Brad Klassen took over the leadership of Men of the Word in the spring of 2015. Third, the MDM training was limited to the Men of the Word group at Grace Community Church. In other words, what a person values or treasures, they will think about (cognition), love (love) and pursue (will) - the functions of the heart.
The last application in the project focused on the importance of the local church in discipleship. This interweaving of the curriculum reinforces the training in the student's daily life. The project plan included three main sections, (1) introduction, (2) establishment, and (3) content of the Men Disciplining Men curriculum.
Becoming a Disciple through Biblical Content – What Is a Disciple?
Meetings are scheduled to occur at two crucial moments during the implementation of the project, (1) immediately after them. Drawing Out the Purposes of the Heart” is completed and (2) immediately after their outline is submitted. Each of the five training sessions explained below includes four main parts, (1) discipleship groups, (2) teaching, (3) application labs, and (4) homework.
While Paul is not teaching a biblical methodology for training disciples in this passage, what he is saying is that the Roman church can do something that God wants (“admonish one another”), and he mentions each of the four Cs when explaining what contributed to the skill. The central part of the lesson walks through what Jesus' disciples would have understood Him to mean by "disciple". The definition used is, a Christian disciple follows Jesus Christ (by faith), and it is a process that begins when a person confesses Jesus Christ as Lord, repents of his sin, and believes in Him (John 3:16, Rom 10:9). Although teaching time is a lecture format using a lectern at the front of the room, many questions are asked to encourage reflection and discussion on the material presented.
Immediately after the lesson, the men are encouraged to take a ten-minute break and get to know the other men in the group until lab time begins. When discussing key principles, men are asked to remember important parts of the lesson, including: (1) What Christian discipleship begins with. 2) What are some of the most important characteristics of a Christian disciple. 12 Leaders are chosen from among men who already function as small group leaders during the regular Men of the Word meetings.
Becoming a Disciple through Biblical Character – The Heart That
Immediately after the small group time, the men are thanked for their participation and encouraged in all that God will do through their hard work in the coming weeks (Phil 2:12-13). To help the men in their time together, the following questions are asked: (1) From your completed YOU Bible Study, what is the application you made and how did you do in carrying it out. After a short break of ten minutes, the men return to their seats to teach about the worshiping heart and its role in following Christ.
At the end of the teaching a ten minute break is given before the lab starts. Using the three-tree diagram, which was just taught in class; men must put the details of the case into the diagram. After about 20 minutes, or as soon as the men have finished, a Three Trees chart is drawn on the board and the men are asked questions about how they completed the chart.
As the diagram is reviewed, some key truths from the lesson are discussed, including (1) What are the different parts of the heart in biblical terms. After the lab, the men are reminded of their homework for the next three weeks, including (week 1) read Dr. Men are then encouraged to sign up for a time to meet when their DPH is complete.
Becoming a Disciple through Biblical Competency – The Skills We
The main idea in this part of the training is to help the men understand that when they interpret the Bible, meaning is found in discovering what the author's original intention was when he. To open this part of the teaching, the men are encouraged with the idea that although God sanctifies Christians (Phil 1:6), His work does not make personal discipline in God's Word unimportant. Finally, the three steps of change (postpone, renew, dress) are walked through with the men along the 4Cs to help them think through their application of the Bible.
To start the lab, the connection is made between the two parts of the teaching (Bible interpretation, application) and its connection to the different sections of the DIG. The first two parts of the DIG (observations, interpretation) are connected to the first part of the teaching on interpretation, while the second part of the teaching on application is connected to the remaining parts of the DIG (meditation, application, prayer, and results). ). The first part of the lab focuses on Bible interpretation and therefore the first two parts of the DIG, (1) observations and (2) interpretation.
This part of the lab should not take more than 20 minutes of the 45 minutes of lab time. The remaining 25 minutes of the lab is spent on the application section of the teaching and how men can strengthen their meditation, application, prayer and create parts of their DIG in response. The Application Lab section follows the same format as the previous section, beginning with a summary of key teaching points, exchanges, and questions in each section.
Becoming a Disciple through Biblical Community – How the Church
After good summaries have been given, the men are asked to share some of their observations and interpretations, and these are briefly discussed. After the lab, the men are reminded of homework for the next three weeks, which includes: (Week 1) Complete a sanctification contract (plan) and read Chapter 2 of “Grasping God's Word,” (Week 2) Read Chapters 1-3 in “Spiritual disciplines for the Christian life” (Week 3) Read chapters 4, 9, 13 in “Spiritual. After a short ten-minute break, the men return to teach about their personal responsibilities in ministry to the body, and the ministry of the Church to them.
Each other's assignments in the Bible are then examined, and the men are called upon to think about how they can think differently about their participation in the church. For the fourth laboratory time, the men break into small groups of four to six men. Leaders are then chosen to lead the discussion and are encouraged to balance the discussion between the men in the group and to pay attention to the time so that all the small group questions can be discussed.
In discussing the practice, the men are challenged to think about how they are currently applying the lesson by asking: (1) In what ways do you currently serve in the Church? 2) If you think of each other's ministry as a no-name-tag ministry (an “official ministry”), how could this change the way you prepare for and participate in fellowship on Sunday mornings? After the lab, the men are reminded of homework for the next two weeks, which includes (Week 1) Continue to practice your Sanctification Plan daily and write a 1-2 page vignette of what your plan looks like in practice, (Week 2) Read Chapter 1 and 7 in “True Fellowship” and do a DIG during this week's Sunday Sermon. The men are then encouraged to sign up to meet once their vignette is complete.
Becoming a Disciple Maker Using the 4C’s – Go Make Disciples!
The project took place from January to April 2017 at Grace Community Church through the men's ministry Men's Word. 96 . community) that would help men in the ministry of the Word of God to use the Bible; into their own lives first, and then to equip them to help others apply it to theirs. A negative in achieving the project's purpose was that the men did not have something more tangible to train others at the end of the training.
The first objective was to assess the current level of biblical application made by participants of the Men of the Word ministry using questions based on the 4Cs. The second goal was to develop a training curriculum of five sessions with weekly homework that helped participants of the training to better apply the Bible. The third objective was to equip those who attended the training by facilitating each of the five sessions and meeting twice in person with each man during the training.
So, although there were some changes in the original third objective of the project, they were made to help the successful implementation of the project's purpose. Only six men completed pre- and post-surveys, and of the six (to my knowledge), only five completed the entire training. But before the third training session, this man abandoned the training.
Would Do Differently
One, the way God used the project in the lives of the men is a testimony to the sufficiency of His Word. Not one of the men I have personally met with had an issue that Scripture did not address in a way that helped them glorify God and saw their problem lessen. To God's glory, at the end of the project, men gave specific testimony of this truth, as Eric did above.
Instead of the second approach, Christians should treat learning and applying God's Word like learning to drive a shift car—learn, practice, learn, practice, learn, practice—until obedience becomes a habit. Training expectations should be reasonable and based on the location of the men being trained. This instrument was used to assess the level of biblical application practiced1 in the lives of discipleship training participants both before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the training.
In this research, you will be asked to answer questions before the training, and then the same questions again at the end of the training. I understand what it means for a person to live out of their heart, and I can give practical examples of the four parts of the heart in everyday life. In terms of weekly devotions, group Bible study lessons, and sermons, I meditate regularly and apply the biblical truths learned.
Fundamentals of the Faith Teacher's Guide: 13 Lessons for Growing in the Grace and Knowledge of Jesus Christ. This ministry project was designed to develop and teach a men's discipleship course using the 4C's methodology to help men in the Men of the Word ministry apply the Bible and equip them to help others apply the Bible.
