If you have been around HEFC long, you know that we talk about discipleship a lot. But we perhaps see discipleship different than others. We like to call it a “mosaic” approach. You have seen those walls with a design and when you got close it was a bunch of little pieces of stone or glass arranged by color to produce a grand effect. We see discipleship like this. The grand effect in our case is that we look like Jesus. But some will approach one way and others a different path. Dennis McCallum and his daughter Jessica Lowery call it Organic Disciplemaking. They say that there are no two disciples alike and no two disciplers. But like us, they have articulated a pattern in disciplemaking that include the following elements.

· Friendship-building

· A regular meeting time

· Enhanced personal sharing

· Appropriate biblical and theological content to study together

· Times of prayer

· Counseling and helping your friend in areas of weakness

· Discovering ministries in the church or creating new ones in which to become involved.

· Helping your friend develop a ministry

· Releasing your friend to pursue a life of service to God.

As we continue to pursue Jesus Christ and making disciples, you will hear more about these elements and how to get involved in discipleship.