Semester Finished

The last class of the semester did not fail to live up to all the previous class' level of excitement and value. Starting off with a ping pong prayer I was challenged, as I'm sure the rest of the class was, to pray not a long, elaborate, and drawn out prayer but rather to pray simply following a formula such as "Lord I thank you for....", or "Father please help..." These prayers forced us to change and adapt to praying for a multitude of things rather than the normal one or two topics that we would spend the 15 minutes on.

Next we brought to question whether we accomplished the course objectives and were able to answer some basic questions such as what a disciple is, how did Jesus make disciples, what the skills of a disciple maker are, and what the components of a healthy discipleship process look like.  The class' response is as follows

A disciple is...

·      one step closer to Christ

o   Engel Scale

·      under the 'discipline' of another (ways, mannerisms, life)

·      being "taught"- learning

·      apprenticeship

·      Christ follower

·      imitator of Christ

How did Jesus and the early church make disciples?

·      lived life together

·      prayer without ceasing

·      ministering together

·      correction

·      build relations

·      truth telling

·      aligning

·      Realigning

·      walked through valleys

·      comforted (wept)

·      involved

·      trusted

·      challenge

What are the major skills of a disciple maker?

·      patience

What are the components of a healthy discipleship process?

·      intentionality

·      accountability

·      structure

·      truth

·      confidentiality

·      discipline

·      faithfulness

·      spending time

·      equipping

·      variety

This class provided a detailed account of what a disciple is, how to disciple others, and encouraged me to go and make disciples, not just converts.