A Culture of Discipleship at First Assembly of God

Have you have been discipled by another Christian?

This question may seem foreign to most of. Perhaps you have never experienced this or heard about the notion of being discipled before. But this is the model that Jesus gives us in scripture. He took 12 guys walked with him. He taught them, modeled his life before them. Scripture also shows us that he invested even more time into a just a few. Then after his resurrection, before his ascension he told them to “go into all the world and make disciples.” Jesus invested his life in them and sent them out to invest their lives in others.

It was also the model of Paul. Paul invested his life into Timothy in a one on one discipleship relationship, then he told him in 2 Tim. 2:2 “And the things you have heard me say… entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.”

“I taught you,” Paul said to Timothy, “now you go and invest your life into men who can be trusted with these teachings.” This principle of reproduction is all over scripture.

You will not be sufficiently discipled by coming to church every Sunday; even if you take notes on every sermon. True discipleship that leads to maturity comes in the context of close relationships. It is one person who has been discipled by another mature Christian man or woman and then passing this on to another man or woman so that they will continue the process of reproduction.

Every person in this church has the potential to be a minister. God has called every person in this church to be a minister. It is not just the pastor’s job to teach us.

Let’s make 1^st Assembly of God a culture of discipleship. Let’s begin a revolution that snowballs into a massive movement in Kankakee, IL. I believe with all my heart that this is how the Kingdom of God will go forward from our church. Will you join in the revolution?