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JOHN W. RAWLINGS SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Spheres and Stages of Discipleship
Submitted to Dr. Michael Pardue
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
DMSN 500
Discipleship Ministries (D04)
By
Andre J. Brown
November 13, 2021
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Contents
The Five Stages………………. ……..............................................................................................3
The Four Spheres……………….…................................................................................................5
Submission to Christ........................................................................................................................8
Citations ........................................................................................................................................10
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The Five Stages
Discipleship is an incredible part of one’s development in the body of Christ, not only as
the subject pertains to the continuous growing relationship with God, but especially as leaders
mature and begin the discipleship process with new students in the faith. I agree with the notion
that “Christianity without the living Jesus Christ remains necessarily a Christianity without
