1. Matthew Mark Luke John is not a program. is not Bible Study. *
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is not a program.
is not Bible Study.
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John *

2. is an encounter with the Gospel. *
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is an encounter with the Gospel.
is designed to engage people with the Gospel (either the Gospel appointed for the day or the Sunday proper). *

3. *
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Depends on participants being willing to share responses to these three questions:
What words or ideas did you hear?
What is Jesus (the Gospel) saying to you?
What is Jesus (the Gospel) calling you to do? *

4. Expectations and Outcomes*
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Expectations and Outcomes
Call to mission
Groups that use GBD regularly should expect to begin to see their call to mission differently. *

5. Expectations and Outcomes*
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Expectations and Outcomes
Benefit to the Community
Some congregations use GBD as a way to focus on what God is calling them to do in their community. *

6. Expectations and Outcomes*
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Expectations and Outcomes
Spiritual friendship
As people become familiar with the process and each other, spiritual journeys are shared and people know one another in a new way, not based merely on similar likes or dislikes, but as disciples on a journey together. *

7. Expectations and Outcomes*
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Expectations and Outcomes
Encounter the Gospel
The entire faith community encounters the Gospel as peers.
This encounter leads to a vision of the community gathered around the Scripture.
Sermon is the place where critical commentary and teaching can be applied to the Gospel. *

8. A Description of Use GBD can be used: by a regular study group*
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A Description of Use
GBD can be used:
by a regular study group
to begin a meeting
as a form of worship
as a personal devotion *

9. A Description of Use No right or wrong answers.*
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A Description of Use
No right or wrong answers.
Engagement with the Gospel; not with a leader.
Experienced leaders are not required.
Leadership should rotate.
Seek the truth by hearing what the Gospel says to us individually and corporately; no ‘correct’ answers. *

10. *
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A Description of Use
Statements like “that's not what we believe” or “you're wrong about that” are not helpful.
Statements that elicit response such as “Could you say more about that” or “I've never thought of that before” keep the discussion going. *

11. *
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A Description of Use
The questions are designed to elicit personal reflection, sharing and discussion:
What words or phrases did you hear?
What is Jesus (the Gospel) saying to you?
What is Jesus (the Gospel) calling you to do? *

12. A Description of Use The questions:*
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A Description of Use
The questions:
are rooted in African Bible Study & base Ecclesial Community movements.
Place the authority for the interpretation of the Gospel in the context of the people gathered around the Gospel.
Are the core principle of Gospel Based Discipleship. *

13. Consistent practice of GBD will lead to new insights and revelations. *
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A Description of Use
Consistent practice of GBD will lead to new insights and revelations.
The ultimate goal is a changed understanding of your baptismal covenant as a “living disciple”. *

14. Materials Gospel Two or three translations*
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Materials
Gospel
Two or three translations
The Message, by Eugene Peterson (NAV Press)‏ *

15. Materials Gathering Prayer Card For Small Groups and Individual use*
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Materials
Gathering Prayer Card
For Small Groups and Individual use
Contains:
Gathering Prayer
Guiding Principles
Rule of Life
Apostle’s Creed *