LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Disciple-Making Plan Instructions
Submitted to Dr. Anderson,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
DSMN 500
Discipleship Ministries
by
Christian Wilson
December 3, 2019
Contents (not Table of Contents)
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1
First Major Section........................................................................................................................3
First Subhead.......................................................................................................................3
Second Subhead...................................................................................................................4
Second Major Section....................................................................................................................5
First Subhead ......................................................................................................................5
Second Subhead...................................................................................................................5
Examples of Citing the Bible.........................................................................................................6
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................8
Bibliography .................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
This paper will explain how I plan to develop disciples through the lens of the “5 P’s of
Ministry.” The “5 P’s of Ministry” are: Passages, Principles, Philosophy, Practices, and Proof.
Through the explanation of each of these values I will attempt to equip any reader with how I
believe disciples can be developed from Infancy of faith to a Parent of faith. This will be done in
the context of how to reach middle and high school students in the Apopka Florida area.
Passages
In order to begin discipling others, I knew I must have a solid foundation of scripture in
which to lead from. If I was going to inform others of the importance of becoming a disciple, I
must be able to identify where this pivotal truth comes from. One of these scriptures was
Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 1 This affirmed
that I, as a disciple, had been called to go and make disciples, by the Lord Jesus Christ, because
of my belief in Him. This verse calls, not only me, but all believers of Christ to join in this
mission to create followers. With this mindset, I knew that I am to be someone who reproduces.
But, then the question was “what should I be reproducing?” This is best answered
through other scriptures that guide believers of the knowledge and truth of Christ. The verse that
can be best used to describe this is Matthew 5:17-20 when Jesus says,
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to
abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not
the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the
Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least
of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of
1 Unless otherwise noted, all biblical passages referenced are in New International Version
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heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the
kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
As a disciple I am to train other disciples to know and understand that Jesus did not to “abolish
the law”, yet He came to fulfill them. My responsibility as a disciple is to teach them that God’s
word is inspired, encouraging, hope-filled, and correcting. I am to train disciples to understand
that just like in the verse above that “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven”
(Matt. 5:20). The believers I train up should not be like the pharisees, rather they should
resemble the conversation Jesus had with His disciples, “He called a little child to him and
placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like
little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly
position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 18:3-4). The disciples I
train should be endowed with a humility that only comes from seeing it lived out.
Finally, there are two other commissions that guide my discipleship process. They are
taught from the book, Everyday Evangelism: Sharing the Christian Faith, and they are “make
disciples, preach, and witness.” 2 The first, make disciples, was already covered above. But the
second, preach, is just as important. This commission comes from the verse “He said to them,
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark. 16:15). This is a guiding
discipleship passage because Jesus told His disciples to go and do this. Therefore, there should
be no, negotiating about it. Although, some people may not be as proficient in using their gift of
preaching or evangelism, it does not mean that they do not have it. So, even the most introverted
person is able to preach the gospel to all creation, because Jesus said it was so.
2 [Dave Earley (2016). (p. 18). Everyday Evangelism: Sharing the Christian Faith. B&H Academic. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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The last commission, witness, should help produce “Great Commission Worshippers
[that] literally become the hands and feet of Christ to the world! They are driven by a passion for
God and a deep love for others. 3 This idea comes from the authors of The Great Commission to
Worship. This thought can be demonstrated from the scripture “But you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts. 1:8). Believers should be empowered to know that
their story is power. They can be a witness for God, and they should be. These are some of the
guiding passages I use in order to lead the students in Apopka Florida in an effort that they will
have sticky, enduring, and growing faith.
Principles
The core values in the ministry I lead are “We are FOR you”, “We are FOR freedom”,
“We are FOR community.” The reason our ministry is led this way is to engage students where
they are, but to not leave them that way. Our student ministry exists to reach out to lost students
in the community, invite them into the freedom of Christ, and surround them with Christ-like
community. This process helps to culture disciples from an unplowed harvest field. Our starting
process of discipleship begins with where they are as a spiritual infant. The reasoning behind this
relational process is, “they need love through honest friendships and relationships with believers.
We often preach our best sermons with our lives and not our words.” 4 I believe that in order to
effectively disciple and evangelize towards new believers, you must first earn the right to be
heard by a person. Once you have earned the right to be heard you may speak into their situation
3 [David Wheeler and Vernon M. Whaley (2012). The Great Commission to Worship. B&H Publishing Group.
Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
4 [Jim Putman (2019). (p. 62). DiscipleShift (Wordsearch Version): Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make
Disciples Who Make Disciples. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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and season of life. This is a strategy our team of volunteers use in order to connect to students
and start down the road of discipleship.
The biblical truth behind these statements are described in following three scriptures.
First, found in Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” This is the
reason we tell students that we are for them. Because, if Jesus came to seek and save them, then
He was obviously “for them.” Dave Earley states in the book Everyday Evangelism that “Jesus
said that his primary purpose in coming to Earth was more than all of these. He came ‘to seek
and to save that which was lost.’ He came to retrieve lost people.” 5 Second, found in Romans
8:2, “because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the
law of sin and death.” We exist to bring students from spiritually dead to spiritually alive. This
takes them into the infant stage of faith. This enables us to have the right to be heard and by
extension the right to educate them on the newfound faith they are growing. From here, we walk
students into living a life with Christ-like community. This scriptural truth is found in 1 John 1:7,
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” This powerful truth alludes to the fact that the
light of Christ can be found in community. This community purifies and refines the believer.
Through the process of refinement disciples are able to understand more about themselves and
how the body of Christ works. The author of James even states that, “Therefore confess your sins
to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person
is powerful and effective” (James 5:16). There is power in the community of Christ. The
community is a tool that allows believers to become developed for the betterment of the
kingdom. Once students are in our small group system, we are able to take them through a
5 [Dave Earley (2016). (p. 36). Everyday Evangelism: Sharing the Christian Faith. B&H Academic. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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discipleship class called “Rooted.” This is a process developed by Mariners Church in Irvine
California.
Other than this process our student ministry team and I help lead by using the statement,
“Its ok to be in a mess, its just not ok to stay that way,” as a family mission statement to help
guide our discipleship process. A family mission statement is best defined as “A family mission
statement is a way for a healthy family to make Christ’s priorities its priorities. What is most
important? Why is it most important?”6 Our statement allows us to guide our students in Apopka
with grace and love but balanced with correction and repentance. It helps our team to focus on
the grace that Jesus gives, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at
her” (John 8:7). Though, the strength in our statement comes from the last portion, “but it’s not
ok to stay that way.” We do not want to raise students on a feel-good gospel, rather the full
inescapable power of the resurrection. This version of the gospel is fully displayed through our
Rooted discipleship process in their small group curriculum.
Philosophy
In an effort to explain the philosophy behind the ministry I lead, I should define the terms
that are key in my ministry perspective.
A Pastor in my context is someone who has been interviewed and ordained by an elder
board. This person is someone who feels called to pursue fulltime vocational ministry. A pastor is
someone who answers the call to ministry described in Disciple Making Is…, “He said, ‘Follow
Me.’ To be the disciple of a rabbi was an intensely personal relationship.7 A Pastor has a close
personal relationship with Christ and allows himself to be led by Christ. The verse that I believe
outlines this well is 1 Peter 5:2 “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching
6 [Jerry Pipes (2018). (p. 25). Family to Family. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
7 Dave Earley and Rod Dempsey (2013). (p. 68). Disciple Making Is . . .. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not
pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve.”
Saints, believers that pursue and love God. As described by the Psalmist “Love the
LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who
acts in pride” (Ps. 31:23 [ESV]). Saints in my context are those that, “see, success is sharing your
faith and living your life for Jesus Christ. It has nothing whatsoever to do with bringing anyone
to the Lord. It has everything to do with obedience.” 8 Saints are those that live their lives on
mission for the Kingdom of God.
The Gospel is defined as the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The book, The
Art of Personal Evangelism, says “God desires to establish a redemptive relationship with all of
humankind,” this is the good news that the disciples are tasked with sharing. 9 When we explain
the gospel to students, we make sure to encompass enough scriptural information so that they
may become like a child in faith, no longer an infant in faith, but now they are equipped with the
gospel story. By explaining the gospel at length, “They are beginning to apply God’s Word in
their lives and are walking with other growing disciples in their spiritual journey.”10 The fullness
of this definition, is due to the importance that the gospel holds. We attempt to give students the
gospel message in every sermon we teach week in and week out.
In the student ministry context, we define evangelism as, sharing the good news. For our
students the idea of sharing faith must be simple. Although, simplicity does not mean it must
sacrifice the full charge a disciple is given to share the truth of our Lord. Evangelism to our
8 [WILLIAM FAY with LINDA EVANS SHEPHERD (2012). Share Jesus Without Fear. B&H Publishing Group.
Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
9 [Will McRaney (2015). (p. 15). Art of Personal Evangelism, The. Broadman & Holman. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
10 [Jim Putman (2019). (p. 65). DiscipleShift (Wordsearch Version): Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make
Disciples Who Make Disciples. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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students would be seen as tell their story to other people in an effort to share the faithfulness of
Christ in their life. An example of this can be seen in David Wheeler’s quote, “Therefore, all acts
of kindness done by Christians are done with that fact in mind.”11 By doing so they expose the
thought that, “It is amazing to think that every event in life, good or bad, is orchestrated by God
and can make us more like Jesus if we allow it to do so.” 12 If students can use their testimony to
witness to other people around them, then we have taught them how to open the door to an
opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. This may seem like a condensed version, but for
a student this is a huge term to be tasked to carry. We strive to watch students embody Romans
1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to
everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” A student in our ministry is under
the belief that the gospel is nothing to be ashamed of, rather they saved by it, encouraged by it,
and tasked to tell others of it.
In the context of our ministry we define a disciple as, someone who follows Christ. This
is simple, but very easy for a middle or high schooler to comprehend. Because it tackles the first
question, “Who do I follow?” Once we are able to ask students who they follow it is easy to
identify where they are at on their faith journey. The book DiscipleShift, explains something
similar in the quote “The first two words of Jesus are a simple invitation. This invitation
indicates our acceptance of Jesus—his authority and his truth—at the head level.”13 The principle
of this comes from Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish
for people.” We grade ourselves as a student ministry on, “Who have accepted Christ in our
11 [David Wheeler (2018). (p. 1). Servanthood Evangelism Manual. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
12 [Rod Dempsey (2018). (p. 31). Spiritual Formation Is...: How to Grow in Jesus with Passion and Confidence.
Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
13 [Jim Putman (2019). (p. 46). DiscipleShift (Wordsearch Version): Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make
Disciples Who Make Disciples. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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ministry, Who follow Christ in our ministry, and Who serve Jesus Christ in our church.” By these
three evaluations we see how many disciples we are making and developing.
Discipleship in our ministry looks like 1 Thessalonians 2:8, “so we cared for you.
Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God
but our lives as well.” The leaders we have in our ministry are invited to do life alongside our
students. We encourage the involvement of a leader in the students actual life. Discipleship is not
a once a week thing, but a continual relational pursuit of Christ in a group context. This is not
just our idea, rather it is a principle we can even see being taught in this class “For them,
discipleship was not learning information in a classroom; it was learning Jesus with others.”14 It
was hard not to be proud of our team and our discipleship process as I read this in our text.
Although, this community is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that our
discipleship process gathers a community of believers to get soaked in the word. The
conversation the author has in the book Disciple Making Is … provides great insight,
Some time back, my wife, Cathy, asked, “What do you think is the best discipleship
curriculum on the market?” “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, with the book of Acts
added in,” I said, “with a special emphasis on the words written in red ink.” “Is that it?”
she said, rather unimpressed. “Why?” “Because,” I said, “if I can get a person living the
Gospels and applying the commands of Jesus like the disciples applied them in Acts, I
believe I will have made a disciple. And I believe that type of disciple will change the
world.15
Therefore, the greatest thing our discipleship can achieve is by surrounding a disciple with a
community that goes deep into the word and truth of God.
In my ministry context, leaders are not titles of volunteers. A leader instead can be
identified by, “time with Jesus, his Holy Spirit begins to work on us from the inside out. The
passions and desires that used to drive us—love for possessions, fame, power, or prestige—just
14 [Dave Earley and Rod Dempsey (2013). (p. 70). Disciple Making Is . . .. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
15 Ibid 73.
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aren’t as important anymore.” 16 I can tell our leaders from our chaperones. Student Ministry
needs less Chaperones and more Leaders. This is, because a leader knows that their passion to go
see someone in concert does not supersede the importance of being present in the life of a
student on a Wednesday night. When our volunteers sign up to become leaders, we tell them we
do not expect you to be here 52 weeks out of the year, but we ask that you make student ministry
your priority for one school year. At the end of each school year we then ask them to reevaluate
their call to serve with us. This helps to keep consistency with our discipleship process as defined
above from, 1 Thessalonians 2:8, “so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were
delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.” We believe life
change will be seen when we lead others with our life. This is a high cost, but “Being on a
mission means that we acknowledge that we’re saved for God’s kingdom purposes.”17
These are the key terms we use to guide our ministry. They are heard amongst all that are
involved in our ministry and taught often at leader meetings, invitational coach discussions, and
more.
Practices
My responsibility as a Student Pastor is to figure out how to bring our Student Ministry
under the umbrella of “Big Church.” There are several practices we use in order to drive our
discipleship process.
The church leadership I serve in has created a structure of ministry that elevates three
things “Love God, Love People, and Serve the World.” These are our guide lines for all that we
16 [Jim Putman (2019). (p. 49). DiscipleShift (Wordsearch Version): Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make
Disciples Who Make Disciples. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
17 Ibid 50.
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do at Journey Christian Church. Our church structure is modeled after the simple church
complex. We strive to do more with less. Less ministries, allow us to focus on the congregation
at large. We can support partner ministries, while honing in on the few things that we believe we
as a church leadership are passionate about. For example, we know in the context of our
community that divorce care ministries are in high demand, therefore we excel in providing a
caring loving Divorce Care ministry. By knowing our congregation, we are able to structure our
church organization in a way that meets the communal need. It is important for us to know the
lost people in our community and bring them into our structure. “To Jesus, lost people are
important. Jesus loves all people. But Jesus especially loves lost people. His response to the
Pharisees was to tell the story of the lost coin to teach us that lost people merit an all-out
search.”18 With this in mind our leadership has designed a church structure that reaches the lost,
educates the believer, and equips the disciple.
Our discipleship process for student ministry stems from our churches overarching
methodology. We attempt to root disciples through our, Rooted discipleship program. This is the
first step we encourage every first-time guest to get involved in. This program is the structure we
funnel all congregation members into as well. This way we have a consistent embodying of the
message and truth of Christ and what it means to be a disciple. This helps not only for
communication, and branding, but clarity as well. A church should be very clear on what their
next step in getting plugged into the church. The church should be saying the same thing across
the board in order to correctly enculture new people.
This bleeds into our small group philosophy. Our goal is to introduce first time guests to
the small group setting in our Rooted groups. These groups undergo basic teachings of the bible,
18 [Dave Earley (2016). (p. 37). Everyday Evangelism: Sharing the Christian Faith. B&H Academic. Retrieved from
https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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faith, and spiritual gifts. After this session of small groups end we point guests to their next step
in our ministry, Life Groups. Life Groups are where our members and guests have the chance to
lead a group, join a group, or coach a group. This is the method for the church as a whole. This
gives us an opportunity to do life with one another. This reinforces our belief that we meet
people where they are in their walk with Christ, as well as, educate them on the higher calling
God has given to us all. The small group practice is important in making disciples because this is
where they get the taste of Ephesians 4:13, “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the
knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness
of Christ.”
Our calendar as a student ministry is designed in order to create disciples as well. For
example, we strategically plan four major events a year. Not every event can be as important,
therefore we have decided to go big on just a few in order to make them count. Every year in
August we hold a “Back 2 School Bash” and in May we have “Summer Kick Off.” These parties
are meant to be a huge invite to all students so that they can invite their lost friends to come to
church. This is not a bait and switch tactic, rather an opportunity we have to show the students in
the community that the church can be a fun and safe place. We also believe that, “The Spirit uses
other people to sharpen us. The people we choose to be around will determine to a great degree
the kind of people we will be. 19 Because of this we want to ensure that as a student ministry we
provide community-based events for students as well. For example, we provide a One Night
twice a year, one in the Fall and one in the Spring. One Night is the idea that a student should
invite one friend to church for one night of worship, community, and a message. The focus of
this night is to build community with fellow believers. Our events allow us to, “change from
19 [Rod Dempsey (2018). (p. 34). Spiritual Formation Is...: How to Grow in Jesus with Passion and Confidence.
Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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program-based, informational environments to hands-on training in relational environments.” 20
In our student ministry we say “we host events to create environments.” We do not want to be
known for throwing events, but we do want to be known as creating an inviting environment
where students feel loved, cared for, valued, and known by name. Our calendar is strategically
designed to create disciples off of the momentum we receive through events, camps, and student
ministry series.
As a church I have been gifted the stewardship of a large budget. This budget is best
spent. A budget does not do any student, any good when it is not spent. This is money that the
church has been tasked with stewarding well each year. The budget I hold is broken down in
several ways to ensure that money is spent appropriately on multiple categories. Some of the
categories are as follows: Trips/Events, Outreach, Student Care, Leader Care, Small Groups,
Milestones, and Student Weekly Gatherings. By breaking up our budget into these categories I
am able to show our elder team where we invest the most money, time, and energy. The budget is
awarded to me as a way to accomplish the plan of making disciples.
In student ministry we use Orange Curriculum. This is a widely known and accepted
teaching series given to help guide student pastors on what to teach each year. This allows me to
be freed up to pastor more and stay in my office less. The curriculum comes with many facets
that help to make disciples. Each teaching series comes with a plan, a script, a parent email,
social media package, and an experience piece. This is helpful, because the curriculum does a lot
of the leg work for me. If I were to develop teaching series year after year going off of what I
felt, I would run dry, and run out. This curriculum allows me to teach what I believe is
20 [Jim Putman (2019). (p. 133). DiscipleShift (Wordsearch Version): Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make
Disciples Who Make Disciples. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.com]
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theologically accurate material to students at a level they can understand. The curriculum also
comes with a scope and cycle of why they do what they do and how they do it. For example,
This is just a glimpse of how the Orange group breaks down the year to year ministry cycle. 21
The slogan our student ministry runs with in order to embody the vision of disciple
making at Journey Christian Church is “Love God, Love People, Serve the World.” The student
ministry I lead, leads directly under the umbrella of “Big Church.” We have the same goal. To
create disciples that “Love God, Love People, and Serve the World.” By keeping consistent lingo
and culture we are able to communicate the desire for the disciples we produce. A slogan
21 Curriculum, Orange. Scope and Cycle. 2019, orangeblogs.org/xp3students/wp-
content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/2018-2021ScopeAndCycle_XP3HS.pdf.
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mentioned earlier, “Its ok to be in a mess, its just not okay to stay that way.” It used to
communicate to lost people that we do not judge the mess they are in, because we are all either in
a mess or one dumb step from being a mess. This is used to invite the spiritually dead people into
accepting the invitation of the church and Christ.
Our communication plan is developed with the intention to communicate effectively to
disciples. We do not want the disciples we lead to miss out on something for their faith.
Therefore, in student ministry we attempt to over communicate. From invite cards to the next
series, to parent letters, to digital designs, we attempt to be have communicate available and
present at all times. We design ten social media posts per week in an effort to be a consistent
presence online. We communicate more than just to students; we communicate to their parents.
We have closed groups on Facebook where we update parents on life change, ministry events,
and the weekly teaching. By being present in these spaces we invite ourselves to the table of
conversation. Each post is drafted with the intention to communicate to the disciple or to the
viewer who is only one step away from accepting God. We have a posting methodology where
we know when to post, what to post, and how frequent we should post. This has drastically
improved our lanes of communication. This may seem small or insignificant, but this is a space
where students are spending a huge part of their day.
Proof
The measurements of whether or not this discipleship process is working can be found in
a number of ways.
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We will measure the number of people who went from being a spiritual convert to a child
of faith. This can be measured in how many people we saw come alive in Christ for the first
time. We collect these numbers every year and submit them to our elder team.
Next we will measure how many students went from be a child of faith to a disciple by
seeing how many students got plugged into small groups. This is easily measured; due to the
attendance tracking program we use in student ministry. This allows us to see how many students
are connected to faith outside of the ministry service we provide. This is a huge tell-tale sign of
their growth development as a disciple.
Besides small groups, we can see whether a student is growing and maturing as a disciple
by whether or not he or she serves. A disciple is someone that is on mission for Christ and we
usually show students that a simple way of following God is to get plugged into serving in
community. We provide multiple opportunities a year to introduce students into serving. We
measure at the beginning of the year how many volunteers we started with and compare that to
the end total number of volunteers we had.
We can then take this step even further. We can see whether or not we are equipping “the
saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12), by how many
students are leading in a role of teaching. This is a smaller ratio of students, but this is a group of
students that we believe are competent in the word of God. We can see how many high school
students went from serving as a greeter, to how many became a lead greeter, to how many
became the coach of their greeting team. Understanding where each student serves is a huge part
of seeing if our discipleship method and foundation is effective to produce reproducing disciples.
Growth is a measurement some Student Pastors shy away from, but I believe that
following Jesus should be attractive. If a group of students is regularly following Jesus, then our
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student ministry discipleship plan should be able to produce results in growth. An example of
this is, last year we introduced the statements “For You, For Freedom, and For Community.”
Since the launch of this discipleship plan and process we have seen almost a double in our high
school student attendance, and almost a twenty percent increase in high schoolers that serve. This
is a huge sign that the strategy we are using to introduce students to the word of God and develop
them is working.
Since we can see results, we know that we must continue to refine our discipleship
process so that it is clear, inviting, encouraging, and reproducing.
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16
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