Making

Disciples
AMAKING
DISCIPLES

MAKING
DISCIPLES
A STUDY GUIDE
FOR UNDERSTANDING
THE EPHESIANS 4:12 STRATEGY
 CCBRII
PRODUCTIONS 2011

MAKING DISCIPLES
Copyright © 2011-2012 by Bishop Danilo O. Bantilan
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction …………………………………………
2. What is Discipleship? ……………………………….
3. Discipleship Principles ……………………………...
1-3
4. Discipleship Priorities……………………………… 4-9
5. The Discipleship Process …………………………...
10-15
6. How to Lead Discipleship ………………………….16-21
7. How to Facilitate Your Group ……………………..
22-26
8. How to Start the 27-36
Discipleship Process ………………………………..
37-39
9. The Discipler’s Heart ………………………………...
10. The Disciple Maker and Disciple 40-46
Relationship ………………………………………… 47-51

Appendix 52-53
A. How to Become a Disciple …………….
B. The Discipleship Wheel ……………...
C. Answers ……………………………….. 54-56
D. Recommended Readings ……………..
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E. References …………………………….. 58-59
F. About the Author ……………….........
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INTRODUCTION

Discipleship is not supposed to be complicated. Difficult sometimes,

complicated never. Two thousand years ago,
it was so simple that a carpenter explained it to uneducated fishermen
in one sentence (Matthew 4: 19). The fishermen understood it,
acted on it, and they changed the world.
If modern discipleship is confusing or complicated, it is
because we have strayed from the biblical pattern that
Jesus and the original twelve modeled for us.

For Jesus, discipleship was and is top priority.

Yes, He fed the hungry and healed the sick, but He
always gave the twelve disciples His prime time.
His final word to them before He ascended into
heaven was a commission not just to be disciples,
but to make disciples. Like the original followers of Jesus,
we are supposed to be disciples and we are supposed to make disciples.
In other words, we are supposed to follow Jesus and we ought to help
others to follow Him.

The problem is that while most Christian agrees that discipleship

is important, even essential for Christian maturity, precious few
have a clear strategy for discipleship. Even fewer have a simple
definition for discipleship.

Welcome to the Lord’s vineyard! You are about to under-

take an exciting task: helping people become disciples of Jesus Christ.
Think about it: You are actually a co-worker of our Lord in His vine-
vineyard the people you are going to nurture are dearly loved by God
bought with a high price it took His life to pay for it, He has placed
them under your care. This is both a great opportunity and a serious
responsibility. This Ephesians 4:12 Method can help you acquire skills
in helping people grow as disciples. However, the most important than
a skill is motivation.
Ask yourself: Why do I want to help people become disciples?
Why do I follow-up? Our primary motive should be to please our Lord
Jesus Christ and not merely to fulfill a duty or to increase the
membership of our church or fellowship.
If you feel as our Lord feels, as He saw the crowed
Introduction 1 He was with compassion, if you think as He thinks, then you
will acts as He wants you to act.
Disciple making is not mere impacting of head knowledge,
it is life transference. If the people you nurture cannot see that
your life is being continually changed by the presence and power
of the risen Lord Jesus, they will have a hard time integrating what
they learn into their daily lives. You ought to interact with the people
you mentor, while all of you are being transformed by our Lord Jesus.
Our aim is that the people we nurture “May become blameless
and pure children of God, without fault in a crooked and depraved
generation where they shine like stars in the universe” (Philippians 2:15).
What can be a more glorious task than this?
What if some of the people you mentor fail to mature? Don’t consider
yourself a failure. Just look at our Lord Jesus in His earthly ministry in
making disciples, one of His disciples Judas was failed. Just as when we
evangelize we share the Good News of Jesus Christ and leave the rest
to the Holy Spirit, in making Disciples, we nurture the people under
our care the best way we can, leaving the rest to God. Whether or not
a new believer grows to become a mature Christian is the responsibility
of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, a discipler should have a shepherd’s heart,
as exemplified by our Lord Jesus.

Making Disciples was written in part to give a simple, biblical

definition of discipleship, rather than a complicated theological
definition based on a particular church tradition. It was also
written to present a clear discipleship process that any church
can adapt to meet its evangelism, discipleship, and maturity needs.
And finally, it was written to help individuals and churches get
started in the discipleship process in a way that will ensure
maximum fruitfulness.

Since 1993, the church I pastor in Cagayan de Oro City has been built
around the discipleship principles of Jesus Christ and presented here.
The Church was originally established in 1998 and for the 13th years
Introduction 2 grew through a combination of special outreach events and one- to- one
discipleship. In 2008, because of growing pains and the desire to
reach unbelievers more effectively, we developed what is now being
called the “Ephesians 4:12 “Methods” for disciples and church growth.
This method has enabled our church to consistently grow in quality,
strength, and influence. It has enabled us to empower many ordinary
believers to make disciples in small groups all over Mindanao.
This Ephesians 4:12 Method is not just a Filipino phenomenon.
It is being applied underground in closed Communist nations. It has
been an effective evangelism method in Muslim nations.
If applied with wisdom, consistency, and prayer, it will bear fruit in
your city and on your campus, too.
 Bishop Danilo O. Bantilan., Th.D
Cagayan de Oro Philippines
February 28, 2011

1 What is
Introduction 3
Discipleship?
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, and I will
make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19

Discipleship. All Christians know it is important, but

few know exact what it means. Even fewer have clear
methods to make disciples. By looking at Jesus in the
Gospels, we can see a clear discipleship method
and pattern.
When Jesus calls a person to be His disciple, He issues a
three-fold call

1. Discipleship is a call to follow Jesus

The starting point of being a disciple is to follow Jesus.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you

fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19
13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those
he wanted and they came to him. 14 He appointed
twelve- designating those apostles- that they might be
with him and that he might send them out to preach.
Mark 3:13-14
The first twelve disciples were able to physically follow
Jesus as He ministered around Galilee. During Paul’s time,
Jesus was no longer walking the earth in flesh and blood.
Paul taught the Corinthian believers to follow Jesus by
imitating and following godly people.

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:1
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15 Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ,
you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became
your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to
imitate me.
1 Corinthians 4:15, 16

2. Discipleship is a call to Evangelize/evangelism (2)

For fish men (3)

Jesus expects all who follow Him to reach out to the lost.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers
of men.”
Mark 1:17
  We called it relational evangelism or friendship
evangelism is one of the most effective ways to reach
out others.
You are saved because there was somebody who invited
you, it might be your close friend.

E.g. Like in my case, I came to the Lord because of my friend

Chris invited me and he shared to the way to salvation 1n 1987.

Following Jesus does not mean we cut off all contact with non-
Christians. Rather, it means we actively seek to introduce them to
Jesus. Matthew answered the call to discipleship and immediately
had a party at his house to introduce his friends to Jesus.

The problem of the traditional church there are many departments.

Department of evangelism for instance. Discipleship is the work
of everybody, is not only for a chairman of every department.
This is a spiritual family that every member of the family has to
do its function.

9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew

sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him,
Making Disciples 4 and Matthew got up and followed him. 10While Jesus was
What is Discipleship 5
having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and
“sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples.
11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,
“ Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and
sinners’ 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “ It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and
learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:9-13

3. Discipleship is a call to Believers (4)

with other believers.
None of the original disciples attempted to follow
Jesus alone. Following Jesus meant following along
with other disciples. In time, as they walked with
Jesus and each other in close fellowship, their
relationship developed into a spiritual family.

Biblical fellowship is more than greeting a few churches

members are the lobby before or after a worship service.
Real fellowship means Christ- centered community not
a pastor centered community. Jesus Christ must be the
centered in fellowship or relationship to avoid division.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching

and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and
to prayer.

Acts 2:42 Component:

 Teaching
 Fellowship
 Prayer

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship

with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
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purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7
Accountability with one another.
Patience
In both passages where Paul exhorted Christians to “bear with
one another,” the key word preceding this injunction is patience.
The King James Version uses the word “longsuffering,” one
aspect of “walking in the Spirit” (Gal.5:22). It is also the focus
of Paul’s prayer for the Colossian Christians: “ And we pray this …
so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the Kingdom of light” (Col. 1:10-12).
 To “bear with one another,” then, means being patient
with each other’s weakness. Not one of us is perfect. All of us fail,
particularly in human relationships. How easy it is to expect more
from other Christians than we expect from ourselves.
This has particular relevance to Christian family living.
In the family setting we get to know others like in no other social
unit. We live together day after day, week after week, year after year.
As members of a family unit we are seen at our best and at
our worst- both as parents and as children. Parents often
expect more from their children than they do from themselves.
Children often expect more from their parents than from other
adults in their lives. And together, this dynamic often erupts
in anything but patience and forbearance with one another.1

26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom
he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother,
“Dear woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple,
What is Discipleship 7 “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple
took her into his home.
John 19:26, 27

 We called it Spiritual Family

In summary, the call to discipleship is a call to build
relationship with God, God’s people, and lost people.

 The call to follow is a call to build a relationship

 with
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Dr. Gene Getz, Building up one anther copyright©1976 God (5)
by sp Publications, Inc. p.p 92-93  The call to fish is a call to build relationship with
 Lost (6) people.
 The call to fellowship is a call to build relationships
with God’s
People (7)

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PERSONAL APPLICATION

What did you learn from this lesson and how will you
apply it to your life?

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Principles

11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets,

some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the
body of Christ may be built up …

Ephesians 4:11, 12

Most Christians agree that making disciples should be top

 priority. Many fail to make disciples because they do
not know how to start or what to do.
The Ephesians 4:12 Method gives a clear
starting point and direction to the discipleship process.

What is the Ephesians 4:12 Method?

1. A Discipleship (1) –based church growth method

There are many ways to grow a church. Few are discipleship-
based. While excellent worship, preaching, community service,
kids’ ministry, and other traditional pillars of church growth
are important, the Ephesians 4:12 Method sinks or swims
on small group discipleship.

2. A Church (2) based discipleship method

Most of the best discipleship material is produced by
para-church ministries. The Ephesians 4:12 Method is
designed to work in a local Church.There are many available
materials for discipleship making such as: G-12, D-3,
and D-5 etc. No matter what would be our strategy
or methods could be used ….

the important thing is you make disciple.

Discipleship Principles 10
In the traditional church, the pastor does all the works.
Many Christians fell quite content to allow paid clergy and
staff to do all the work. “After all,” they may ask, “if I am not a
preacher or missionary or something of the kind, how can I be
properly engaged in ministry.”
The answer lies in their seeing the great commission a lifestyle
encompassing the total resources of every child of God.
Here the ministry of Christ comes alive in the day-by-day activity
of discipling.2

Foundational Discipleship Principles

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Robert Coleman, the Master Plan of Discipleship, 1998
Following are four foundational discipleship principles that are
essential for the Ephesians 4:12 Methods to work. These principles
are timeless and apply to all cultures and church sizes.

1. Every church, every ministry, and every discipleship

group can Grow (3) One goal of the Ephesians 4:12 Method is
to get ministry out of the hands of the
6 I planted the seed, Apollo’s watered it, but God made experts and into the hands of every
it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is believer.
anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8The man who plants and the man who waters have
one purpose and each will be rewarded according to
his own labor.
1 Corinthians 3:6-8
 V.6 plant, water, Grow (4)
 V.7 plant, water, Grow (5)
 V.8 plant, water, one Purpose (6)
The one purpose of planting and watering is growth.
The Ephesians 4: 12 Method will help every church,
every ministry, and every discipleship group consistently grows

GOAL OF
EPHESAIN 4:12 METHOD
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Maturation in the love of Christ. John 14:23

 Stronger (7)
 Larger (8)
  More influential (9)

2. Every disciple should make Disciples (10)

18Then Jesus came to them and said, all authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 therefore go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit…”

Matthew 28:18, 19

“Five fold ministries is function not for a title”

How we grade of being mature?
We could say that she or he is mature when they
make disciples.The discipler will become fruitful when
his disciple begins to disciple others. Immaturity is selfish,
self-centered.
Too often, we act like only full-time ministers or people who
have been Christians for a long time can make disciples.
The Apostolic Mandate to make disciples (Matthew 28) was
originally given to men who had questioned, doubted,
and even denied Jesus.

Spiritual progress, not perfection, qualifies a person to make disciples.

If our target is to have twelve disciples, start from one to one.
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3. Every minister should prepare others to Minister (14)

11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets,

some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 to prepare God’s people for works of service …

Each one begins with one to make 12 disciples. Eph. 4:11, 12

The Protestant Reformation emphasized the priesthod of all believers,

restoring the biblical pattern of relating to God. The modern church
needs a “Discipleship Reformation” that will emphasize the ministry
of all believers, restoring the biblical pattern of ministry. The job
of the “minister” is to prepare others to minister, not to do the entire
ministry. One goal of the Ephesians 4:12 Method is to get ministry
out of the hands of the experts and into the hands of every believer.

Three Levels of Preparation

 God prepares good works for us in advance.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

 Spiritual leaders prepare us for good works

through discipleship.

…to prepare God’s people for works of service,

so that the body of Christ may be built up …

Ephesians 4:12
We prepare ourselves for good works by
keeping our lives clean.
2Timothy 2:21

Our life testimony is very important in discipleship.

All three levels of preparation are necessary to
Discipleship Principles 13 us to be and do all God have called us to be and do.

4. Every soul is valuable to God (15)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not
perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
Value is determined by the price one is willing to pay.
God paid the ultimate price to redeem lost souls. Since God
places such a high value on lost people, we must learn to see
them the way He sees them.

Every one is wonderfully made by God so special creation

in the sight of God.

When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them,

because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep
without a shepherd.

Matthew 9:36
When we see people the way God see them, we will have
compassion on them and we will see that they are:

 Harassed (16)
 Helpless (17)
 Ripe for the Harvest (18)
If we are not compassionate for people; few people
will come to the Lord!

Compassion for souls, how?

1. Doesn’t judge theme now, help them now!
Making Disciples 14 2. See them the way God see them.

PERSONAL APPLICATION

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Priorities Discipleship Priorities 16

19 “ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in

the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
 Matthew 28:19, 20

What are we trying to accomplish in the discipleship process?

hat is our goals? If we do not understand basic discipleship
priorities, the Ephesians 4: 12 Method will become just another lifeless
church program. The following five priorities represent what we are
trying to accomplish in the discipleship process.

Five Discipleship Priorities

1. Foundations (1)
Sometimes we focus on numbers and programs.
Obedience established spiritual foundations.
The first goal of discipleship is to establish spiritual foundations in
the life of each disciple. The following Scriptures teach three important
truths about foundations.
 Obedience establishes spiritual foundations.
24 “ Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts
them into practice is like wise man who built his house on the
rock. 25 the rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it
had its foundation on the rock.”Matthew 7:24-

Program is good but it must be balance we need to hear the word of God.
This manual is just a road map where we are going.
We need to have an intimate relationship with God.
Discipleship Making 16  Jesus is the only foundation.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one
already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:11
We need methods or strategy in discipleship, inspired by
the Holy Spirit, inspired by love to our God.
Every action we should make must be motivated by love.
 Repentance is foundational.
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed
with this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his,”
 and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord
must turn away from wickedness.”
2Timothy 2:19

 Repentance is a lifestyle.

2. FREEDOM (2)
One goal of discipleship is freedom from all destructive
habits and sin patterns. Discipleship produces breakthrough
when we realize that freedom comes from Jesus.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we, who with unveiled
faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into
his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the
Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3: 17, 18

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 8:36

3. FAITH (3)
Faith was always an issue when Jesus disciple the twelve.
Discipleship Priorities 17 He stretched their faith, commended people who had faith,
and corrected those with little faith.

…for everyone born of God overcomes the world.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

1 John 5:4

Faith the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to
which you were called when you made your good confession in
the presence of many witnesses.
 1 Timothy 6:12

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because

anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists
and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6

This is faith with reason, we believe because the Word

of God says. We should always refer to the Scriptures
because faith comes from hearing or reading the Word
of God. It is not base on feelings of what you feel.

4. FRUITFULNESS (4)

Since we believe that every disciple should make disciples,

one goal of discipleship is fruitfulness. John 15 speaks of
five levels of fruitfulness.

Fruitfulness – Work- Work or Hard work!

There is no magic in prosperity!
We need to work for it, dream on it, and act on it!
 No fruit
“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit …”
Making Disciples 18 John 15:2a

 Fruit
“… While every branch that does bear fruit he prunes …”
John 15:2b

 More fruit
“… While every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so
that it will be even more fruitful.”
John 15:2c
  Much fruit
5” I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains
in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me
you can do nothing.
…8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
is showing you to be my disciples.”
John 15:5, 8

 Lasting fruit
“You did not choose me, but I choose you and appointed
you to go and bear fruit- fruit that will last. Then the
Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.”
John 15:16

FAMILY (5)
The church is a family.
Jesus expected His disciples not just to follow Him,
but to walk with one another. He spoke of them as family.

47 Someone told him, “ Your mother and brothers are standing

outside, wanting to speak to You.” 48 He replied to him,
“ Who is my mother, and who are my brothers
49Pointing to his disciples, he said,
“ Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever
Making Disciples 19 does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and
sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:47-50

Paul used family terms such as father, brother, and mother to

describe discipleship relationships.

11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals
with his own children, 12 encouraging, comforting and urging
you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom
and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:11,12
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow
citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household …
Ephesians 2:19

Honestly, it is not easy to make disciples; it involves your time,

money effort, and commitment to them. Then the worse thing is
your disciple will fight against you and don’t be discouruage
that’s normal even Jesus was betrayed. However one thing that
encourages us to continually doing it in spite of bad things
happens because we love God and His ministry.
We are here not to please people but to do the will of God to
make disciples.

PERSONAL APPLICATION
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Process
Things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses
entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:2

Having looked at the priorities, we can now turn to the

process of discipleship. The priorities are what we hope
to accomplish in discipleship. The process is how we
will go about accomplishing the priorities of discipleship.

The Discipleship Process

The process of discipleship in the Ephesians 4:12 Methods is
built on the five E’s:

1. Encounter/evangelize (1) the lost

It is important to understand that the discipleship process
begins with evangelism. When Jesus told His disciples to go
and make disciple of all nations (Matthew 28:18, 19), they did not
interpret this to mean that they should help people who were
sent to the world, not to the church, to make disciples.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life.”
John 3:16

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
Luke 19:10
We need to have a personal encounter with God
or intimacy with Him.

2. Evangelize/ establish in their faith (2) new believers

It is not enough to evangelize the lost. If we want to make
disciples, we must help establish them in the faith, in the Word,
and in the church.
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Now to him, who is able to establish you by my gospel
and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation
of the mystery hidden for long ages past…
Romans 16:25

… If you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved

from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you
heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,
and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
Colossians 1:23

3. Establish (3) to minister

The discipleship process begins with evangelism and establishing,
but it must not end there. In order to make disciples, we must equip
all believers to minister.

11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets,

some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 to prepare God’s people for works of service…
Ephesians 4:11, 12
4. Equip (4) to make disciples
If we equip without empowering, we will have frustrated disciples.
The whole point of equipping to minister is so that each disciple
will be empowered to make disciples.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8

5. Empowerment (5) to be a channel of God’s presence.

“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams
of living water will flow from within him.”
John 7:38

Making Disciples 23 … “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire”
Matthew 3:11

Only believe and you can have all God’s divine providence
for you to become effective in making disciples.
John the Baptist was standing on the cold river water in the
Jordan for repentance of sin. However, our Savior Jesus Christ
is waiting for us to come on the river of fire to cleanse us from
the Spiritual dirt. He is willing to baptize us with the Holy
Spirit and with fire. There is no short cut in the ministry of
the Lord, we must undergo the process:

1. Repentance
2. Receiving the saving grace of Christ
3. Baptism of water
4. Spiritual Baptism of fire
5. Then be witnesses to others.

… “In Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the

ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

“Therefore go and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit …” Matthew 28:19

The Ephesians 4:12 Methods in a Local Church

Applying the Ephesians 4:12 Method to a local church greatly
simplifies church administration and activities. As the following
The Discipleship Process 24 chart shows, there are only six basic church activities in the
Ephesians 4:12 Method: outreach groups, leadership groups,
worship services. Victory Weekend, Monthly report, Spiritual
family orientation, ARCT CLASS every night Monday to Friday

PROCESS TOOLS ACTIVITIES

Evangelize the lost

“Come, follow mw,” Jesus said,
“I will make you fishers of men.”
Matt. 4:19

Establish New Believers

 In faith

Discipleship
E512 Outreach
Materials Group
[outreach]
 In the Word Worship
Services
 In the church
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5How to Lead
Discipleship
Groups

1Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a

mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
2and he began to teach them, saying …
Matthew 5:1,2

Jesus made disciples in small groups. He also ministered to

 the individual disciple when the need arose. Small group
discipleship Versus one-on-one discipleship is not either-or,
but both-and. Jesus did both. Rather than discipling twelve men
individually and independently of each other, Jesus built a team
spirit into His disciples. When one needed private ministry, Jesus
ministered to that man privately, but most of their discipleship
was a group project. It is not enough for disciples to relate to
each other. If we want to get past addition to multiplication, then
we must minister to the twelve and to the one, to the group and
to the individual.
What is a Healthy Ephesians 4:12 Discipleship Group?
Just as a human body consists of small cells, the church body is
made of small groups. Everyone agrees about the nature of a
biological cell, but there are many different ideas about church
cells or discipleship groups. To understand the Ephesians 4:12
Method, we must understand what a discipleship group is and
what it is not. Discipleship is not a contest or focus on numbers.
An Ephesians 4:12 Method Discipleship Group is not a…
 Need- focused care group where each person comes to
talk about problems and receive personal pastoral care.
 Leader – centered Bible study where each person
comes to listen to and learn from a Bible expert.
 Fellowship- based social time where each person
comes to meet Christian friends.
 Spiritual gift experiment group where people can try out
spiritual gifts on each other.
How to Lead Discipleship Groups 27  Accountability group where everyone goes through a
spiritual checklist.
 Home group where food is served and whole families
gather for fellowship.
 Mini-church service complete with worship, offerings,
and preaching.
People in a healthy small group may meet needs, study the
Bible, and fellowship with each other, but the primary purpose
is to make disciples.

 The Ephesians 4:12 Method utilizes two types of

discipleship groups:
 Outreach (1) groups or accountability group.
Leadership (2) groups
It is not a Bible study
 The small group in the Ephesians 4:12 Method exists
for one reason:
To make Disciples (3)

OUTREACH GROUP LEADERSHIP GROUP

Making Disciples 28 Who Open to all Open only to outreach

Size limit None Twelve

Time limit Sixty minutes Ninety minutes

Purpose Grow the group Grow the leader

Gender Open Men-men, Women-women

Where Anywhere Anywhere

When Anytime Anytime

 Process Evangelize and establish Equip and empower

How to Lead an Outreach Group

The outreach group is the starting point of the discipleship process,
which is designed to introduce people to Jesus and help them grow
in their faith. An E512 outreach group has four parts:

1. Warm up question (4) (10-15 minutes).

Each outreach group begins with a warm up question. The warm-up is
designed to give everyone a chance to speak and to get to know each
other. Each lesson in the Ephesians 4:12 Method Bible Study Series
include two or three warm-up questions. Use only warm-up question
each meeting. The small group leader should introduce the warm-up
question, designate who should answer first, and encourage everyone
to answer. If the lesson takes more than one meeting to complete,
use a different warm-up question each week.

Good warm-up questions:

 Have no right or wrong answers.
How to Lead Discipleship Groups 29  Ask for opinion or experience.
 Require no Bible knowledge.
 Are not controversial.
 Are connected to the Bible study topic.

2. The Word (5) (10-15 minutes)

The Word is time is a short and practical Bible teaching on the
text or topic of the week. This brief teaching is followed by a
time of personal application where each person is encouraged
to share how they will put the lesson into practice. During the
warm-up and personal application, everyone is encouraged to
talk, but during the Word time, only the leader talks.
Each lesson begins with key verses and introductory comments
this can be read out loud or summarized. Don’t pretend to be
expert or Bible know- it- all. How much of the Bible you obey
is more important than how much you know.

Tips:
 The small group meeting is more than a Bible study.
 It requires a good leader, not an expert teacher.
 Let the Bible speak for itself.
 Remember, the goal is to minister to the needs
of the people, not to finish a Bible lesson.
 Be led by the Spirit, not the material.
 Use illustrations and tell stories to explain the Bible
verses. Some lessons are too long to complete in one
discipleship meeting. Take two, three, or four
weeks if necessary.

USING E512 OUTREACH MATERIAL

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Each lesson has several main points, followed by a
verse, comments, and questions. These questions are
not designed to be asked during the small group
meeting. Rather, they are to help the leader prepare the
lesson and to think of ways to communicate the point.

3. Personal Application (6) (10-15 minutes).

In an outreach group, we teach the Bible so people can do it,
not so they can know it. The whole point of teaching is for
practical and personal application.

22 Dot not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does
not do what it says is like a man who looks at is face in a
mirror 24 And, after looking at himself, goes away and OUTREACH GROUP TIMETABLE
immediately forgets what he looks like 25 But the man
who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,
and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard,
but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.
James 22:-25

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and

puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house
on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the
winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall,
because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone
who hears these words of mine and does not put them into
practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great
crash.”
Matthew 7:24-27

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Warm-up ………….10-15 minutes

Word …………….. 10-15 minutes

Application ……… 10-15 minutes

Prayer …………… 10-15 minutes

Tips:
 Most lessons include several application questions.
Choose only one.
 Feel free to add your own questions.

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  An effective standby application question that can
always be used is: “what did you learn from this lesson
and how will it affect your life?
 Ask the application question and designate who will
answer first.
 Do not allow people to argue or be critical of others.
 Remind everyone to apply the lesson to their own life,
not to someone else’s.
 Small group leaders must cry out for wisdom to know
when to balance or correct weird and unbiblical
applications. Insensitive correction or criticism
can kill the group, as can unchecked heresy.

4. Prayer –praying one another (7) (10-15 minutes).

Prayer is probably the most important part of the outreach group
Make sure you have plenty of time left so your prayer time is
not rushed. This is not a “closing prayer,” but a time to take
specific requests to God.

BLAMING DEMONS FOR EVERYTHING?

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responsibilities.
Example: Marry watches late night TV shows. She
always wakes up tired the following morning, but forces herself
to get up because she has to work. She begins to have a nagging
headache and becomes irritable. Lately she easily loses her
temper.” To solve these illnesses, she tries to cast out the “spirit
of headache, spirit of irritation and the spirit of bad temper.” For
a while she feels good. After a few days the symptoms are back.
This is because she had not corrected her habit of going to bed
late, which produced her tiredness causing these
Symptoms.

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Conversational prayer is generally thanksgiving and petition. No
shouting at strongholds or binding devils; plenty of thanks, adoration,
and specific petition.
 Spend your time praying for one another, not sharing prayer
requests, because of the inordinate amount of time spent
discussing prayer requests, many prayer meeting should
be called “prayer request meeting.”
 Don’t preach, pray. Encourage each person to pray simple
sentence prayers, not loud sermon prayers or long dissertations
on theology addressed to God, somehow designed to impress
the less spiritual.
There is a time and place for everything. The celebration
service is the place for sermons. The small group meeting is
the place for prayer.
 Pray in a language that people can understand. Not foreign
languages, tongues of angels, or hyper- religious jargon.
 Listen! Keep one ear tuned to whoever is praying at the
 moment and the other to the Holy Spirit. Listen carefully
during the warm-up and application time for things that
may need prayer.Be creative. Don’t pray in the same way
and order every time.
 Expect God to answer your prayers.

LOOK WHO’S TALKING

WARM-UP ……… EVERYONE

WORD ………........ LEADER ONLY

APPLICATION………EVERYONE

PRAYER …………….EVERYONE

HOW TO LEAD A LEADERSHIP GROUP

Making Disciples 34 An outreach group will usually have a combination of

non-believers new believers, and mature believers.
A leadership group will only have people who are leading
outreach groups. The primary goal of the leadership
group is to help the members be successful in their
outreach groups. A leadership group has three parts:

1. VISION (8) (20-30 minutes)

This is a time for each outreach leader to give
testimonies, updates, and reports from their groups
to encourage the others. It is also a time to share
frustration and problems in their outreach groups.
Many times it is not the leadership group leader
who has the answer to the problem, but another
member of the group who has overcome a similar
 situation in his own outreach group. Remember, the
purpose of the leadership group is to help each
outreach group leader become more fruitful.

2. INSTRUCTIONS (9) (20-30 minutes)

The leader usually shares a ten to twenty minutes Bible
message designed to help everyone become more fruitful
in their outreach groups.

3. PRAYER (10) (20-30 minutes)

The prayer time is a discipleship group is a time to
pray for personal needs and ministry growth. This is
not the time to intercede for the nation or world peace.
This prayer should be focused on specific needs and
specific lost people our outreach groups are reaching
out to.

How to Kill Discipleship Group

The Ephesians 4:12 Method of outreach groups and
leadership groups works in small churches and large
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churches, in Asian nations and Europe nations. As
simple as it is, there are proven ways to fail.
The following lessons were learned the hard way.

1. No mixing Business (11) with discipleship.

2. No mixing Politics (12) with discipleship.
3. No Private (13) ministry to the opposite sex.
4. No Personal agenda (14)
5. No Borrowing Money (15)
6. No Promotion (16) of para- church ministries
or any event, spiritual or secular, through
the small groups.
7. No Guest (17) speakers.
8. No receiving of tithes (18) and offerings.
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How to Facilitate
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Your Group
1. How to Control Talkative Members?
When one or two group members seem to monopolize
The discussion, it often helps to ask “what do the rest of
You think?” or Jack, what ideas do you have about this?
In some situations you may have to control the
discussion, and you may have to talk privately with the
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“talker” explaining the necessity of group participation.
You may enlist him to help you draw others in.
This will help him become more sensitive to the
contributions of other people.

2.How to get Back on Track?

If the discussion has gotten off tangent, you could say,
“This is interesting. However, we’ve left out our topic.
Perhaps we can finish first the main points of this lesson.
After that, if we still have time, we can tackle the
issue that you raised.” This way, you are able to
maintain proper time control. Make sure that you discuss
the major points and don’t get bogged down in the
minor details.

3.How to Handle “Wrong” Answers?

Never tell a group member he is wrong. If someone says
Something that is inaccurate or unbiblical, try to
get another viewpoint: “Okay, What do others think?”
or does anyone know other Scripture passages that may
help us here?” You may also restate the issue, or ask
another question that would help clarity or stimulate further
thought. Always keep others from losing “face”
Making Disciples 37 or getting embarrassed because of a wrong answer.

2. How to Handle Silence?

Don’t be afraid of pauses or try to fill in silent moments.
If you give everyone time to think, they will bring up good
Points and ask good questions as the discussion progresses.
By being patient, you may be surprised with the number of
excellent thoughts the group comes up with. Silent minutes
may seem uncomfortable, but don’t be embarrassed or feel
as if you must say something.3

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This section is adapted from How to Lead Small Group Bible Studies(Manila:
NavigatorMinistries Inc, 2nd floor, Vicar Bldg., #25 Denver St. corner
New York, Cubao, Q.C;
3. How to Handle Difficult Questions?
Don’t be afraid of saying, “I don’t know” when a difficult
Question is asked. If you don’t know the answer, don’t
pretend that you know. You can always look for the answer
later, orask someone else in the Group to research on it.
There is no merit in being thought of as a “know it all.”

4. How to Live up a dull Group?

Your group will respond to your own attitude. Pray for your
own sincere enthusiasm. If you want them to be enthusiastic,
you must be that way too. The right source for this excitement
is a desire to know God himself, a desire for his Word, and a
sincere commitment to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
you, as the leader, must demonstrate these issues carefully.
What can you do to give more glory to God in the way you
lead this group?

5. Learn to Show Positive Reinforcement

Acknowledgement individual responses with positive
comments such as “That’s good,” or “That’s a
thoughtful answer.

” It’s best not to overdo positive comments, but often most

discussion leaders err on the side of not saying them.
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Making Disciples 38 6.Help Increase Listening Ability
Some members of your group may tend to think more
about what they want to say rather than about what others are saying.
They become preoccupied with their own thoughts. To help them get
Rid of this lapse in listening let a group member summarize what
Has just been said by the previous person. Before doing this,
You may announce to the group that you would do it as an exercise
In helping the group becomes better listeners.4

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7How to Start
The Discipleship
Process
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How to Start Discipleship Process 42

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and
tell him, “ we have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and
said, You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas”
( which, when translated, is Peter).
John 1:41,42
T
he outreach group is the heart and soul of the Ephesians 4:12
Method for discipleship-based church growth. If the outreach
 groups are healthy, then the disciples will multiply.
If the outreach groups become ingrown, then the whole
system shuts down. The purpose of small group ministry
is to make disciples, and discipleship begins with evangelism.

The Right Attitude

Evangelism must be more than a method or a message to be effective.
We must have the right attitude.
Not ingrown to nail.

1. Attitude of Reconciliation (1)

 Evangelism is about restoring relationships.

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through

Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God
was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting
men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the
message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18,19

1. Attitude of an Ambassador (2)

Evangelism is about representing Christ.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were
Making Disciples 40
making his appeal through us. We implore on Christ’s behalf:
be reconcile to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20
We represent the Kingdom of God.

A. Attitude of Friendship (3)

Evangelism is about reaching out to non-believers.
10 while Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax
collectors and “sinners” came and ate with Him and His disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. 13 but go and learn what this
means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:10-13
The Right Focus
Rather than attempting random acts of evangelism targeting
strangers, outreach groups focus on relational evangelism or
friendship evangelism, especially:
1. Family (4)
Evangelism in the New Testament was not just about the
individual, but also the family.
13 “He told us how he had seen an angel appear in
his house and say, send to Joppa for Simon who is called
Peter. 14 He will bring you a message through which you
and your entire household will be saved.”
Acts 11:13, 14
When she and the members of her household were
baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me
a believer in the Lord.” She said, “ come and stay
at my house.” and she persuaded us.
Acts 16:15
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They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you
and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him
and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer
took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his
family were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and
set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to
believe in God- he and his whole family.
Acts 18:8
1. Friends (5)
The best place to start making disciples is with people who know
and trust us. Matthew and Cornelius are good examples
for us follow.
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at
the tax collector’s booth. “ Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got
up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s
house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and
his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,
“ Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and “sinners?”
Matthew 9:9-11
23 Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests. The next
day Peter started out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa
went along. 24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea.
Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives
and close friends.
Acts 10”23,24
Who are the Lost?
When Jesus sent His twelve disciples into the ripe
harvest fields, He told them to go to the lost.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: Do not
go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go
rather to the lost
sheep of Israel.”
Matthew 10:5,6
 In the same way, we are also called to the lost. But, who
are the lost?Jesus compared the lost in need of a Savior
to the sick who need a doctor. Who are the sick and lost
How to Start The Discipleship Process 42 that we are to reach.

 Unsaved
 Unchurched
 Backsliders- compromisers
 Cult (6) and counterfeits
 Lost (7) sheep
 Sick (8) sheep
 Starving (9) sheep
 Abused (10) sheep
 Wandering(11) sheep
 Sheep without Shepherd (12)
How to Start and Outreach Group
The goal of the outreach group is make disciples by reaching
the lost, beginning with lost friends and family. There are three
keys to getting off to the right start:

1. Identify (13) two or three others who desire to

make disciples by reaching the lost.
Your outreach group can start with a maximum of four
( you and three others). It will grow as the four of you pray
for and reach out to lost friends, family, and acquaintances.

2. Intercede (14) for your lost friends, family members,

and acquaintances.
At the first meeting, each member of the new outreach
group will make a list of at least ten friends, family
members, or acquaintances who are not active church
members. The group will fast and pray together for one
month, specially praying for the needs of these people.

3. Prayer and Fasting (15) friends, family, and

acquaintances to your outreach group.
Making Disciples 43 After four weeks of prayer and fasting, some of the people
you are praying for will be more open to the gospel and
will be more interested in visiting your small group.

(Note: “outreach group” is a term we use internally.

We never invite a person to an outreach group.
We invite them to a “Bible study” or a particular
topic that might interest them, or we invite them
to a “men’s group,” a prayer group,” or
a women’s fellowship.
 The VIP Prayer List
The following worksheet is designed to help identify people who will potentially
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be interested in your outreach group.
RELATIVES

____________________ OLD FRIENDS AND

FAMILY FRIENDS
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SOCIAL CONTACTS
(Sports, Club, Hobbies) ____________________ ___________________
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 CHURCH VISITORS

____________________
YOU ____________________
OFFICE MATES OR ____________________
CLASSMATES ____________________
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____________________ NEIGHBORS ____________________
____________________ __________________
____________________ __________________ MISC. CONTACTS
____________________ __________________ (BARBER, TAILOR,
____________________ __________________ DENTIST
____________________ __________________
____________________ __________________ ____________________
__________________ ____________________
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__________________ ____________________ PERSONAL APPLICATION
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The Discipler’s
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Heart
what is the heart of the discipler?
hat is his dream and desire to be accomplished?
Matthew 12:34 says that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks." The key is out of the abundance of the heart, that is, "what is
in the heart," what we want to talk about and the cause of our actions.
Of the four broad areas in Isaiah 58:13-14, this is probably the most
difficult one for us. We wrestle with it, wondering whether "what we
are saying and acted of it" should be act and said or not.
The heart is the center of life that flows our personality or actions.

1. Vision to Make Disciples

Vision is a clear mental image and the capacity to see the present
 and future of what we need be accomplished inline
to the will of God.
Vision is one of the vehicle of God could be used to commune
with His people.The Church that has been entrusted to me by God
was the product of God’s communication through vision;
while I was in my home washing my clothes, then God gave me
a vision to plant His Church that brings revival and it could be possible,
through making disciples of all nations and baptizing them through
the name of the TRIUNE GOD: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,
not through the name of my denomination. Making disciple is lifting
up the Name of Jesus to become famous and it is not for our own
benefits and fame or may be our motive is we want that the finances
of our Church will be increased. That’s why we make disciples.
I always believe that “God’s work is done in God’s
way will never run out…..

any resources.”Therefore, being a discipler our heart should

be motivated by vision from God. I have to paraphrase this,
The Discipler’s Heart 50
Numbers 12:6 to make more personal to His discipler.
The Discipler’s Heart 47 “He said, “Listen to my Words: When a discipler of the Lord is
among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in
dreams.
2. Vision for Multiplication
“Biological Multiplication and the Delegated Authority to
Reproduce His own kind physically and spiritually”
“A God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and
fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish
of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature
that moves upon the earth”
Genesis 1:28 AV
But man failed to reproduce God’s image and likeness.
They made it after the fall but corrupted version of productions.
That’s why discipleship making is vital for the church, it is not
another program but rather it is life of Jesus Christ channeled
to His church that ought to be followed and it is a command
not an option.
 19 “ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing Them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. 20 And teaching them to obey everything
I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age.”
Matthew 19-20 NIV
“You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I
Have appointed you[ I planted you], that you might go
and bear Fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit
may be
Lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever
you ask the Father in My Name[as presenting all that
I AM], He may give it to you.
John 15:16 AV

God’s perfect plan and designed for His people is to multiply not only
for addition or division but is to multiply His own kind. Reproducing
not only in numbers but in quality of character. The Restoring His
Making Disciples 48
image and likeness that was destroyed and lost because of man’s
disobedience against the will of God. Mostly, of the church today
in the body of Christ were funs of making the numbers of disciples
not in quality in character, it should not be done that way, we’re
mislead many times, we tempt to compete to ministry comparing the
numbers of disciples. It should be balanced in quantity and in quality
of Character. That’ why the first sermon of Jesus in making disciples
was done in Mount of Olives and His first subject on His sermon and
it is a very important subject in disciple making is the
“Restoration of God’s Image” “The beatitudes”.
Matthew. 5: 1-12

Making disciples is a three-step process: first by going to those who

had no exposure to the gospel; second, by calling them into
a relationship with Jesus that culminates in baptism; endeavors
to reach those who have not heard - the unreached ethnic of our times.
In doing that we expect to see the church planted and in turn
reaching out to and third by teaching them to observe his commands.
There is an overwhelming need and challenge to the missionary others.
But the challenge does not stop there. Making disciples includes a
process that follows to keep that new follower learning and growing
in his new faith, what some call “spiritual formation.” The important
thing is that there is an on-going growth experience. A new believer’s
worldview must be changed; his lifestyle adjusted to increasingly
conform to the image of Christ; and his ethical conduct increasingly
marked by integrity. When transformation is apparent in these areas,
that believer in turn is in a position to teach others also and thus
duplicate the process. Patience and grace are very important when
dealing with a disciple’s weaknesses.

19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown
Into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit [their character] you will recognize
them. 21 “ Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the
kingdom of heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord,
The Discipler’s Heart 49
did we not prophesy in Your Name, and in Your Name drive out
demons and perform many miracles? 23 Then I will tell them plainly,
I never new you. Away from Me, you evil doers!
Matthew 7:19-23
Character is more important than gifts. It might be that you will
flow in the spiritual gifts, but you don’t have Christ likeness you will
end up in hell. In refining the character; it really done through
discipleship making but first of all you must be a disciple of Jesus
before you make disciples. Sometimes we love to have spiritual
gifts for us to become famous and tempt to forget the fruits of the
Holy Spirit, that should be the major aspect in the lives of each
believers. We love the gifts but we don’t love the giver.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
Goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control.
Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23

3. Vision for Great Things

12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do
what I Have been doing. He will do even greater things
than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I
will do whatever you ask in My Name, so the Son may
bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask Me
For anything in my Name, and I will do it.
John 14:12-14
To perform great things in God’s Kingdom it is the work of
Jesus Christ and the primary purpose is to glorify Him
alone! Not to promote our denominations were you belong.
It is a big mistake if we miss out the point to become great
in God’s Kingdom.
In the context of obeying God by making disciples, Jesus
assured us that we can ask anything through His Name
and He is willing to answer our request.
a. We need to pray for disciples.
b. We need to pray for great things to come.
c. We need to pray that we can do the things
as Jesus did before.
d.We need to pray that Jesus may glorify in all we do.
The primary heart’s of being a discipler is to increase the
Making Disciples 50 Name of Jesus. John the Baptist said, “He must increase
and I must decrease!

PERSONAL APPLICATION
What did you learn from this lesson and how will apply it to
your life?

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9Disciple Maker
the spiritually mature ones in your groupand
to commit to nurture the new
The Discipler’s Heart 51 believers. The choice of who to pair off with that should be done with

Disciple Relationship
much prayer and thought. Try to discover your members’ backgrounds
first before pairing them. If there are only a few members in your group
and all of them are of the same level of spiritual maturity, then you are to
mentor everyone.
After pairing them off, you should sit down with each pair.
Discuss each one’s role and expectations. This will give direction to the
disciple- maker/disciple relationship.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF DISCIPLE- MAKING

GOAL – To help the person you mentor become a disciple of Jesus

Christ. To help him or her grow so that by the end of this series lessons
(seven months time), he or she will have become a disciple- maker,
helping a new believer grow.
(At that point, he will be a partner in the ministry with you)

OBJECTIVES
1. To usher the disciple to a life that is continually changed by
God.
2. To guide the disciple to read through the important
Chapters in the Bible in one year’s time.
3. Within the first seven months, to help the disciple lead a Type
A non-believer to the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Type A non-believer refers to a person who is
receptive to the Gospel.) After this, during the next six
months, he, together with two other Christians…
 From the prayer house will lead three Type B non-believers to Jesus.
(“Type B non-believer” refers to a person who is resistant to the
Gospel.)

4. To see how the disciple grows in his relationship with his or her
family, prayer house group, fellowship, church, and community.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
DUTIES OF A DISCIPLE- MAKER
Making Disciples 52 1. Regularly spend time, at least once a week, with the
disciple outside prayer house meeting.
a. Share each other’s prayer concerns including items
for thanksgiving. Pray together.
b. Share insights you gained from Bible readings.
c. Help the disciple memorize the memory verse of the
week.
d. Check if the disciple is consistent I his Bible reading
course, quite time, prayer, and worship life.
2. Show real care and concern. Be transparent as you share
your own struggles and how God has enabled you to
overcome them. Be there when the disciple needs you.
3. Help train the disciple on how to lead a person to
Christ. Use the lessons “Friendship Evangelism and the
Gospel Class.
4. Seek the Lord with all your heart. As you grow spiritually,
you will be able to help the disciple grow.
5. Help the person you are nurturing become a disciple of
Jesus Christ, not your disciple. So be careful that you
don’t refer to him or her as my “disciple.”
6. For a more comprehensive plan on how to be a disciple-
maker.
 Appendix A
The Disciple Maker and Disciple Relationship 53 HOW TO BECOME
A DISCIPLE

Before we can make disciples, we must be disciples.

Here are four basic steps to becoming His disciple.

1. Count the cost.

Jesus made it clear that there would be a price to pay to
follow Him. He warned all followers to count the cost
before starting the discipleship journey.
27 “And anyone who does not carry his cross and
follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 Suppose one of you
wants to build a tower. WillHow to first
he not become a Disciple
sit down and 56
estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to
complete it”
 Luke 14:27,28

Rather, as servant of God we commend ourselves in

every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships
and distress; 5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots;
in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity,
understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy
Spirit and in sincere love; 7 in truthful speech and in
the left; 8 through glory and dishonor, bad report and
good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
9 known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet
we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful,
yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich;
having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 6:4-10

2. Confess Jesus as Lord.

There can be no discipleship without Lordship. Submission to
Christ as Lord is the starting point.
Making Disciples 54
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
Romans 10:9

But if yours hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be

prepared to give as answer to everyone who asks you to
give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this
with gentleness and respect …
1Peter 3:15

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue

to live in him …
Colossians 2:6

3. Choose God’s will and God’s people.

Discipleship means we choose God’s will over our own.

“If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether

my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.”
John 7:17

Discipleship also means choosing God’s people. When

Matthew chose to follow Jesus, he was also choosing to
follow along with Peter, Andrew, James, and John. If we
want to follow Jesus, we must follow along with others
who also follow Him.
24 by faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to
be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God

rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.
Hebrews 11:24.25
Appendix A 55 4. Carry your cross.
The cross was an instrument of death. As we follow
Jesus, we must carry our cross and continually die to
sin and self.
What is Discipleship 41
Then he called the crowed to Him along with His
disciples and said: “if anyone would come after me,
he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Appendix A 57 Mark 8:34

Then he said to them all: “if anyone would come

after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross
daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23

18 for, as I have often told you before and now say

again even with tears, many live as enemies of the
cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their
god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame.
Their mind is ion earthly things.
Philippians 3:18, 19

Appendix B

Making Disciples 56
THE DISCIPLESHIP WHEEL
The following illustrations were developed by Dr. Greg Mitchell,
pastor of the Every Nation Church in Vancouver, Canada, to help
explain the discipleship process.

Discipleship is
Christ –Centered
relationship

Process of
Spiritual
Growth
 TRUTH FAITH

REPENTANCE The Process of

Transformation

Appendix c
Appendix B 57
CHAPTER 2
ANSWERS Discipleship Principles
1. Discipleship
2. Church
CHAPTER 1
3. Grow
What is Discipleship?
4. Grow
1. Follow Jesus
5. Grow
2. Fish
6. Purpose
3. Men
7. Stronger
4. Fellowship
8. Larger
5. God
FAITH 6. Lost
9. Influential
10. Disciples
7. People
11. Work
REPENTANCE 12. Age
13. Saved
CHAPTER 3
14. Minister
Discipleship Priorities
15. God
16. Harassed
17. Helpless
18. harvest
 1. Foundations
2. Freedom
3. Faith
4. Fruitfulness
5. Family

CHAPTER 4
The Discipleship Process
1. Evangelism
2. Establish
3. Equip
4. Empower

CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6
How to Lead Discipleship How to Start the Discipleship
Groups Process
Appendix C 58 1. Outreach
2. Leadership 1. Reconciliation
3. Discipleship 2. Ambassador
4. Warm-up 3. Friendship
5. Word 4. Family
6. Application 5. Friends
7. Prayer 6. Compromisers
8. Vision 7. Lost
9. Instruction 8. Sick
10. Prayer 9. Starving
10. Abused
11. Wandering
12. Shepherds
13. Identify
14. Intercede
15. Invite
 Appendix D

Recommended for Readings

Many contemporary books about discipleship focus on how to be

disciples of Christ rather than how to make disciples of Christ.
Such books focus on personal commitment and spiritual growth. A
number of books have sections on making disciples, but we are
aware of relatively few complete books on the subject.

Appendix C 59
1. Adsit, Christopher. Personal Disciple Making: A Step by Step
Guide for Leading a Christian from New Birth to Maturity.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988. This extremely
practical handbook discusses the basics of disciple making and
gives tools that may aid a discipler in her work. Adsit looks at
the different levels of spiritual maturity: babies, children,
adolescents and adults. He then seeks to prescribe which kinds
of spiritual food each might need. This book has many charts
and outlines that could be taken and used directly in a
discipleship relationship. Adsit comes from a Campus Crusade
background, and advances the Ten Basic Steps as suitable tools
for training.
Arn, Win. The Master's Plan for Making Disciples (2nd ed.)
Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.
2. Barna, George. Growing True Disciples: New Strategies for
Producing Genuine Followers of Christ. Colorado Springs:
WaterBrook Press, 2001.
Barna uses his sociological research to demonstrate the relative
absence of real disciple making in the evangelical church in
America. But the book is not negative as a whole. He goes on
to cover several churches where discipleship is faithfully
practiced at some level, and makes a strong call to return to the
biblical ideals in this area. His definition of discipleship is
loose, including things like taking a spiritual growth class or
 3. Briscoe, Stuart. Discipleship for Ordinary People. Wheaton. 111.
Harold, Shaw Publishers, 1988. This book is not about disciple
making, but teaches how to be a good disciples of Christ. It is a
useful coverage of what goes into full commitment to following
Christ as his disciple.

Bruce, A. B. The Training of the Twelve. Grand Rapids: Kregel,

1971. This fairly academic coverage of how Jesus taught his
disciples is a classic, and the basis for several other more well-
known books.

4. Bly, Stephen A. Radical Discipleship: Tough Standards for Spiritual

Greatness. Chicago: Moody Press, 1981.
As the title suggests, this book is about living a radical, surrendered
life for God. He doesn't really teach about discipling others, although
he is very insistent that each Christian find a way to minister to
others. This book is very practical and hands-on, unlike most other
book on this topic. For instance, Bly has lists to fill out that have
people asking, “Who can I minister to?”, “When will I do this?”,
Appendix D 60 “What is radical fellowship?”, etc.

5. Coleman, Robert E. The Master Plan of Evangelism. Grand Rapids:

Baker Book House Company, 1963.
While this book says it's about evangelism, it's really about how
Jesus made disciples. Coleman has another book under the title, The
Master Plan of Discipleship, but we prefer this title for learning
about disciple making. This book explores principles essential to
effective disciple making in a way found nowhere else. It is a must-
read. Using the example of Jesus, Coleman expounds on principles
like selection, association, reproduction, delegation, and more.

6. Comiskey, Joel. Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small

Group Can Grow and Multiply. Houston: Cell Group Resources,
2002. Comiskey studied the cell-church movement as exemplified
by Paul Yonggi Cho's church in Korea. He identified eight other
huge cell-churches and did a survey of the cell leaders as a basis
for this book. The cell-church model is being adopted by a
growing number of large churches in America. The model
assumes extremely rapid growth. Most expect their cell groups to
double and multiply in six to 12 months.
 7. Leadership class of several weeks to a year in length, although
with the longer programs, the students are already leading groups
during most of the training. We found it hard to sinful than the
people in these groups (seriously). By six months, we just hope
our people have stopped taking drugs and fornicating! Asked
about this discrepancy, Dr. Comisky told me that cell churches
compensate for the lower level of training by increased quality in
coaching. reconcile his insistence that good cell leadership
training “maintain both the quantitative and qualitative edge.
Both are essential,” with his claim that, “Six months usually is
sufficient time for you to develop a new leader to shepherd a
cell.” (p. 63, 64) Apparently, our people are slower learners, or
perhaps more Comiskey, Joel. Cell Church Solutions:
Transforming the Church in North America. Morneo Valley, CA:
CCS Publishing, 2005.
This explanation of cell church theory as it relates to the special
conditions in North American culture makes an excellent case for
Appendix D 61 why cell churches will work anywhere. Disciple making plays a
key part in multiplying cell groups in this model, and this book
includes helpful chapters on making disciples, training, and
coaching. Comisky includes numerous examples of churches in
America where the cell-based strategy is bearing impressive fruit.

8. Coppedge, Allan. The Biblical Principles of Discipleship. Grand

Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1989.
This simple and straightforward book again does not teach how to
disciple other people. Rather it explores what the Bible has to say
about being a disciple of Christ and why God wants us to be
disciples. Coppedge looks at both the Old Testament and the
New, proposing that God has always been interested in having a
people who follow him and glorify him.

9. Eims, Leroy. The Lost Art of Disciple Making. Colorado Springs:

Navpress, 1978.
An excellent introduction to the idea of disciple making, this
book includes a few study guides in the back that could be used in
a cooperative study with disciples. Eims is passionate to persuade
people of the value of disciple making. The only unfortunate
thing about this book is that it is brief, and only covers the early
stages of this lost art Forman, Rowland, Jeff Jones, and Bruce
 Church. Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan, 2004.
This group writes from the perspective of the Fellowship Bible
Church, founded by Gene Getz. FBC is one of the exceptional
equipping churches in America, not only growing to great size
using a “mini-church” or house church model, but also
successfully planting dozens of other local churches mostly in
Texas, Arkansas, and the Rocky Mountain states. They have
founded the Center for Church Based Training which
propagates the FBC approach to leadership development. Their
excellent training material is interactive and suited for use in
small groups and classes. The book has a section on personal
mentoring that is brief but good.

10. Foss, Michael W. Power Surge: 6 Marks of Discipleship

for a Changing Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Press,
2000.
This is not a book about personal disciple making, but
Appendix D 62
about moving churches from a “membership model” to a
“discipleship model” of church affiliation. Foss speaks
from the perspective of a mainline pastor in a Lutheran
church who realized he needed to move his church from a
paradigm where the members saw the church as meeting
their needs, to one where they saw themselves as disciples
there to accomplish the church's mission. He frames this
shift as one where the pastor moves from caregiver to
leader, and where members shift from being maintained to
being mobilized to ministry—in other words,
decentralizing ministry in the church. One example
involves the women who have taken it upon themselves to
organize a church-wide garage sale that raises $60,000 a
year for the poor. His chapter on leadership development
advances the idea of a Young Leaders' Forum, where
leaders can be trained, mentored, and held accountable. He
gives an example of one new leader successfully trained to
lead celebration of the sacraments. Although operating
from a different perspective than ourselves, Foss' thrust is
certainly in the right direction.
 11. Hanks, Billie Jr. and William A. Shell. Discipleship: The Best Writings
from the Most Experienced Disciple Makers. Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1981.
This anthology of readings includes writings from Robert E. Coleman,
Leroy Eims, Walter A. Hendrichsen, Gary Kuhne, and more. These
writings are all taken from authors who specialized in writing about
disciple making.

12. Hendrichsen, Walter A. Disciples are Made, Not Born. Colorado

Springs: Cook Communications, 1974.
This short but comprehensive overview begins with information on
being a disciple of Christ personally, and then moves to cover
evangelism and follow-up. Hendrichsen discusses the stages of the
disciple making process, including selection, imparting basics, and then
multiplying. Important themes in this book include developing
conviction in others and appreciating the calling of God.

13. Hendrichsen, Walter A. How to Disciple Your Children. Wheaton:

Victor Books, a division of SP Publications, Inc., 1981. Family can be a
Appendix D 63 touchy area, but Hendrichsen approaches hard issues with such grace
and humility it becomes easy to take his challenge. This book gives us a
category for bringing ministry into our homes. More than that, he
suggests beginning our ministries in our homes. This challenges the idea
that ministry is done with other people's families, and our time at home
is “me time.” Although this book puts forth good concepts, it would be
nice to have more practical ideas on how to incorporate his ideas.

14. Fryling, Alice, ed. Disciplemakers' Handbook: Helping People Grow in

Christ. Downers Grove Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1989.
Fryling is a staffer for Intervarsity, and speaks from long experience.
This book covers the basics of friendship building, modeling, and
instruction that go into building up disciples. Her focus is more on
grounding believers than on leadership development. Publishing House,
1981.
This anthology of readings includes writings from Robert E. Coleman,
Leroy Eims, Walter A. Hendrichsen, Gary Kuhne, and more. These
writings are all taken from authors who specialized in writing about
disciple making.

15. Hendrichsen, Walter A. Disciples are Made, Not Born. Colorado Springs:
Cook Communications, 1974.
 16. This short but comprehensive overview begins with information on being
a disciple of Christ personally, and then moves to cover evangelism and
follow-up. Hendrichsen discusses the stages of the disciple making
process, including selection, imparting basics, and then multiplying.
Important themes in this book include developing conviction in others and
appreciating the calling of God.

17. Hendrichsen, Walter A. How to Disciple Your Children. Wheaton: Victor

Books, a division of SP Publications, Inc., 1981. Family can be a touchy
area, but Hendrichsen approaches hard issues with such grace and humility
it becomes easy to take his challenge. This book gives us a category for
bringing ministry into our homes. More than that, he suggests beginning
our ministries in our homes. This challenges the idea that ministry is done
with other people's families, and our time at home is “me time.” Although
this book puts forth good concepts, it would be nice to have more practical
ideas on how to incorporate his ideas.
Appendix D 64
18. Hull, Bill. The Disciple making Pastor. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House
Co., 1988. Unlike his more general works on disciple making, this title is
geared towards leaders. Hull begins by stressing the importance of
discipleship, challenging the traditionalist view that the pastor is the only
one capable of doing important ministry. Later he focuses on how pastors
can coach their people toward a successful multiplication ministry.

19. Hendrichsen, Walter A. How to Disciple Your Children. Wheaton: Victor

Books, a division of SP Publications, Inc., 1981. Family can be a touchy
area, but Hendrichsen approaches hard issues with such grace and humility
it becomes easy to take his challenge. This book gives us a category for
bringing ministry into our homes. More than that, he suggests beginning
our ministries in our homes. This challenges the idea that ministry is done
with other people's families, and our time at home is “me time.” Although
this book puts forth good concepts, it would be nice to have more practical
ideas on how to incorporate his ideas.

20. Hull, Bill. The Disciple making Pastor. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House
Co., 1988. Unlike his more general works on disciple making, this title is
geared towards leaders. Hull begins by stressing the importance of
discipleship, challenging the traditionalist view that the pastor is the only
one capable of doing important ministry. Later he focuses on how pastors
 21. Hanks, Billie Jr. and William A. Shell. Discipleship: The Best Writings
from the Most Experienced Disciple Makers. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan.

22. Hull, Bill. Jesus Christ Disciplemaker. Grand Rapids: Baker Books,
1984, 2004 (20th Anniversary Edition).
This is a fine analysis of Jesus' work in making disciples. Anyone
interested in making disciples should read this careful study which is
full of insight on how Jesus formed character and understanding in his
followers.

23. Kuhne, Gary W. The Dynamics of Discipleship Training: Being and

Producing Spiritual Leaders. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing
House, 1978. This book is focused on the importance of self-discipline,
and instilling a value for discipline in disciples. Themes include the
importance of time management, hard work, and discernment. A very
brief study course is included in the back of the book that helps to
Appendix D 65 cover the basics of Christian growth.

24. Krallmann, Günter Mentoring for Mission: A Handbook on Leadership

Principles Exemplified by Jesus Christ, ( Waynesboro, GA: Authentic
Media, 2002)
This is a well-researched study of Jesus' method of mentoring. Written
by an experienced missionary-practitioner, his insights are deep and
highly useful. Although hard to find, this book deserves careful study
by serious disciple makers.

25. Longenecker, Richard. Patterns of Discipleship in the New Testament.

(Grand Rapids, MI, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996) . This
is a scholarly discussion of how the idea of discipleship is used by
different authors in the New Testament. It does not explain how to
make disciples.

26. Moore, Waylon B. Multiplying Disciples: The New Testament Method

for Church Growth. Tampa: Missions Unlimited, 1981.This book is
very motivating, and one of our favorite titles on making disciples.
Moore does an excellent job raising tension and demonstrating how
essential the disciple making ministry is to the Christian mission. In
most of the book, he describes the value of multiplication and the
accessibility of this ministry. “Anyone can multiply!” is his battle cry.
 27. Neighbor, Ralph. Where Do We Go From Here? Houston, TX: Touch
Publications, 1990.
This is not a book on disciple making, but on ecclesiology. Neighbor
advances a model for cell churches which he argues is more biblical than
today's “program-based churches.” He advocates the Yonggi Cho although
Ogden's increased success in multiplication coincided roughly with his
move to three-way discipleship, his success may be partly the result of
other factors. Separating individual causes is notoriously difficult when
studying ministry.
One major difference between Ogden's approach and our own: his
multiplication involves multiplying triads, while ours involves multiplying
house churches and cell groups. This partly accounts for why we hold to a
higher standard of training and experience before disciples would be
considered duplicated. It also results in a somewhat different paradigm in
Appendix D 66 general, where the focus in duplication is on the church more than the
individual. This is a complex and subtle difference that should be explored
more.
Ogden includes a wonderful section on building slowly and solidly
(127,128). But even his patience-oriented approach envisages duplication
after less time than we propose. But for existing believers, a year and a
half may be sufficient, while new believers with lots of problems (like
most of our people) may take a lot longer if we hold out for leadership
qualifying character. His section on getting started on page 190 says
pastors should begin with those in their churches who are already most
mature, while in our church, those people were discipled long ago. model
of cell church, including some associated assumptions with which we do
not agree. He implies that church programs are largely unnecessary and
often harmful. We think both cells and programs areDnecessary
Appendix 66 for a well-
rounded church, and both are seen in the New Testament church (e.g. the
relief project for Judea mentioned in 2 Cor. 8, 9). We agree, however, than
when programs become the center of church strategy, we have moved
away from the New Testament pattern. Overall, the book is well worth
reading, and paints an appealing picture of a church based more on lay
empowerment for ministry than on centralized programs and celebrities.
He has short sections on personal discipleship, as each cell leaders is
responsible for developing an assistant leader, usually within the (in our
opinion) unrealistically short period of six months.
1.

27. Ogden, Greg. Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life

in Christ. Downers Grove Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998)
This is Greg Ogden's study guide for use in discipleship triads (see
below)Ogden, Greg. Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a
Few at a Time. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2003.This is an
important, high quality, recent work on disciple making from a long-
time practitioner who has served as a pastor and seminary teacher.
Ogden surveys the low condition of discipleship in the Ogden, Greg.
Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time.
Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2003.This is an important, high
quality, recent work on disciple making from a long-time practitioner
who has served as a pastor and seminary teacher. Ogden surveys the
low condition of discipleship in the modern church before analyzing
Jesus' and Paul's approaches to making disciples. His analysis is rich
in principles and useful insights. Then he provides a section on
practical strategy for making disciples in the modern church. He
Appendix D 67
correctly stresses the relational dimension of disciple making, and
clearly explains why programs cannot deliver the real life
transformation needed. Ogden advances a method based on triads,
where three meet together. We have also had good results with this
approach at times, although we find the one-on-one model has
advantages of its own. Ogden makes a good case for the efficacy of
three-way discipleship, but his claim that three-way meetings lead to
multiplication, while one-on-one meetings don't, contradicts our
experience. We have seen large-scale multiplication using both
models. We suspect that discipleship with younger people (students)
might benefit from a one-on-one format. Most of the stories he tells
are about adults of family age or higher. We also suspect that, We feel
that Ogden's dread of leader/follower roles in discipleship is somewhat
exaggerated (although he allows for directive leadership in coaching
and spiritual guide roles). We certainly have biblical examples where
the disciple maker takes a leading role, and as mentioned earlier, our
experience has not duplicated his failure to see multiplication in
leader-follower dyads. We agree that any perception of hierarchy
should be minimized.
 28. Petersen, Jim. Lifestyle Discipleship: The Challenge of
Following Jesus in Today's World. Colorado Springs: Navpress,
1993.
This is a great book on disciple making from an experienced
discipler working within the Navigators' organization. Like most
books on disciple making, he focuses mostly on establishing
young believers, and teaching them how to walk with God. Only
a few pages near the end refer to leadership development. But
this is a well worthwhile read that grapples with most of the
central issues involved in spiritual growth. His last chapter on
time priorities contains helpful points for busy disciple makers.

29. Rabey, Lois and Steve. Side by Side: A Handbook. Colorado

Springs: NavPress, 2000.
This anthology of discipleship resources includes organized
readings by many of the great Christian minds of today and
yesterday. Many focus more on how to be disciples than on how
to make disciples. There are quotes from many authors,
Appendix D 68 including John Stott, Ravi Zacherias, Andrew Murray, Martin
Luther, Oswald Chambers, Madeleine L'Engle, and C.S. Lewis.

30. Robinson, Martin, and Dwight Smith. Invading Secular Space:

Strategies for Tomorrow's Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Monarch
Books, 2003.
Written by two missions and church planning experts, this
interesting book is written for mission and church leaders
considering how to foster church planting movements like those
already flourishing in many parts of the world today. Their last
three chapters contain elements needed to empower the laity for
ministry and personal discipleship figures prominently. But the
book is more a theoretical reflection than a practical study on
how to raise up disciples.

31. Sanders, Oswald J. Spiritual Discipleship. Chicago: The Moody

Bible Institute of Chicago, 1990. Originally published under the
title, Shoe-Leather Commitment, this book is an extended
description of what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus. It
focuses on committing your own life to discipleship rather than
on how to make disciples of others. It is good for inspiration,
and for getting a vision of committed Christian living.
 32. Schroeder, David E. Follow Me: Discipleship by the Book. Camp
Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1992.
A book on being a disciple, not on making disciples. Stanley, Paul D.
and J. Robert Clinton. Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You
Need to Succeed in Life. Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1992.
This classic discussion of mentoring brings the expertise of two
important authorities on leadership development to the table. Their
discussion tends to widen the field when they consider mentoring to
include a variety of different relationships. Essentially, any Schroeder,
David E. Follow Me: Discipleship by the Book. Camp Hill, PA:
Christian Publications, 1992.
A book on being a disciple, not on making disciples.

33. Stanley, Paul D. and J. Robert Clinton. Connecting: The

Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life. Colorado
Springs: Navpress, 1992.
This classic discussion of mentoring brings the expertise of two
important authorities on leadership development to the table. Their
Appendix D 69 discussion tends to widen the field when they consider mentoring to
include a variety of different relationships. Essentially, any

Stanley, Paul D. and J. Robert Clinton. Connecting: The Mentoring

Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life. Colorado Springs:
Navpress, 1992. This classic discussion of mentoring brings the
expertise of two important authorities on leadership development to
the table. Their discussion tends to widen the field when they consider
mentoring to include a variety of different relationships. Essentially,
any relationship that involves one person benefiting another could be
considered mentoring. They even discuss “occasional mentoring” such
as teachers, counselors, and “passive mentoring” such as role models.
So mentoring is not exactly a synonym for personal discipleship. In
fact, their definitions are so broad they include secular mentors in
business or professions.
Their coverage of the discipling role again involves mainly grounding
believers in their walk, as opposed to leadership development or
multiplication. Practical suggestions for how to make personal
disciples are limited to two pages. One of their most important points
is that most Christian leaders name more than one person as having
key influence in their lives, often in different roles.
 the single notion of disciple making. But we agree that God will often
use others to fill in areas where a given disciple maker may need help.
The discipler, the coach, and the spiritual guide are the three most
intentional types of mentors. Readers will notice we have incorporated
all these roles into disciple making.We certainly are familiar with many
cases where multiple disciple makers have given input to the lives of the
same believers. When making disciples in the context of good
community we should frequently see others investing meaningfully into
the life of any disciple with whom we work. But we continue to believe
that someone should ideally take the lead, or the responsibility to see
that any promising and willing young believer received the help he or
she needs.
This book ends with a stirring study on finishing well. The authors
reveal disturbing findings that most leaders fail to do so. Watson,David.
Covenant Discipleship: Christian Formation Through Mutual
Accountability, Wipf & Stock Publishers 2002.
According to a reviewer, this is an introduction to the way United
Methodists and other “mainline Protestants” have attempted to reclaim
the practice of giving and receiving counsel in the context of what is
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most often called “covenant discipleship groups.” In this book, Watson
provides instructions for how to go about creating such a group, explains
what is involved with fostering the kind of accountability in which
members can “advise, reprove, comfort, or exhort,” and even offers a
“Sample Group Meeting” (154-161). Watson and company invoke the
Pietist notion of the ecclesiola in the ecclesia (“the little church in the
big church”) to explain how it is that small groups can seek to have a
more enriched life together in the midst of a wider surround of a
congregation that is not committed in the same way. Watson & company
encourage contemporary Methodists to seek renewal in ways analogous to what
the earliest generations of Methodists did. Wilkins, Michael. Following the
Master: A Biblical Theology of Discipleship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
This is a fairly academic analysis of discipleship, both from the standpoint of
being a disciple of Christ and raising up disciples. Although Wilkins has been a
practitioner, he is now a professor. We wish he had more practical teaching in
this book.

34. Wright, N. T. Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship. Grand

Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.
This book is not on making disciples. His 12 meditations explore what it means
to be a true disciple today. We think Wright is soft in some key areas.
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2. STEVE MURRELL, Making Disciples Series

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Bishop Danilo O. Bantilan, Th.D., DRE.
The founding President and overseer of Church of Christ Brings
Revival, International, Inc, and also he is the founding President
of Asian Revival College of Theology, Inc, Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines. He graduated in Bachelor of Theology Degree
(B.Th) at Mindanao Bible College Cagayan de Oro City.
Master of Divinity (M.Div) Major in Church Planting,
at Asian Theological Seminary Manila, and he earned his
Doctor of Theology (Th.D) Major in Christian Theology,
at Newburgh Theological Seminary in USA. Doctor of Religious
Education, Trinity Graduate Study of Apologetics and Theology,
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