Recently, when talking about how to develop healthy churches, a grass-roots Pastor C in South China emphasized the importance of discipleship training, exhorting the church to establish its own discipleship training system.
As a guide to building stronger spiritual lives, the discipleship training system can be divided into three stages, each with a target audience and training requirements.
Aimed at new believers, the first stage of discipleship training is to assist believers to develop good habits of devotional practice such as reading the Bible, and to inspire them to share their testimonies and God’s grace to others.
The second stage focuses on believers and regular members of the church, with the purpose of helping them grow in their spiritual maturity in Christ.
Those who want to commit themselves to serving the Lord can be trained as church planters in the third stage. The training courses include how to prepare themselves to serve God, how to understand His plan, how to share the gospel, and how to lead people to Christ. Theology, Biblical hermeneutics, and church history are core courses for those who intend to be the Lord's workers.
Leaders should guide trainees to share and discuss with each other, instead of engaging in idle theorizing, as the practice is more important than "pure" theory.
"The training is not just teaching the contents of the Bible." Pastor C said, "Jesus did not teach behind the closed doors." Believers are encouraged to imitate the lives of apostles in the New Testament Times.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
近日，华南地区一基层牧者C在谈到探索健康教会发展之路时，重点提到了门徒培训的重要性，并讲到教会应形成自己的门徒培训体系。
所谓门徒培训体系是一个人的信仰生命被建造起来的程序和体系。
门徒培训可以分为几个阶段，每个阶段都有对应的人群和所需要的培训内容。比如一阶门徒培训可以是针对初信者，培训的重点是帮助弟兄姐妹们养成良好的读经、灵修的习惯，鼓励他们分享向别人自己的生命的见证和恩典。
而二阶门徒培训可以是针对教会稳定的成员和信徒，目的是帮助他们在基督里生命更加的成长和成熟。
三阶门徒培训可以是针对一些有想要委身服事主的信徒，可以将他们培养成植堂者。培训的课程可以包括如何预备自己、如何明白神的计划、如何分享福音、领人归主等。当然针对想要成为主的工人的人，一些必要的知识是必不可少的，如神学、释经学、教会历史等。
做门徒培训的时候，要切记不可纸上谈兵，要时常让大家彼此分享与探讨，比起纯理论要更加注重落实实践。
“门训并不是上课。”牧者C谈到：“耶稣并没有把门徒关在屋里上课。”要鼓励弟兄姐妹们效法新约使徒们的生活。
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基层牧者浅谈中小微教会做门徒培训的重要性
Recently, when talking about how to develop healthy churches, a grass-roots Pastor C in South China emphasized the importance of discipleship training, exhorting the church to establish its own discipleship training system.
As a guide to building stronger spiritual lives, the discipleship training system can be divided into three stages, each with a target audience and training requirements.
Aimed at new believers, the first stage of discipleship training is to assist believers to develop good habits of devotional practice such as reading the Bible, and to inspire them to share their testimonies and God’s grace to others.
The second stage focuses on believers and regular members of the church, with the purpose of helping them grow in their spiritual maturity in Christ.
Those who want to commit themselves to serving the Lord can be trained as church planters in the third stage. The training courses include how to prepare themselves to serve God, how to understand His plan, how to share the gospel, and how to lead people to Christ. Theology, Biblical hermeneutics, and church history are core courses for those who intend to be the Lord's workers.
Leaders should guide trainees to share and discuss with each other, instead of engaging in idle theorizing, as the practice is more important than "pure" theory.
"The training is not just teaching the contents of the Bible." Pastor C said, "Jesus did not teach behind the closed doors." Believers are encouraged to imitate the lives of apostles in the New Testament Times.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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