Small Groups • The Purpose Of Discipleship • Core Values In A Church • Rabbis & Disciples • The Ekklesia • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship • Our Ministry Of Reconciliation In A Fallen World • Discipleship Begins With Beholding • The Four Failures That Undermine Discipleship • Five Circles Of A Healthy Church • Discipleship Topics • Discipleship Dynamics • Reflecting On Your Church's Discipleship Framework • The Six Marks Of A Disciple • Reproducing Disciples Training • How People Grow Overview
My Disciple Making Plan
What Is A Disciple Of Jesus Christ? • What is DMM? • Nine Disciple Making Affirmations • Ten Disciple Making Principles • The Four Building Blocks Of Healthy Soil In A Christ-Formed Community • Marks Of A Christ-Formed Community • The Purpose, Vision and Mission of the Local Church • CORE Team Leadership Towards A Disciple Making Culture • The Gospel & Discipleship: A Unified Message • The WHAT, HOW & WHY In Disciple Making • Four Core Values That Help Shape A Disciple Making Plan • Practicing The Way: A Guide To Transformation (Es) • Holistic Discipleship Framework • Integrating Practicing the Way with Holistic Discipleship
Discipleship is not a program. It’s the heart of following Jesus. Christianity was never meant to be reduced to beliefs we affirm or a 4-week church training we attend. From the very beginning, it was understood as a way of life. That’s why the early believers weren’t first called “Christians.” They were known as followers of “The Way”—a name likely coined by outsiders who noticed their distinct, counter-cultural way of life. Their lifestyle shifts, relational commitments, and public allegiance to Jesus marked them as people walking a different path—one that led them to face persecution with perseverance.
Believers themselves seem to have embraced the name, as it captured their true identity. Jesus had said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” and they understood themselves as those reorienting their lives around Him. It wasn’t just their beliefs that stood out. It was their radical new way of life and their visible loyalty to Jesus, even under pressure, that made the world take notice: these people were following a different Way.
At its core, the Christian faith is a worldview—a complete way of seeing God, ourselves, and the world. So when Jesus calls people to receive Him as Savior, Lord, and King, He’s issuing the most radical invitation humanity has ever received. It’s not a minor life adjustment or a religious add-on. It’s a total reorientation of how we see, think, and live.
Following Jesus means submitting to His leadership over every part of life. His truth reshapes how we see God. His words redefine how we understand ourselves. His love transforms how we view others. And His mission becomes the purpose that drives us. Discipleship is the ongoing process of learning to live His way—day by day, step by step. And this journey was never meant to be taken alone. God has given us His Word to guide us, His Spirit to empower us, and His People to refine us—through love, truth, and mutual accountability.
To present the Christian life as anything less is to distort it. If we reduce following Jesus to personal belief or moral improvement, we’re not making disciples—we’re making spectators. People don’t need spiritual accessories—they need a whole new way of life. They don’t need to sprinkle Christian insight onto an already formed lifestyle. That old life must be dismantled, deconstructed, and replaced with a complete rebuild from the ground up.
This is why discipleship matters. People aren’t just being invited to believe in Jesus—they’re being called to live under His leadership and walk in His ways. Our role as leaders is not to gather passive crowds, but to form communities who think like Jesus, love like Jesus, serve like Jesus, and live as He lived. Until people see following Jesus as a way of life, we haven’t finished our job.
— Raimer Rojas
Helping others follow after Jesus and fish for people. - John Lo
The process of one person helping another to become a lifelong, obedient, and reproducing follower of Jesus. - Antioch Movement
Discipleship is an intentional relationship where we help each other live every part of life under Jesus’ leadership, in the power of Holy Spirit—through a lifelong commitment to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what He did. - Raimer Rojas
Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you. - Dallas Willard
True discipleship requires that we follow Jesus and become His ambassadors, living as He lived and loving as He loved. - Francis Chan
Discipleship is not just getting your sins forgiven so you can go to heaven. It’s becoming like Christ now. - Tim Keller
Discipleship is relational, life‑to‑life mentoring to help follow Jesus whole‑heartedly. - Bill Moury
The intentional relational process of one Christian investing into the life of another Christian, through the power of the Holy Spirit, so that the person being discipled becomes more like Jesus. - Doug Paul
Discipleship is an intentional relationship in which we walk along other disciples in order to encourage, equip, and challenge one another in love, to grow toward maturity in Christ. This includes equipping the disciple to teach others as well. - Greg Ogden