| How Do We Disciple Those Who Don’t Want It? |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Sunday, November 05 2006 19:00 |
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A leader in our group posed this question after the last Weekly Briefing: “That sounds great. How do we disciple those who don't want it? I sincerely want to know what you think, and what your plan is?” Answer: Thank you for your question, “How do we disciple those who don’t want it?” Evangelism and discipleship simply means taking someone as far as they want to go with Jesus. So you really can’t disciple men who don’t want it, but that doesn’t mean our hands are tied. Far from it. You can pray for them, expose them to opportunities, and make the gospel attractive and valuable. So in one sense, this is perhaps asking the wrong question (How do we disciple those who don’t want it?) Possibly a better question is, “How can we build a discipleship model that over the long haul will engage every man in our church when they are ready?” We don’t catch men when “we” are ready, but when “they” are ready. And we don’t tell them how involved to become, we simply take them as far as they want to go with Jesus. The same holds true for women, youth, and children. The full article is available FREE to registered users. Please SIGN UP or LOGIN to view. |





