Bath Deanery Everyone a discipleEveryone a disciple-maker

THE STORY SO FAR

2011

CHANGE

CHANGE

VISION FOR GROWTH

MAKING DISCIPLES

VISIONOur desire is to

see hundreds more people drawn into discipleship and our whole community changed and transformed by God’s loving rule.

2012

ONGOINGREVIEWEVERY parish to draw up a DISCIPLESHIP VISION as a basis for ongoing review

A DISCIPLESHIP VISION outlines the way that achurch hopes to make and nurture disciples

HOW ARE DISCIPLES MADE AND NURTURED?

IMPRESSIONINVITATION

INSTRUCTIONIMMERSIONIMITATION

Making

Growing

GAINING A DISCIPLESHIP VISION

• Agree underlying assumptions about discipleship 

• Gain agreement over developing and implementing a Discipleship Vision– Agree a definition of discipleship– Set out a simple Discipleship Vision

Statement– Agree a way to embed this vision in the life of

the church family • Determine the process through which you

currently make and nurture disciples

Making a

DISCIPLESHIP VISION

IMPRESSIONINVITATION

INSTRUCTIONIMMERSIONIMITATION

Making

Growing

• Determine ways to improve these or how you will develop them further 

• Determine the way you will equip the saints for whole life discipleship and ministry

• Set out how you will evaluate the level of discipleship in the life of the church and review the discipleship culture of the church for different groups of people

Making a

DISCIPLESHIP VISION

DO IT