DG's
I've spent most of these posts talking about being On Mission, but Discipleship Groups are the catalyst of everything.
I've spent most of these posts talking about being On Mission, but Discipleship Groups are the catalyst of everything.
It's about shifting from orienting our activities around institutional goals, to living a life of people development. Helping others live out the Kingdom.
We've learned in the last 50-years of American Christianity that church is a series of programs with measurements designed to monitor how many people are in those programs (or giving to those programs). That's what they teach in seminary. That's what we've done.
But is the primary expression of what it means to follow Christ, how many times you attend church? Or, how much money you give? Or, how big our buildings are? Now, those aren't bad things - and yes, they can be expressions of a life given to Christ. And they can just as easily be expressions of religion.
Isn't the primary expression of following Christ, becoming more and more like Jesus? That's what DG's focus on. If our lives are not being continously transformed then we'll miss the mission!
We've learned in the last 50-years of American Christianity that church is a series of programs with measurements designed to monitor how many people are in those programs (or giving to those programs). That's what they teach in seminary. That's what we've done.
But is the primary expression of what it means to follow Christ, how many times you attend church? Or, how much money you give? Or, how big our buildings are? Now, those aren't bad things - and yes, they can be expressions of a life given to Christ. And they can just as easily be expressions of religion.
Isn't the primary expression of following Christ, becoming more and more like Jesus? That's what DG's focus on. If our lives are not being continously transformed then we'll miss the mission!
DG's are groups of 2 or 3 who are learning together what it means to follow Jesus. They center themselves around the Bible, accountability and praying for those in need.
DG's are about planting ourselves in good soil and letting God transform us.
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