Di*cip*eshi* October 12, 2011
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Christian discipleship, Church Leadership, Core Values, Identity & Purpose, Integrity, The United Methodist Church.Tags: Christian discipleship, Church Leadership, The United Methodist Church
32 comments
What in God’s name do we think we are doing? If I hear one more prominent church leader define discipleship as going to church I will scream. We aren’t going to count the number of people who attend church anymore. Some genius decided we will count “disciples” in worship. What? We can do that with one hand! And I keep hearing about discipleship “programs” and “systems”. Do we not have any clue what we are talking about? Well, we did form a Board of Discipleship, so it isn’t a new confusion, but really… let’s take the heart and soul of the Christian movement and reduce it to just one more institutional church growth travesty.
