LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Family Discipleship Objective Essay
Submitted to Dr. England, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the completion of the course
DSMN 610-B01
Discipleship Ministries Paper
by
Tina E. Carter
February 15, 2017
Contents
Introduction…..……………………..…………………………………………………………...1
Objectives of Family Discipleship ……………………………………………………………...2
Outcomes of Family Discipleship ………………………………………………………………3
Closing…………………………………..……………………………………………………..…3
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………..…4
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Introduction
In this paper the author will give an explanation of the objectives and outcomes of family
discipleship. She will be covering what is meant by objectives and outcomes. She will also give
parents questions to consider for planning family discipleship. This will be done by using
Bloom’s Taxonomy to answer the statement “As a result of this exercise, your children should be
able to understand, remember, analyze, describe, and execute what they have learned to everyday
life experiences.”1
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1 Clemson Research Graduate-Studies, “Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives.” Accessed on February
15, 2017 from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
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Objectives of Family Discipleship
Parents plan for family discipleship to occur by receiving assistance from their church,
minister, or, mentor. They sign up for the discipleship program and attend classes to start their
family on the discipleship course.The general areas which must be addressed through the family
discipleship strategy are life is a classroom; the five goals for formative instruction; the call to
formative instructon; introduction to formative instruction; getting to the heart of behavior; the
sowing and reaping principle of scripture; giving children a vision for the glory of God; wisdom
and foolishness; and complete in Christ which are all important classes for the families to
complete together per Tripp and Tripp.2 The aspects of the family discipleship which are out of
the control of the parent are the children’s peers and friends they have at school and how their
religious foundation changes when they move away from home to go to college. Many college
students change from peer pressure or they just find it easier to be friends with non-Christian
friends per Chediak.3 Although this may be out of the parent’s hands it is not out of God’s hands
and prayer can change things. Parents prepare children for life challenges and temptations by
leading by example and communicating openly when the children has questions about anything.
Teaching them based on the model servant leadership principle. Family discipleship is
contexualized based on the age of the children by having devoted time with children and
showing them you want to have core values and have Scriptures that teach values during this
time. Let the children take turns giving one. Your children will be able to achieve God’s goal for
their life when they stay on the discipleship path.
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2 Tedd Tripp and Margy Tripp, “Instructing a Child’s Heart.” (Wapwallopen: Shepherd Press, 2008), 15-
132.
3 Alex Chediak, “Thriving at College.” (Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers, 2011), 53.
Outcomes of Family Discipleship
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As a result of this exercise by your family your children should be able to understand,
remember,analyze, describe, and execute what they have learned to everyday life experiences.
They should remember that their parents taught them these things to help them deal with the
world and to help them for when they have their own families. They are to remember that it is
each parents job and responsibility to disciple to their children and to pass it on as God has
ordained us to.
Closing
In closing the discipleship of families is very important because the more families that are
saved and remain with God the less lost souls we will have. As long as we can instill more
mentors, ministers, and churches with the family discipleship program to help families to
disciple their children we can help save them before they get lost or it is too late. The author of
this paper does believe that the above objectives are a great way to aid in discipling families to
get to the final outcome listed above.
Bibliography
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Chediak, Alex. “Thriving at College.” (Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers, 2011), 53.
Clemson Research Graduate-Studies, “Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives.” Accessed on
February 15, 2017 from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom
%27s_Taxonomy
Tripp, Tedd and Tripp, Margy. “Instructing a Child’s Heart.” (Wapwallopen: Shepherd Press,
2008), 15-132.
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