Discipleship with IVJM
How it Works
We learn how to follow Jesus by doing it in the company of friends. Renewal in Jester includes us!
Think of our discipleship program as a series of one-hour courses, each lasting 5 to 6 weeks and building on the previous course. Discipleship groups consist of a couple of students and a leader (someone who's gone through the material before).
Just like your UT classes, you will get out what you put in. You are strongly encouraged to attend consistently (1 hr a week) and finish your outside work (also about 1 hr a week).
We offer one session in the fall semester and two sessions in the spring semester (for a total of 3 a year). You can always skip a session or two during a busy semester.
You are also invited, and encouraged, to lead a discipleship group after you've been through the material. There is no better way to learn than to practice!
The Material
We start our discipleship program with book by Greg Ogden called Discipleship Essentials as a tool to help us follow the pattern Jesus drew for us. Working through it will deepen our knowledge of essential Christian teaching.
After you complete the peace GIG, you'll be given the opportunity to enroll in the first course of discipleship, lasting 5 weeks.
Ogden's book provides an outline for the first four courses of our discipleship plan, Essentials I through IV. Other discipleship opportunities include a course in applying spiritual disciplines.
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