RCA Discipleship Team Meets at WTS

As a new member of the RCA Discipleship Team (the meeting last week was only my second meeting), I am impressed by the creative energy and the commitment of this team to impact our denomination in the area of discipleship. Our first meeting focused on team building, trust, telling our faith stories, and how we define discipleship. The meeting last week moved into the areas of strategies for a denominational conversation on discipleship, lifting up the value of discipleship in our denomination, how to service and support local and regional educators, how to build discipleship networks, and how to create some programming in the area of discipleship with what financial resources we have. (Educators and people who value discipleship in our denomination always seem to be at their best when resources are minimal!).

I want to begin my posting on this blog by asking for your prayers as this RCA Discipleship Team continues its task for the RCA. We need to build a strong base of people who love the work of discipleship. We need people who will be praying for this team. We need to enlist the support of people across our denomination who labor faithfully in discipleship ministries, whether they be full-time, part-time, or volunteers. We need to pray for one another.

As this grassroots discipleship effort grows, we will be inviting more and more people to get in on the conversation about discipleship and the program efforts of our team. We need each other and we need more of you- those who value the variety of ways congregations and individuals live out faithful discipleship.

Our team invites you to join in the conversation!

Keith Derrick