Roles of a Disciple Maker

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Roles of a Disciple Maker

Each role emphases a different aspect of making disciples.

 

Teacher – facts, transmit information, can do in a group of most any size.

 

Coach – includes evaluation as well as practical instruction, application of truth

 

Mentor – most often seen in an more mature disciple sharing their experience and lessons learned through practice.

 

Counselor – helping work through problems or issues that hinder spiritual growth.

 

Advisor – walking through potential decisions coming up, brainstorming, working through options

 

Model – Live out biblical principles with them. Explaining the WHY as well as modeling the WHAT.

 

Librarian - resource person, sharing books, websites, even contacts with the goal of helping people grow

 

Cheerleader – encouragement and motivation

 

Co-worker – serve together, come alongside

 

Tools of a Disciple Maker

Prayer – pray with and for others

Questions – using quesitons to guide the person you are discipling to understand the truth you study in scripture makes it sink in more than telling them the answer.

Listening – really pay attention to what is being said as well as how it is said.

Truth - Bible knowledge

Your Example - Model

Experience – share what you have learned, through successes and failures. Remind yourself and others of God’s faithfulness.

Encouragement - It's ok, try again.

Motivation - You can do it.

Time Together – more than training and ministry, just being, life together is important and provides the context for disciple making.

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