is not IBM, Ford Electronics or Hewlett Packard, but some kid playing on his or her lap top. (a David) he says these David�s are learning what these large corporations already know. But they are developing better ideals than paid researchers and developers usually generate. His concern is that they will work for Microsoft for a few years then go to develop a greater product at a cheaper price. Most David's in the Christian world start with an innocent heart before God and a trusting attitude toward churches. But when they discover the cumbersome systems and unnecessary processes that don�t contribute to effective ministry these David quickly decide they can do more elsewhere. There fore Churches that do not understand our modern day David's will discover that these guys will be moving on. They have larger agenda and want to be around leaders that lead. Retain them � bill gates book the Road Ahead he talk�s about building an atmosphere that attracts and retains the brightest and the best Spiritual Entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs. He says the greatest threat to Microsoft is not IBM, Ford Electronics or Hewlett Packard, but some kid playing on his or her lap top. (a David) he says these David�s are learning what these large corporations already know. But they are developing better ideals than paid researchers and developers usually generate. His concern is that they will work for Microsoft for a few years then go to develop a greater product at a cheaper price. Most David's in the Christian world start with an innocent heart before God and a trusting attitude toward churches. But when they discover the cumbersome systems and unnecessary processes that don�t contribute to effective ministry these David quickly decide they can do more elsewhere. There fore Churches that do not understand our modern day David's will discover that these guys will be moving on. They have larger agenda and want to be around leaders that lead.

Slide 39:Real Life The message of the Gospel provides spiritual freedom, but our local church structures too often steal our innocence and produce bondage, slowly draining us of the very spiritual life and joy we are supposed to minister to others.

Slide 40:What This Means We can clearly identify Post Moderns as those that are not interested in an Azusa street, but those wanting to see signs & wonders now! Teach one to fish and he shows another how not to starve.

Slide 41:Next Steps According to Ed Stetezer, a Post Modern expert, these guys are interested in a real move of God. Most have studied and observed our churches and their opinion is, �if it is real, show it to us�. A first century ideology using a 21st century method.

Slide 42:CEM Day of TrainingFebruary 11, 2006Hosted by the South Carolina Church Education Ministries Department of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church �Making Disciples� Discipling Youth Instructor : Gene Henderson

Slide 43: �Discipling Youth� �A New Generation, A New Opportunity�

Slide 44:Can the Youth of today make a difference in our world? �Discipling Youth�

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Slide 48:Back to the Drawing Board

Slide 51:Scripture warns us, calling us neither to make �converts to Christianity� nor to count �decisions for Christ,� but rather to make disciples of Jesus Christ, a much higher and more ambitious challenge.

Slide 52:our strategy deserves a re-thinking

Slide 55:Back to the Drawing Board

Slide 56:The Pastor�s Role In Discipleship 2006 CEM Day of Training

Slide 58:RESOURCES There is almost an endless array of resources that any one ministry can pool from that will facilitate its vision for DISCIPLESHIP. For the next few moments we will highlight some items that may help you sift through the plethora of available mountains of materials.

Slide 59:EXPOSURE Don�t try to re-invent the wheel. Glean from others who have �walked� where you are. �Before honor comes humility� (Proverbs 15:33; 18:12). NEVER feel inferior or intimidated to go to a ministry that is doing something you want to do and ask them �HOW� to implement certain things in your ministry.

Slide 60:EXPOSURE Being �exposed� to the way someone else is doing something can be a great benefit to you and your team. Once in a while schedule a trip to take your team somewhere that is doing something on a BIG scale like you want to do. However, there is a drawback�

Slide 62:INDIVIDUALITY When considering the multitudinous array of resources you must take time to find: What fits What matches Ladies, it is a lot like shopping for shoes for that one special outfit that you are wearing to that one special event. You may have to shop for weeks, but you�ll know when you find it.

Slide 63:Four P�s Of Resource-Hunting PATIENCE You can�t do this quickly. PRAYER You must be led. PERSISTENCE Finish strong. PAY-OFF It will be worth it all when you see the disciples being formed.

Slide 64:Are you�. OVERWHELMED FROM TODAY�S MATERIAL YET?

Slide 67:Teach Them To Grow The resources of discipleship should be those which will equip and enable the individual for this journey of maturity. The investment must be in themselves and not just waiting for a Sunday School teacher to hold their hand.

Slide 68:Life Development Plan http://ldp.lifechurch.tv/jsp/main.jsp This is a phenomenal site that will enable each disciple to embark on their own personal journey.

Slide 69:INTERNET http://www.walk-this-way.com/index.htm http://www.omega-discipleship.com/online/item1.shtml http://www.gosdm.org/ http://www.renovare.org/

Slide 70:Updated Technology We live and function in a computerized society. E-mails are a quick and convenient way to Keep in touch Deliver personal information Forward sites and information of interest Video and computer generated graphics should be a trend in our discipleship settings.

Slide 71:MATERIALS Request free samples. Sometimes suppliers keep their older products available to send out to give a potential client some type of �feel� of their material. NEVER BE AFRAID to rely on the Holy Spirit�s creativity to BIRTH something in you. Personalize all material with your own distinct flavor.

Slide 74:Searching for Materials Since we are an Internet savvy society I would recommend simply going to www.yahoo.com or to www.google.com and typing in �Christian discipleship material.� You may have to weed through some stuff, but there you will also find a surplus of material.

Slide 76:Thanks for Coming! Now go and Be a disciple & Make disciples!