GBC Saturday Seminar Session Four 2010-10-09

1. THE
DEVELOPMENTAL
PROCESS
OF DISCIPLESHIP
Session Four

2. Session Four Objectives
• To observe Jesus’ method of personal
discipleship
• To provide a practical, natural paradigm for
personal discipleship
• To demonstrate the reproductive nature of
personal discipleship

4. [This book] is an effort to see controlling
principles governing the movements of the
Master in hope that our own labors might be
conformed to a similar pattern. One might
call it a study in his strategy of evangelism
around which his life was oriented while he
walked on the earth.
Robert Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism, 20

5. Insert disciple here: STAGE 1
The TASK: INSTRUCT
The PURPOSE: EDUCATE
The ROLE: TEACHER
The MOTTO: “I tell you.”
SELECTION
The PRINCIPLE ASSOCIATION
(S): IMPARTATION

6. STAGE 2
The TASK: ILLUSTRATE
The PURPOSE: EXPOSURE
The ROLE: MODEL
The MOTTO: “You watch me.”
The
PRINCIPLE: DEMONSTRATION

7. STAGE 2
The TASK: ILLUSTRATE
The PURPOSE: EXPOSURE
LIFE ON LIFE
The ROLE: MODEL
The MOTTO: “You watch me.”
The
PRINCIPLE: DEMONSTRATION

8. STAGE 3
The TASK: INVOLVE
The PURPOSE: EXPERIENCE
The ROLE: PARTNER
The MOTTO: “We do together.”
The
PRINCIPLE: DELEGATION

9. STAGE 3
The TASK: INVOLVE
FOCUSEXPERIENCE
ON THE
The PURPOSE:
FEW TO REACH
PARTNER
The ROLE:
“We do together.”
THE MANY
The MOTTO:
The
DELEGATION
PRINCIPLE:

10. STAGE 4
The TASK: IMPROVE
The PURPOSE: EFFECTIVENESS
The ROLE: CRITIC
The MOTTO: “I watch you.”
The
PRINCIPLE: SUPERVISION

11. Exit discipler here: STAGE 5
The TASK: INSPIRE
The PURPOSE: ENCOURAGEMENT
The ROLE: RESOURCE
The MOTTO: “Keep it up.”
The
PRINCIPLE: REPRODUCTION

12. We labor to help every person
establish godly habits, motivated by love
for Christ, that will cause them to be
independently dependent on Christ
for the rest of their lives and to help
others do the same.

13. Enter DISCIPLE:
Exit DISCIPLER:
Instruct Illustrate Involve Improve Inspire
Educate Exposure Experience Effectiveness Encouragement
Teacher Model Partner Critic Resource
“You watch “We do “I watch
“I tell you.” “Keep it up!”
me.” together.” you.”
Selection
Demonstration Delegation Supervision Reproduction
Impartation