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5 of us (see photo) met today at One Thing to talk through and develop some questions related to displeship within the RCA that could be used for a discussion with the Commission on Christian Education as well as in both form and informal networks at a variety of levels within the RCA over an upcoming period. Our hope is to stimulate conversation, to guide some thinking around our Discipleship Mission Statement, and to discover some core contours, questions, best practices, and questions regarding discipleship in the denomination.
- What are some practices I engage in to follow Jesus?
- What are some practices I engage in to be the very presence of Christ?
- How are you becoming more like Jesus in what you think?
- How are you becoming more like Jesus in what you do?
- How are you becoming more like Jesus in what you say?
- Where do you feel the spirit of God moving in you to follow Jesus?
- Where do you feel the spirit of God moving in you to be the presence of Christ in a lost a broken world?
- What are some things you love about being around disciples?
- Who are 3 people who have demonstrated following Jesus to you?
- What are the key characteristics or patterns you see in these people’s lives?
- What does a life transformed follower of Jesus look like?
- What does a disciple of Jesus look like?
- What are the growing edges in discipleship?
- What are the true marks of a discipleship?
- What do you see as the risks of discipleship?
- How do you see yourself different today from who you were in the past in terms of following Jesus and being the very presence of Jesus in the world?
- What does discipleship look like to a child, a youth, mentally impaired adult, or in an uneducated third world environment?
- What questions or issues are being raised in our context in talking about discipleship?
Resource Questions:
- What resources do we have in our own network?
- What resources do we have within our Regional or General Synod?
- What are some needs we have in our network for growth in discipleship?
I was reading through the questions and thought that maybe you could add a question like: Who was the person that you first remember calling you to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?
ReplyDeleteIf we can remember what it felt like to be called, it may be easier to be that person in someone else's life.