“ ” 作我的門徒(太 28.19)

思考並回答下列幾個間題 :

1. 我們所介紹的 五個門徒訓練模式 和所讀過的馬太福音裡有關門徒的議題 (就

第＋章 或第一章迄第＋章 ) 你有何comment 或 observation?

毫不相干 ? Why?

有點意思 ? How?

其中的道理何在 ?

請述說你的觀感。

2. ” ” 請為 門徒 下個定義。

3. 門徒訓練的目的是什麼 ?

4. 馬太福音裡耶穌使用的方法是什麼 ?

5. 有效的門徒訓練應包括那幾個基本

要素 ?

6. 五個典型門徒訓練模式在那方面與

福音書裡的精神相吻合 ?

7. 當今教會在實踐上面臨的困難是什麽 ?

MatthewThe 2nd Discourse, 10.5-42

第二大段 (8.1-11.1)天國在耶穌權柄下之延伸

A. 敍述部份 Narrative (8.1-10.4)

B. 講述部份 Discourse (10.5-11.1) 任務與受苦 Mission and Martyrdom

1.差遣 (10.5-16)

2. 必有苦難來臨的警告 (10.17-25)

聖靈的幫助 (v.17-20) 忍耐 (v.21-23) 鼓勵 (v.24-25) 3. 禁止懼怕 (10.26-31)

真理之顯明 (v.26-27) 死亡不是最後結局 (v.28) 天意永固 (v.29-31)

3.門徒之特徵 (10.32-39)

公認耶穌 (v.32-33) 認識福音之本質 (v.34-36) 愛耶穌過於一切 (v.37-39)

4. 鼓勵的話 : 對門徒和對耶穌的回應 (10.40-42)

5. 轉接性的結論 : 傳講天國福音 (11.1)

天國

耶穌

門徒

教會

福音

傳福音

門徒訓練之模式Discipleship Models

簡述各個教會之門徒訓練

目標

內容

過程

事工活動之間的關係

Growing Disciples Intentionally

EMS 505

George Barna -

Models of Discipleship

Summary of the Models• Competencies Model (Pantego Bible Church, www.pantego.org).

Ft. Worth, TX. David Daniels

• Missional Model (Fellowship Bible Church, www.fbclr.com). Little Rock, AR. Robert Lewis

• Neighborhood Model (Perimeter Church, www.perimeter.org). Duluth, GA. Randy Pope

• Worldview Model (Fellowship Bible Church North, www.fbcnorth.org). Plano, TX. Jeff Jones.

• Lecture-Lab Model (North Coast Church, www.northcoastchurch.com). Vista, CA. Larry Osborne

• Barna’s “Best-Of” Model

勝任模式 The Competencies Model

• 30 specific foci – 10 core beliefs– 10 core practices– 10 core virtues

• Celebration/congregation/cell• Christian Life Profile• Topical adult-ed classes

三十個核心素質 :

信仰 :

三一神觀 ,靠恩得救 ,聖經權威 ,與神相交 , 在基督裡 ,教會 ,人性 ,憐恤 ,永恆 ,管家職份 ;

行動 :

敬拜 ,禱告 ,研經 ,專一 ,團契 ,恩賜 ,付出時間 ,付上金錢 ,分享信仰 ,分享生命 ;

品格 :

喜樂 ,和平 ,忍耐 ,恩慈 /良善 ,信實 ,溫柔 ,節制 ,盼望 ,謙卑。

Preaching built around the 30 core competencies.

Modified school/adult bible fellowship (30 to 50 people):

Trained lay pastors, Sunday morning on sermon topic.

Primary theological instruction.

Small groups (10 to 20 people):

Geographic area or life stage similarities.

To function as a biblical community (putting into practice).

Trained leader, accountable for specific outcomes (service, evangelism, learning, and care giving).

Each individual expected:

Worship service, the midsized teaching, the small group.

To commit to personal development in specific competencies.

Christian Life Profile (120 questions, 4 x 30):

Plus three other individuals in the small groups.

Where personal spiritual formation lacking.

Small group: prayer support and encouragement.

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5 different church-based experiences each week:

Sermon, midsized learning, small group, a weekly study guide (daily reading, study, and application component), specialized class.

No special events.

Minimizes other programs/specialized ministries.

Use of an objective and focused measurement strategy.

Responsibility on individual.

Defined set of core competencies: tangible and addressable.

A more extensive sense of belonging and purposeful community.

Integration of all ministry, more efficient spiritual growth on both a personal and corporate level.

Incentive not to miss a weekend.

The Christian Life Profile.

Limited to 4 questions.

Sufficient, comprehensive, sensitive to a person’s development?

Questionable validity to evaluate one’s own virtues.

Enough time to observe?

The challenge of how to handle success.

Self-assessment scores declines, maturity increasing.

To focus on something not as underdeveloped.

使命模式 The Missional Model

• A blend of the Competencies & Worldview models

• Six core qualities/competencies

• Introduction class

• Small group

• Specialty classes

六個核心素質 :

1. 向耶穌基督全然委身

2. 以聖經為生活行事為人的準則

3. 全然委身 (致力 )於建立健康家庭

4. 持守生治活道德上的純潔

5. 勇於傳揚基督耶穌的福音

6. 負起和影嚮社會的責仟

Introduction class 加入教會

8 weeks (Sunday evenings)

Small group 小組

10 to 14 people

Personal Development Plan 個人發展計劃

Help to determine which of the six outcomes to focus on.

What to do during the coming year to achieve those outcomes.

How the results can be measured.

PDP

Shared it with the others in small group.

Encouraged and prayed for in the group.

Every one is required to be in a small group.

Meet every other weeks.

Individually responsible for developing and implementing a PDP.

Formed around common life stages: singles, young married without children, parents with young families, and empty nesters, etc.

Two types of groups:

Standard small groups (personal growth)

About 3 years

Ministry groups (service-driven).

Specialty classes, related to the six core qualities.

No Sunday school classes.

No mid-sized groups.

Special event occasionally used.

Preaching not tied to the activities of groups.

Simplicity--Solid but brief.

Self-directed.

Positive tool for people’s attention on measurable outcomes.

Very responsive to the needs of the congregation.

6 objectives permeated everything within the ministry.

Not exposing to core theological foundations.

牧鄰模式 The Neighborhood Model

• Combination of Worldview, Competencies, & Missional models

• Inquirer’s class• Neighborhood congregation (15-20 people)• Discipleship Team (5-9 people)• Church-authored discipleship curriculum• Modeling evangelism

Neighboring congregation (15-20 people):

Same geographic location.

Meet twice each month.

1. On worship, teaching, and fellowship.

2. On fellowship, and encouraged to invite guests.

Church’s primary delivery point for spiritual nurture and care.

Led by a lay pastor (training, testing, oral examination).

Church’s main launching pad for outreach opportunities.

Each individual is encouraged to join a discipleship team.

5-9 people by a discipler.

Same gender.

Each year with a created personal life plan.

The person’s mission, vision, values, goals, and schedule for pursuing desired growth outcomes.

Identifies how to mature in 5 specific areas: Bible knowledge, practical ministry skills, outreach, prayer, accountability.

Church-authored discipleship curriculum:

3-year cycle (6 six-week modules per years; September through May).

Sign a covenant of commitment each year.

Expected to graduate and becoming a discipler of others.

Key components to this model:

Alternating between systematic and practical approach to theology.

Emphasis on evangelism.

Sermons not aligned with the small group content.

No Sunday school.

Special classes offered: on highly focused courses, on specialized theological topics. ，

Cover both in-reach and outreach.

Standardized three-year curriculum: intentional biblical worldview content.

With a front end personal life plan: personal responsibility for growth.

ongoing training for leaders.

Time required for it to work.

Weekend worship, two meetings, plus related tasks and homework.

The assumption at the end of three-year cycle to become a discipler.

The variety of gifts, life stages, temperaments, maturity .

Competency at understanding and living the faith.

Proficient at teaching and coaching others.

世界觀模式 The Worldview Model

• Imparting biblical wisdom that leads to personal transformation

• Goals: participation, service, understanding, decision-making

• Two-year, small group process• Discovery Series: 4 topical books• Issue-oriented• Dissonance-based• Peer mentors

To improve the ability to understand issues and make decisions from a biblical perspective.

To think and behave biblically.

To adopt a truly biblical worldview.

Two-year process, a thorough grounding in the foundational truth.

Open to any one who wants to grow in spiritual maturity.

A significant proportion of nonbelievers.

The discipleship curriculum: The Discovery Series.

60-90 minutes per week in personal readying, study, and reflection.

60-90 minutes per week class time.

A combination of Bible study and guided group discussion.

Four topical books:

1. 明白討論的問題是什麼

2. 查考關聯的經文

3. 收集其它相關的資料

4. 作出個人對問題的回應

5. 與真他組員討論

6. 作出個人活出真理的策略

Confronting learners with dissonance.

To wrestle with real world problems.

To apply biblical principles to these problems.

Through case studies, group discussion, and service projects.

Establish them in principles, to shape values, beliefs, and behaviors.

To refine these principles in the real world.

Encouraged to deepen their spiritual maturity in a small group.

To experience the encouragement and

accountability of intimate relationships.

To engage in community service projects.

Trained lay leader.

Peer mentors (to provide spiritual care for up to 3

people.

Use special events: Walk Thru the Bible seminars, Advanced Christian education classes, book studies, topical studies, and leadership training.

As addenda to the main thrust of the process.

Not use a Sunday school structure.

Thorough process of learning fundamental spiritual truths and principles.

Ample instruction in how to think and act biblically.

Shifting Discovery graduates from a larger learning group to smaller, intimate for continual application, encouragement, and accountability.

The absence of effective assessment tools and measure at various points along the way.

The demand of two years to the front end.

People’s life not accommodate an intensive, two-year commitment.

A complete introduction to worldview thinking and the spectrum of core biblical doctrines requires more than two years.

授課模式 The Lecture-Lab Model

• Delivery of content through sermons (lecture) and small groups (lab)

• Biblical knowledge + faith-based relationships godly character & Christian service

• Sermon outlines• Small groups as the primary forum for

learning

Sermons ( = Lecture)

To motivate people to live obedient lives, bear fruit, and persevere through the trials and tests of life.

Not knowledge, but as a launching point of multifaceted, coordinated developmental process.

Small groups ( = Laboratory)

As means of exploring the content further to follow through on application

Sermons: Expository, but arranged in 4-12 themed series.

Each message in two major sections: (1) the background and principles; (2) challenges as to how to live a Christian life.

The ultimate goal:

To cover enough principles, in several years, to grasp a biblical worldview, how to make decision.

An outline received each week, with homework related to sermon (read, study verses, questions to ponder).

Small group (10-16 people, 10-week period, covenant required, brief hiatus to join another group).

Trained leaders to facilitate discussion, prayer, and accountability the help people use their gifts to serve others.

To answer questions raised in sermons.

To personalize the insights and get feedback on the personal application of the teaching.

Word-centered in teaching, relationships, the accountability process, and the service emphasis.

The small groups constitute the primary learning forum, not Sunday school.

Sunday school classes for children.

Small group leader.

Small-group supervisor.

Two levels: Who oversees 5 group and who oversees 25 group.

Regular reporting regimen, meetings and conversations, trainings.

Absence of any objective, broad-based evaluation system.

No broad-based introduction to the basic knowledge about theology or doctrine.

Required newcomers to do catch-up.

Barna’s “Best Of” Model• Don’t reinvent the wheel • Look for principles not templates• Senior Pastor as champion• Church membership linked to discipleship• All ministry programs tied to discipleship

outcomes• Minimized programs to focus on discipleship

Barna’s “Best Of” Model• Coordination of all teaching• Discipleship tied to the church mission

statement• Use of Personal Development Plans (PDPs)• Disciples in small groups• Disciples in mid-size groups• Disciples in worship services

Barna’s “Best Of” Model

• Disciples in community service

• Disciples with mentors/coaches

• Annual evaluations & revised PDPs

• Coordinated sermon content