LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 4:
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DISCIPLESHIP AND LEADERSHIP
Submitted to Dr. Jonathan Geukgeuzian, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the completion of the course,
DSMN 500-B03
Discipleship Ministries
by
Kristopher Williams
29 September 2019
(GRADE: 98/100)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………….…….…...1
DEVELOPING LEADERS AND DISCIPLES: A JOINT TASK……………………………2
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING DEMPSEY & EARLY WITH PUTMAN...………..4
THE GOAL OF DISCIPLESHIP: A HEALTHY CHURCH…………………………………5
KINGDOM LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES……………………………………………………6
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………….………….7
BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………………..9
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INTRODUCTION
Rod Dempsey directly ties together the notion of “Great Commission leadership” with
the related concepts of development of disciples and development of leaders when he states
that it is “From a growing number of disciples, (that) Great Commission leaders will
emerge,” categorically tying together the idea that “Christian discipleship and Christian
