Disciples Making Disciples: A Guide for Covenant Discipleship Groups and Class Leaders

by Steven W. Manskar

Overview

Disciples Making Disciples: Guide for Covenant Discipleship Groups and Class Leaders by Steven W. Manskar is for pastors, Covenant Discipleship group members, and class leaders. It provides information needed to organize the ministry, form groups, write a covenant, lead a meeting, support groups so they help the congregation live out its mission of making disciples for the transformation of the world. The book also describes the office of class leaders and how to introduce this powerful disciple-making office to the congregation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881777765
Publisher:	Upper Room Books
Publication date:	11/15/2016
Series:	Covenant Discipleship
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	799 KB

About the Author

Steven W. Manskar is the Director of Wesleyan Leadership for the General Board of Discipleship, Nashville, TN. An elder in the Minnesota Annual Conference, he was a pastor for ten years prior to coming to Nashville. He leads workshops and seminars on missional leadership in the Wesleyan tradition and covenant discipleship groups. He is the author of Accountable Discipleship: Living in God's Household, A Perfect Love: Understanding John Wesley's "A Plain Account of Christian Perfection", and A Disciple’s Journal: Daily Bible Reading and Guidance for Reflection published by Discipleship Resources. He is also editor of the monthly online newsletter, “Covenant Discipleship Connection.”

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Congregational Purpose and Mission 33

Chapter 2 Living as Witnesses: The General Rule of Discipleship 37

Chapter 3 Forming Pillars for Mission: Covenant Discipleship Groups 79

Chapter 4 The Covenant: Agenda for Discipleship 91

Chapter 5 Introducing Covenant Discipleship to the Congregation 113

Chapter 6 Class Leaders for Today: Disciple-Making Disciples 129

Chapter 7 Introducing Class Leaders to the Congregation 151

Epilogue 175

Appendices

Appendix A Recommended Resources for Covenant Discipleship Group Members and Class Leaders 181

Appendix B Covenant Writing Helps 183

Appendix C Revising a Covenant 193

Appendix D Leading a Covenant Discipleship Group Meeting 197

Appendix E The "Doldrums" 201

Appendix F Bringing New Members into a Covenant Discipleship Group 203

Appendix G Covenant Discipleship Groups and Social Media 205

Appendix H Group Dynamics 207

Appendix I A Love Feast for Covenant Discipleship Groups 209

Appendix J A Service of Dedication for Covenant Discipleship Groups 215

Appendix K An Order for the Commissioning of Class Leaders 219

Notes 223

Covenant Discipleship Lexicon 231

Bibliography 235