Making Disciples
I have been wanting to share this with you for a while. It will most likely be a series of posts. I took a bible study, through my church this summer. It was very good, even if I did not get to attend every lesson. I had the folder and worked through it.
The lesson was taught by the wife of our University Minister, and they use this same lesson to teach their students how to disciple. Mind you, this is not discipling. I will get into that later. She used copies of chapters of books. I cannot share those for several obvious reasons. So, here is a list of the books that she used:
- Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time
- Disciples Are Made, Not Born
- Becoming a Titus 2 Woman; A Bible Study with Martha Peace
I have not read the books completely, only the chapters she shared with us, but they are on my reading list. 
Let me start out by sharing the difference between discipleship and evangelism. Both are necessary.
Evangelism is the outreach. Telling people about Christ. Leading them to salvation. This can be done one on one, or in groups. You may plant the seeds, but you may not be the person to lead them to Christ. That does not mean you should not evangelize. We are to take the Good News to the world.
Discipleship is teaching them to live Christ-like lives.
Matthew 28:18-20 (AMP):
18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be).
(emphasis added)
I am going to end this post here, as I do not want the posts to be so long that I loose you. Look for more on this topic soon. I will be sharing the handouts only. I believe that most of the neccessary information can be found in there. However. I encourage you to pick up and read the books listed above. What I have read of them has been very informative.
