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Conclusion
Paul Jang  2008-03-24 03:40:23, hit : 3,699


Conclusion

When just about all the members of the church actively take part in the activities of some ministry, the church can be bound to grow (Wagner 1986, 71). Of many activities for church growth the disciple making program is the most effective one because it can multiply church membership and cause the members to gain maturity in their Christian life. And the church may expect that the finances necessary to conduct the activities for church growth will increase.

Disciple making is a costly ministry. Billie Hanks, Jr. said, "To be used of God to make disciples, we must be willing to pay the price...and it is a costly ministry" (Hanks and Shell 1993, 166). He also explained that making disciples may request us to pay costly price. In this sense, he said that the costly ministry involves: quantity of time, lake of recognition, inconvenience, hurt, vulnerability to exposure, tunneling, weakness reproduced, and life (Hanks and Shell 1993, 167-169).

Quality discipling emphasizes a balanced combination of the triangle principal methods of processing: that which can be learned through "teaching," that which can be skilled through "training," and that which can be missionary through "transforming." One deals with ideas, the other with skills, and another with commissions.

If the pastor is convinced that God wants him in discipling ministry because it has a firm biblical basis, he may try to conduct the disciple making program for church growth.

Today also, the pastor has to recognize and determine whether or not the discipling ministry can be successfully carried out. The steering committee of the church must always and repeatedly demonstrate that the pastor and the key lay-leaders can be trained to have a multiplying ministry of discipleship in their church. They must be convinced of that. And then, the pastor and his church can move forward for the growth of their church in quantity and in quality.





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