Start Right

Good Beginnings...

We are talking about how to multiply disciple makers, and the first point is that there must be biblical leaders who minister as shepherds and follow Ephesians chapter 4 instructions.

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And there's one more point for leaders that I want to make, and that is it's important to start your one-on-one discipleship ministry correctly.

First, Jesus had a one-on-one disciple as an example to us.

His disciple was called “the disciple whom Jesus loved.”

Therefore, pastors and leaders must personally disciple one-on-one and multiply disciple makers by example. This is part of how you would start right.

Next, your discipleship ministry cannot be just another program of the church. It must be the heart and personality of the church.

You cannot add discipleship to what you are already doing and expect it to succeed or reach the numbers we have seen.

You must be willing to prayerfully subtract even good church activities and ministries to start right.

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​Many of the activities and ministries that are subtracted can return in the future, even stronger, as you have additional workers and trained disciplers.

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The point is that one-on-one discipleship should be in your church schedule.

And next, let's notice the word “daily” in these Bible verses:

Acts five forty-two reads, And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

And in Acts 16, verse 5, the Bible reads, And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

So I encourage you to pray and work to make your one-on-one discipleship ministry to where discipleship is happening every day of the week.

But for that to happen, you have to carefully follow each step.

In another lesson, detailed steps are provided for starting, training, and beginning.

So we are talking about how to multiply disciple-makers, and to do so you need a biblical shepherd as the pastor, you need to be a first-century ministry, and you need to be careful to start right.

Let’s continue.