We have been in Vanuatu for over 10 years now, and discipleship has been the lifeline of our methodology. I have discipled one pastor throughout that time, helped develop other pastors, and am currently discipling two more men who, Lord willing, will become pastors next year. Discipleship takes work. It takes time. It does not happen in a classroom, and it certainly does not happen by accident.
So what does a disciple actually look like? I believe Scripture gives us two defining evidences:
•They are progressively conformed to the image of Christ, putting sin to death through faithful obedience.
•They make disciples who reproduce disciples.
All disciples are commanded to make disciples. If our “discipleship” successfully transfers curriculum but never produces disciples who themselves make disciples, we should be willing to ask the uncomfortable question: Have we fulfilled the Great Commission—or have we simply educated Christians about it? If the process never reproduces disciple-makers, perhaps we should stop calling the process discipleship.
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Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes
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