The Church
Health Team of the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina has proposed five possible approaches to disciple-making
in a local church. According to this paradigm, discipleship can be
platform-oriented, program-oriented, process-oriented, person-oriented, and
proficiency-oriented. A local church can choose to implement any or all of the
approaches.
In their Disciple Makers
Manual[i],
the Church Health Team outlines the audience, benefits, drawbacks, and how to
go the next level for each the approaches. The next level of the fifth approach,
proficiency, is described in the following manner: “Next level is about
reproduction and multiplication through mentoring and discipling others and
other churches and organizations. Impacting others is the next level.” This “next level” is the core of DiscipleWay.
DiscipleWay will supplement any of these approaches
to discipleship, however, DiscipleWay is intended to make
disciple-makers out of faithful believers. Any and all of the approaches should
be used by a church to make faithful disciples. It is necessary to point out
that, DiscipleWay is not designed to
be used in any of the approaches described.
[i]Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
• Milton
A. Hollifield, Jr., Executive Director-Treasurer205 Convention Drive • Cary, NC 27511 •
(919) 467-5100 • (800) 395-5102 • www.ncbaptist.orgCreated by the Church Health Team
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