Deep Discipleship: How the Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus

by J.T. English

Overview

Everyone is being discipled. The question is: what is discipling us? 
 
The majority of Christians today are being discipled by popular media, flashy events, and folk theology because churches have neglected their responsibility to make disciples. But the church is not a secondary platform in the mission of God; it is the primary platform God uses to grow people into the image of Jesus. Therefore, as church leaders, it is our primary responsibility to establish environments and relationships where people can be trained, grow, and be sent as disciples. 
 
There are three indispensable elements of discipleship:

• Learning to participate in the biblical story (the Bible)
• Growing in our confession of who God is and who we are (theology)
• Regularly participating in private and corporate intentional action (spiritual disciplines)

Deep Discipleship equips churches to reclaim the responsibility of discipling people at any point on their journey.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781535993524
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/29/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	449,844
Product dimensions:	5.66(w) x 8.76(h) x 0.83(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

J. T. English, PhD, is an author and teacher, and currently serves as the lead pastor of Storyline Fellowship in Arvada, CO. Previously, JT served as a pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX, where he founded and directed The Village Church Institute, which is committed to theological education in the local church. He received his ThM in Historical Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and PhD in Systematic Theology from Southern Seminary. He is married to Macy English, and they have two children, Thomas and Bailey.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Diagnosing the Discipleship Disease 1

Chapter 1 A God-Centered Vision for Discipleship 15

Chapter 2 The Church: Where Whole Disciples Are Formed 41

Chapter 3 Space: Where Does Discipleship Happen in the Church? 77

Chapteh 4 Scope: What Do Disciples Need? 99

Chapter 5 Sequence: How Do Disciples Grow? 133

Chapter 6 Send: Where Do Disciples Go? 159

Chapter 7 Strategy: Adopting a Holistic Approach to Discipleship 185

Epilogue 211