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Bath Deanery Everyone a discipleEveryone a disciple-maker
THE STORY SO FAR
2011
CHANGE
CHANGE
VISION FOR GROWTH
MAKING DISCIPLES
VISIONOur desire is to
see hundreds more people drawn into discipleship and our whole community changed and transformed by God’s loving rule.
2012
ONGOINGREVIEWEVERY parish to draw up a DISCIPLESHIP VISION as a basis for ongoing review
A DISCIPLESHIP VISION outlines the way that achurch hopes to make and nurture disciples
HOW ARE DISCIPLES MADE AND NURTURED?
IMPRESSIONINVITATION
INSTRUCTIONIMMERSIONIMITATION
Making
Growing
GAINING A DISCIPLESHIP VISION
• Agree underlying assumptions about discipleship
• Gain agreement over developing and implementing a Discipleship Vision– Agree a definition of discipleship– Set out a simple Discipleship Vision
Statement– Agree a way to embed this vision in the life of
the church family • Determine the process through which you
currently make and nurture disciples
Making a
DISCIPLESHIP VISION
IMPRESSIONINVITATION
INSTRUCTIONIMMERSIONIMITATION
Making
Growing
• Determine ways to improve these or how you will develop them further
• Determine the way you will equip the saints for whole life discipleship and ministry
• Set out how you will evaluate the level of discipleship in the life of the church and review the discipleship culture of the church for different groups of people
Making a
DISCIPLESHIP VISION
DO IT