Watch one, DO ONE, Teach one

      As a result of participating in the DiscipleWay training experience, believers should be able to incorporate key spiritual disciplines into their own lives independently of other believers or teachers. Right thinking does not always result in right acting. Simply filling a disciple’s head with more information and knowledge by means of conferences, workshops, sermons, Sunday school classes, books, and media presentations will not necessarily make them practice what they learn. Jesus provided the knowledge necessary for his disciples, but it was most often framed within an active learning experience (Maricle, 2007; Willard 2006). Spiritual growth rarely occurs in the context of taking in more information, but that is too often our only mode of spiritual formation. For every DiscipleWay discipline studied, there is practical application. After learning and applying, disciples will be equipped to continue their journey toward spiritual maturity. More importantly, they will be disciple makers themselves.