DISCIPLE MAKING
Jerry D. Porter
Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, Idaho – October 15, 2010
Disciple Making
Our Highest
Goal: To Be
Like Jesus
Disciple Making
To Make
Christlike
Disciples in
the Nations
Disciple Making
Always teaching
and
Always being
taught!
To Make Christlike
Disciples In the Nations
Take 1 minute to define:
What is a Christlike Disciple?
To Make Christlike
Disciples In the Nations
Take 1 minute to describe
what needs to change in our
life to make Christlike
disciples in the nations?
Disciple Making
“Christianity without
discipleship is
Christianity without
Christ.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Disciple Making
• Wesley’s System of
Interlocking Groups:
• “Society” – corporate
• “Class” - open group
• “Band” - closed group
Disciple Making
Wesley told his lay
preachers: “Preach in as
many places as you can.
Start as many classes as
you can. Do not preach
without starting
new classes!”
Disciple Making
“My brother Wesley acted
wisely – the souls that were
awakened under his ministry
he joined in classes. This I
neglected and my people
are a rope of sand.”
George Whitfield
Disciple Making
Programs do not
make disciples.
Disciples make
disciples!
Disciple Making
Jesus said: “I will build
my church. . . You make
disciples.” Instead, we
are all trying to build the
church and few of us
are making disciples!
Disciple Making
• Intentional discipleship
• Begin with our family
and children
• Invest more time in
fewer persons
• Rich personal
relationships
Cali, Colombia House
of Prayer Church of
the Nazarene
OCT 2009: 30,000 persons present
2,500 persons embraced faith in Christ
Disciple Making
Who is
discipling you?
Who are you
discipling?
Disciple Making
• 1. Pray for guidance
• 2. Ask a fruitful Christlike
friend to disciple you
• 3. Ask fruitful & faithful
Christians to join your
discipleship group
• 4. Clarify expectations in
time and discipling others
Disciple Making
• 5.Select the disciple making
meeting frequency & agenda:
Bible, book, group topics, etc.
• 6. How will we pray for each
other and hold each other
accountable as Christlike
disciples making disciples who
make disciples?
Paul’s disciples include Achaicus, Ampliatus,
Andronicus, Apelles, Apollos, Aquila,
Archippus, Aristarchus, Aristobulus,
Artemas, Asyncritus, Crescens, Demas,
Epaphras, Epenetus, Erastus, Eubulus,
Filemon, Fortunatus, Gaius, Hermas,
Hermes, Herodion, Jesus (called Justus),
Junias, Linus, Luke, Mnason, Barnabas’
cousin Mark, Narcissus, Nereus, Olympas,
Onesimus, Onesiphorus, Patrobas,
Philemon, Philologus, Phlegon, Pudens,
Rufus, Secundus, Silas, Sopater, Stachys,
Stephanas, Timothy, Titus, Trophimus,
Tychicus, Urbanus, Zenas, and women,
including Apphia, Claudia, Julia, Mary,
Nympha, Persis, Phoebe, Priscilla,
Tryphena, and Tryphosa.
Disciple Making
1. Jesus
2. Jesus discipled Peter.
3. Peter discipled Barnabas.
4. Barnabas discipled Paul.
5. Paul discipled Timothy.
6. Timothy discipled ”reliable persons”
7. Reliable persons qualified to teach
others.” (2 Tim 2:2 NIV)
Disciple Making
Jesus prayed all night and then began
to gather his 12 disciples. He invested
3 years in these disciples who in turn
would disciple others. If each disciple
gathered 12 in a 3 year period, they
would multiply from…
1 to
13 to
150 to
1,800 to
20,000 to
A quarter of a million to
3 million in a 21-year period.
Disciple Making
• MULTIPLICATION:
• During 30 days, would you
prefer $10,000/day or ONE
PENNEY per day, doubling
daily the number of pennies?
• $300,000 or $10,000,000?
• Fold a piece of paper 50 times
Disciple Making
• MULTIPLICATION:
• During 30 days, would you
prefer $10,000/day or ONE
PENNEY per day, doubling
daily the number of pennies?
• $300,000 or $10,000,000?
• Fold a piece of paper 50 times
–Stack of paper to the
moon & beyond!
Disciple Making
Always teaching
and
Always being
taught!
Disciple Making
To Make
Christlike
Disciples in
the Nations