Stage 4: Discipling Communities
Stage 4 focuses on the theme of making disciples and explores key principles which form a community that makes disciples of Jesus. These discipling principles are:
- Becoming like Jesus (including ‘dying to self’)
- Hearing and obeying God
- A community where faith is ‘caught’
- A community where faith is taught
- A community that makes disciples who make other disciples.
Teams are asked to determine their strengths and weaknesses in these areas and to decide on concrete ways to develop.
Playbook
After the Gathering - please post photos of your teams' action plans into the WhatsApp group.
Debrief G4 - with your hub partner:
- Review feedback - what do you need to pay attention to next time?
- Assess each team's health - who needs more attention? Do you need to discuss with their oversight minister?
- What insights from your prayer champion?
Mentors - please send them the Stage Handbook to keep them up to date. Please also circulate the mentor review form at the Mid Stage meeting, and arrange to check in with them before Gathering 5.
Oversight Ministers - please send them the Stage Handbook to keep them up to date. Hopefully by now they have attended an Oversight Pathway, if not then there is still potential. Book a meeting with them and their planter before Gathering 5 to check, amongst other things, that appropriate and agreed arrangements are in place around Safeguarding.
Thrive in Five - please circulate the relevant content half way between Gathering 1 and the Mid Stage meeting, then again between the Mid Stage meeting and Gathering 2.
WhatsApp - have you got everyone into the group? Where is God at work? Which team/person needs attention?
Next cohort - what are you thinking about a next cohort?
Celebration and Blessing - what are the thoughts about this and who has been invited?
Gathering 4 Content
G4.5 Principles of Discipling 2
This session explores the final 2 principles of discipling:
- Discipleship is taught
- Disciples make disciples
We ask teams to identify where they are stronger and weaker and then to make actions in terms of how to take steps to strengthen discipling in their new church community.
G4.6 Discipling in Community
This session explores ways of creating gatherings that reinforce the discipling elements of the ‘discipling principles’ sessions, primarily through the ‘three thirds’ model of gathering.. The group activity allows teams to explore the ‘three thirds’ model in their context.
Supporting Materials
G4 Facilitator Briefing
To be read in advance of the gathering by all facilitators.
G4 Facilitator Programme
A 2-page quick reference guide during the gathering. Please add team and participant names to this document before printing.
G4 Participants Handbook
Print one paper copy per participant and share as a PDF if needed.
Stage 4 Handbook
Share this resource with Mentors and Oversight Ministers after the Gathering to keep them up to date.
Running a Myriad Gathering
This resource is designed for event organizers (hub administrators) and facilitators involved in the Myriad Pathway.
Mid Stage 4 Content
The Challenge of Discipling
In this session we are going to consider some of the challenges that we might unknowingly be facing in this present context in which we are seeking to make new disciples.
Video Link:
Supporting Materials
Mid Stage 4 Programme
Use this document to plan your Mid Stage meeting.
Steve Addison — Everywhere: Disciple-Making Movements
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Steve Addison — Everywhere: Disciple-Making Movements
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