Rod Murphy was one who was not new to church, being raised in a Baptist congregation. It was in the midst of him living a life contrary to the bible that he was at a party of promiscuity, drunkenness, and ungodly behavior that he received the calling on his life to be a minister. Rod shared that he didn't feel that there was a specific calling on his life but rather a general. meaning that his comfort of serving as a lead pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor, chaplain, or any other role of leadership within a christian context created no conflict within him. His ministry started as a youth pastor at a church that his friend's family started.
Rod has made a constant effort to ensure that he has at least one person that he has in his life that he is discipling and does this personal discipleship on a 1-on-1 or 1-on-3 basis. He reached out and found different resources for this discipleship. For personal discipleship Rod chose "Follow" by Daniel McNaughton and follows the 7 attributes to follow Christ and tries to develop those within the disciple. Those seven steps of Learning to be with Jesus, listening, healing, influence others, love, and to pray are the foundation of that book and through those teaching points he is able to see men's lives transformed.
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