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Small groups and one on one discipleship can work if you give men the "skills" necessary to live out their Christianity. Every Man A Warrior is a discipleship course that gives men the skills necessary to succeed in life and have answers to the questions men face all the time.
Every Man A Warrior starts with the "Great Commandment." Jesus said, the "Loving God" was the FIRST and GREATEST commandment. We teach men how to spend "time alone with God" in a daily Quiet Time. This Quiet Time develops your love relationship with God and is shared each week to becomes a new life long skill.
Every Man A Warrior also teaches men skills to:Know their Wife's Love Language, spend one on one time with their children, manage money according to Biblical principles, fight against pornography, go to God and do what''s right in hard times, and then pass these spiritual truths on to other men.
Every Man A Warrior has only been around for 4 years and has sold more than 56,000 book and been used by 17,000 men in the U.S. God wrote this curriculum in me over 25 years of hard times. It was field tested for 2 years with over 500 men before it was published. I have been on Navigator staff for 37 years. Learn more at www.EveryManAWarrior.com.
Lonnie Berger, Author and President of Every Man A Warrior
I wonder if you should say that small groups alone will not make disciples. Discipleship is not just a one to one process - that is clear from John 13:34-35 - how disciples love each other is a key element in living in a way that demonstrates what it means to follow Jesus.
I believe that discipleship happens through relationships where we love and earn trust from those we love, not events or programs. Submission and obedience come from trusting God and others - real transformation takes place as God changes hearts and minds.
Being a disciple is about trusting, knowing, doing, being, learning and following. If someone is missing several of these aspects of growing a relationship with God, they will not be able to follow Jesus as they go through their lives and all they will face.
I have seen God change lives through one to one, small groups, and large groups. I have used the Every Man a Warrior books and they are helpful in getting men started in following Jesus. No matter what form you use, there is no formula. Prayer and listening to God in the midst of loving others - faith expressing itself in love - is much harder than following a pattern established by someone else.
Roger Matthews - Global Service Network
Having pastored and led a church to make disciples I struggled with how to effectively disciple every person. I finally came to the conclusion that discipleship begins when the person decides to follow Jesus and ends at death. So to reach someone I must be in it for the long haul. I always start with those who want to grow and are teachable. Over the years I developed and used others materials to help facilitate growth. I think a huge problem that as time goes by the new Christian becomes more isolated from the world and more inward focused toward the things at the church. When that happens the church becomes inward focused. In the firstvp church I pastored after awhile I sent the leaders and their families out. During the first time while I was instructing them one of the men began to shake. Two hours later he had started two Bible studies. When he came back he was a changed man and talked a lot about what happened. Where I believe the church is falling down is in the areas of real hands on training. That starts with the pastor. We cannot build boldness without leading the way.
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