DISCIPLE MAKING Jerry D. Porter Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, Idaho – October 15, 2010

Disciple Making Our Highest Goal: To Be Like Jesus

Disciple Making To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations

Disciple Making Always teaching and Always being taught!

Take 1 minute to define: What is a Christlike Disciple? To Make Christlike Disciples In the Nations

Take 1 minute to describe what needs to change in our life to make Christlike disciples in the nations? To Make Christlike Disciples In the Nations

Disciple Making “Christianity without discipleship is Christianity without Christ.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Disciple Making Wesley’s System of Interlocking Groups: “Society” – corporate“Society” – corporate “Class” - open group“Class” - open group “Band” - closed group“Band” - closed group

Disciple Making “Preach in as many places as you can. Start as many classes as you can. Do not preach without starting new classes!” Wesley told his lay preachers: “Preach in as many places as you can. Start as many classes as you can. Do not preach without starting new classes!”

Disciple Making This I neglected and my people are a rope of sand.” “My brother Wesley acted wisely – the souls that were awakened under his ministry he joined in classes. This I neglected and my people are a rope of sand.” George Whitfield

Disciple Making Programs do not make disciples. Disciples make disciples!

Disciple Making Jesus said: “I will build my church... You make disciples.” Instead, we are all trying to build the church and few of us are making disciples!

Disciple Making Intentional discipleship Begin with our family and children Invest more time in fewer persons Rich personal relationships

Cali, Colombia House of Prayer Church of the Nazarene

OCT 2009: 30,000 persons present 2,500 persons embraced faith in Christ

Disciple Making Who is discipling you? Who are you discipling?

Disciple Making 1.Pray for guidance 2.Ask a fruitful Christlike friend to disciple you 3.Ask fruitful & faithful Christians to join your discipleship group 4. Clarify expectations in time and discipling others

Disciple Making 5.Select the disciple making meeting frequency & agenda: Bible, book, group topics, etc. 6.How will we pray for each other and hold each other accountable as Christlike disciples making disciples who make disciples?

Paul’s disciples include Achaicus, Ampliatus, Andronicus, Apelles, Apollos, Aquila, Archippus, Aristarchus, Aristobulus, Artemas, Asyncritus, Crescens, Demas, Epaphras, Epenetus, Erastus, Eubulus, Filemon, Fortunatus, Gaius, Hermas, Hermes, Herodion, Jesus (called Justus), Junias, Linus, Luke, Mnason, Barnabas’ cousin Mark, Narcissus, Nereus, Olympas, Onesimus, Onesiphorus, Patrobas, Philemon, Philologus, Phlegon, Pudens, Rufus, Secundus, Silas, Sopater, Stachys, Stephanas, Timothy, Titus, Trophimus, Tychicus, Urbanus, Zenas, and women, including Apphia, Claudia, Julia, Mary, Nympha, Persis, Phoebe, Priscilla, Tryphena, and Tryphosa.

1. Jesus 2. Jesus discipled Peter. 3. Peter discipled Barnabas. 4. Barnabas discipled Paul. 5. Paul discipled Timothy. 6. Timothy discipled ”reliable persons” 7. Reliable persons qualified to teach others.” (2 Tim 2:2 NIV) Disciple Making

Jesus prayed all night and then began to gather his 12 disciples. He invested 3 years in these disciples who in turn would disciple others. If each disciple gathered 12 in a 3 year period, they would multiply from…1 to 13 to 150 to 1,800 to 20,000 to A quarter of a million to 3 million in a 21-year period. Disciple Making

MULTIPLICATION: During 30 days, would you prefer $10,000/day or ONE PENNEY per day, doubling daily the number of pennies? $300,000 or $10,000,000? Fold a piece of paper 50 times Disciple Making

MULTIPLICATION: During 30 days, would you prefer $10,000/day or ONE PENNEY per day, doubling daily the number of pennies? $300,000 or $10,000,000? Fold a piece of paper 50 times –Stack of paper to the moon & beyond! Disciple Making

Always teaching and Always being taught!

Disciple Making To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations