WE SEEK A REPRODUCIBLE PROCESS (2)

Vision

When we say we are building men we mean we are building disciples of Jesus. Matthew 4:19 is the mission. What is the cause of Christ? People!

• When we spend time with Jesus
• When His Holy Spirit resides in us
• We cannot help but care about what He cares about.

Foundation

INTENTIONAL LEADER - Jesus was intentional with His disciples. He modeled the importance of relationship in making disciples. Relationships are built by intentional leaders.

RELATIONAL ENVIRONMENT - Jesus modeled how in a good growth environment there are four essentials: shepherding, transparency, accountability, and guided practice.

REPRODUCIBLE PROCESS - A reproducible process enables the next generation of intentional disciple leaders to understand what to do and how to do it. Jesus shared, connected, trained those who followed Him in ministry, and released His disciples to make disciples.

Jesus, the Disciple-maker, not only shared the truth about Himself with His disciples but also offered an opportunity for them to connect with Him. He spent time with them, building a genuine relationship, so He could train them to carry on the work of changing the world.

He replaced their old ideas of reality with the truth. He taught them in a variety of ways as he created a relational environment by shepherding them, by being transparent, and by holding them accountable.

As the disciples grew spiritually, Jesus gave them opportunities to put what they were learning into practice. This is how He trained them to minister to the people who came to hear Him. As they became more confident, He sent the disciples out two by two.

At the end of His time on earth, Jesus did what every good disciple-maker does. He sent His disciples out on their own to make disciples themselves who could, in turn, make disciples themselves.
In the book of Acts, Peter, Philip, Paul and others all followed a similar reproducible process. The believers in the early church knew they were supposed to make converts (who were baptized) and make disciples (who were able to reproduce). These disciple-makers were intentional; they knew how to be intentional in a relational environment, living out a process that could be followed by others.

OUR PART • THEIR PART • GOD’S PART

There are three important pieces in every situation where God would use us (at home- marriage/family/neighborhood ; at work, ).

1. GOD’S PART • First, God Himself is working. He precedes us in seeing a person’s heart and knowing the need. He is the One who changes hearts.
2. OUR PART • Second, we are a tool in His hands. We ask God to help us see opportunities and make the most of them by sharing, connecting, training for ministry, and the releasing of disciples.
3. THEIR PART • Third, the person God is working on must respond to Him and to us. As disciple-makers, we need to remember that we cannot do God’s part, nor can we do the other person’s part. We can do only our part.

Our job is to pray that God will act and then to watch for Him to do so. God is drawing people to Himself, and He will use us if we will allow Him to (Col.4.2-6).