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In the spirit of thinking outside the box, and spurring on ideas, I thought I'd create this thread to share ideas.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes, when a person is baptised, often times, the cycle is not fully completed? A person hears the word, believes, confesses, repents, and is baptized; but then what happens? The person isn't discipled in a way that continues to teach them the gospel, and thus, gets them to share their faith with others, and repeat the same cycle.
What are we doing as the body of Christ, that people are being baptized, and then that's it? They either sit there in church every sunday, or don't show up all together. We must do a better job of teaching once the above has been completed. How do we do it, is the question. Do we have a class? Does someone "assign" themselves to that person to teach them more about what the bible says, all the time encouraging, teaching, and leading by example?
I personally have found that we do a terrible job of this. Part of it is on the person to follow the bible, and God's commands, but more of it is on the shoulders of those who are long standing christians to do the job of discipling. And not by being assigned to a person, but taking the initiative to do something about it. How can we expect to create the next generation of church leaders if we are failing to do our jobs? Where do our priorities lie? Just something to ponder over...as I would hope that this is not a prevalant occurance, but I fear it is all too common.
God Bless!
Have you ever noticed that sometimes, when a person is baptised, often times, the cycle is not fully completed? A person hears the word, believes, confesses, repents, and is baptized; but then what happens? The person isn't discipled in a way that continues to teach them the gospel, and thus, gets them to share their faith with others, and repeat the same cycle.
What are we doing as the body of Christ, that people are being baptized, and then that's it? They either sit there in church every sunday, or don't show up all together. We must do a better job of teaching once the above has been completed. How do we do it, is the question. Do we have a class? Does someone "assign" themselves to that person to teach them more about what the bible says, all the time encouraging, teaching, and leading by example?
I personally have found that we do a terrible job of this. Part of it is on the person to follow the bible, and God's commands, but more of it is on the shoulders of those who are long standing christians to do the job of discipling. And not by being assigned to a person, but taking the initiative to do something about it. How can we expect to create the next generation of church leaders if we are failing to do our jobs? Where do our priorities lie? Just something to ponder over...as I would hope that this is not a prevalant occurance, but I fear it is all too common.
God Bless!
