1. A Discipleship Process Leading to Salvation and Church
Discovery Bible Study
A Discipleship Process Leading
to Salvation and Church
CP Workshop – Discovery Bible Study Process.ppt

2. Getting Started
The Discovery Bible Study begins with the Person of Peace or a close existing relationship
The purpose of the DBS is to lead a person/family/group to discover God and His salvation.
The method used is simple Inductive Bible Study
The Text
Repeat the Text in your own words
What have you learned about God from this Text?
DO NOT TEACH, FACILITATE DISCOVERY

3. DBS Elements
Group Interaction - Leads to Prayer, Ministry, and Worship
What are you thankful for this week? (Prayer)
What needs do you or others have? (Intercession)
How can we help meet the needs expressed? (Ministry)
Accountability
With whom did you share last week’s lesson? (Evangelism)
How did you apply what you learned last week? (Obedience)

4. DBS Elements Bible Study –
Just read or listen to the focal verses (Don’t explain or teach)
For pre-believers you will start with Creation and work through Bible to Christ, focusing on the attributes of God
For new believers you will start with commands of Christ
Focus is on the Scripture, not human opinion
How would you restate this in your own words? (Understanding the Scripture)
If they significantly mis-state anything important – ask where did the scripture say that…? Your hope is for the group to start asking these questions as you go further in the process. (Group Self-correction)

5. DBS Elements Bible Study –
What does this teach us about God? (Knowing God)
If this is true, how would we have to obey? (Obedience)
With whom do you plan to share what you just learned? (Replication/Evangelism)

6. Order Opening (This become prayer time) Review of last lesson
What are you thankful for this week? (Prayer)
What needs do you or others have? (Intercession)
How can we help meet the needs expressed? (Ministry)
Review of last lesson
What did we learn last week?
Did last week’s lesson cause any changes in behavior or thoughts?
Reports about sharing during the week
New Lesson
Plans for sharing in the coming week
Plans for meeting the needs expressed in the coming week