Discipleship Group Study Guide
Choose one or more of the discussion questions. LIGHTNING ROUND (5 minutes). • Reserve 5 minutes at the end of the meeting for each person to share in 30. The Gospel Project helps adult Bible study groups encounter the gospel of. Equip your groups with more of God's story with the Daily Discipleship Guide.
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We grow in Christ as we seek him together. Jesus' own pattern of disciple-making was to be intimately involved with others and allow life to rub against life.
By gathering in twos or threes to study the Bible and encourage one another, we most closely follow Jesus' example with the twelve disciples. This workbook by Greg Ogden is a tool designed to help you follow this pattern Jesus drew for us.
Working through it will deepen your knowledge of essential Christian teaching and strengthen your faith. Each week contains the following elements:.
a core truth presented in a question-and-answer format. a memory verse and accompanying study.
Teaching On Discipleship From The Bible
a field-tested inductive Bible study. a reading on the theme for the week.
questions to draw out key principles in the reading This material is designed for groups of three. It has also been used successfully as an individual study program, a one-on-one discipling tool, and small group curriculum. This expanded and completely updated edition includes a new guide for leaders. Jesus had a big enough vision to think small. Focusing on a few did not limit his influence. Rather, it expanded it. Discipleship Essentials is designed to help us influence others as Jesus did—by investing in a few.
'I have long admired Greg Ogden's rare ability to distill the complex down to the essential. Discipleship Essentials has become a modern classic in the field of discipleship because it does just this. If you've ever looked for a tool to help people you care about understand the core principles and practices of the Christian life, look no further than this book. I have seen it help absolute beginners and advanced disciples alike mature in their walk with Christ in a life-changing way. The book is interactive, thought-provoking, enjoyable and deep. I use it weekly myself.' 'I am currently leading my fourth group.
The study is a Spirit-inspired study of the skeletal structure of our Christian faith upon which individuals can flesh out the shape of their individual walk with our Lord. If taken seriously and followed as a spiritual discipline, the truths it contains will change the follower's life, and lives that come in contact with the disciple will be touched by God's love.
It's a powerful tool in a group for learning to practice confession and being accountable. It is never old for me. The Spirit speaks to me through the Word in the study.
I am refreshed every time we meet as a group.' 'Greg Ogden's engaging book sets the expectation that every follower of Jesus has the joyful responsibility to invest into two or three regularly and purposefully for the kingdom. For the past ten years, Discipleship Essentials has provided an engaging and balanced approach to the task of raising up mature believers who will then themselves invest in others. I can only imagine that in the next ten years thousands more will be shaped toward maturity because of his important work that gives each believer the inspiration and the framework to do what they were made to do: advance the kingdom by making mature disciples.' A Word from the Author Getting the Most from Discipleship Essentials Part One: Growing Up in Christ 1. Making Disciples 2.
Being a Disciple 3. Quiet Time 4. Bible Study 5. Worship Part Two: Understanding the Message of Christ 7. The Three-Person God 8. Made in God’s Image 9.
Discipleship Bible Study Lessons
Discipleship Lessons Pdf
Redemption 12. Justification 13. Adoption Part Three: Becoming Like Christ 14.
Filled with the Holy Spirit 15. Fruit of the Holy Spirit 16. Witness Part Four: Serving Christ 20. The Church 21.
Ministry Gifts 22. Spiritual Warfare 23. Walking in Obedience 24. Sharing the Wealth Bonus Section: Money Appendix: Building a Discipleship Ministry Leader’s Guide. Greg Ogden (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) lives out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciple-making mission of the church after spending twenty-four years in pastoral ministry. Most recently Greg served as executive pastor of discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary and associate professor of lay equipping and discipleship.
Greg is the author of several books such as Unfinished Business, Discipleship Essentials, Transforming Discipleship, Leadership Essentials(with coauthor Daniel Meyer), and The Essential Commandment. He is a partner in the Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI), which trains, coaches, and inspires pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking networks, both nationally and internationally. Greg and his wife, Lily, have been married more than forty-five years and have one adult daughter and two grandchildren.