How do we make students into disciples?

GREAT QUESTION!!

This is something I am wrestling with BIG TIME right now in our student ministry, simply because of the tension that exists between reaching out to lost students while at the same time promoting the growth of saved students. Admittedly, we have tried a couple of things from a programming standpoint…and don’t have an answer yet. The next phase we will be moving forward with is something I am VERY excited about and believe it’s going to be awesome, but I’m not going to claim that I have this all figured out (because I don’t!)!

BUT…here are FIVE GUIDELINES I have learned about discipleship that I believe are helpful in answering this question….

#1- Discipleship is much more about the process than it is about the program. 

Perry Noble said that discipleship is as simple as saying “Yes” to what Jesus tells you to do next. It’s not…