Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Understand the principles of discipleship

• Apply the four keys for effective discipleship (systematic, scalable, sequential, and sustainable programming)

• Analyze the history of disciple making

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: An Introduction to Discipleship

• What a Disciple Is

• Key Principles of Biblical Discipleship

• Defining and Describing Discipleship

• A Biblical Overview of Discipleship

• Discipleship in Religious and Christian Education

Unit 2: A History of Disciple-Making: The Old Testament and Intertestamental Periods

• Religious Education in the Pentateuch

• Religious Education in the Historical Books

• Religious Education in the Poetic Books

• Religious Education in the Prophets

• Challenges and Changes in Jewish Religious Education

• The Rise of the Jewish School

• Jewish Sects and Their Effect on Jewish Religious Education

• Religious Education and Development of the Oral Tradition

• Hellenistic Influence on Jewish Religious Education

Unit 3: A History of Disciple-Making: The New Testament and Patristic Age

• Christian Education in the Gospels

• Christian Education in Acts

• Christian Education in the Epistles

• Christian Education in the Book of Revelation

• Education in Local Churches with Jewish Converts to Christianity

• Discipleship Using the Didache

• Discipleship through Catechesis

• Discipleship through Catechetical Schools

• Early Challenges in Discipleship Philosophy

Unit 4: A History of Disciple-Making: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance

• Discipleship at the Dawn of the Middle Ages

• How Rome’s Fall Affected Christian Education

• Discipleship during Feudalism

• Discipleship through Asceticism and Monasticism

• Discipleship during the Crusades and Scholasticism

• Discipleship in the Age of Individualism and Renaissance Humanism

• Christian Education Champions during the Renaissance

Unit 5: A History of Disciple-Making: The Reformation and the Enlightenment

• Discipleship and Martin Luther

• Discipleship and Ulrich Zwingli

• Discipleship and Philip Melanchthon

• Discipleship and John Calvin and John Knox

• Key Educational Contributions of the Reformation

• How the Enlightenment Affected Discipleship

• Modern Philosophy, Scientism, and Discipleship

• Educators in the Enlightenment

Unit 6: A History of Disciple-Making: Colonial and Contemporary America

• How the New World Received the Gospel

• Education and Discipleship in the American Colonies

• Christian Higher Education in the Colonies

• Discipleship through the Sunday School Movement

• Discipleship through Twentieth-Century Youth Movements

Unit 7: Boundaries and Parameters for Disciple-Making

• Desired Outcomes for Genuine Discipleship

• Common Dangers in Discipleship

• Understanding Spiritual Metamorphosis

• The Difference between Christian Education and Indoctrination

• Protecting Discipleship from Indoctrination

• The Triumvirate of Biblical Discipleship

• The Bible and Curriculum in Discipleship

Unit 8: Defining Transformational Discipleship

• Understanding Transformation through Sanctification

• Cognitive Learning in Discipleship

• Affective Learning in Discipleship

• Behavioral Learning in Discipleship

• The Keys to Transformational Discipleship

Unit 9: Doing Personal Discipleship

• Biblical Characteristics of Disciplers

• Key Practices of Effective Disciplers

• Identifying the Person to Disciple

• Entering into a Discipling Relationship

• Casting the Vision to Someone You Want to Disciple

• Basic Principles to Guide Personal Discipleship Meetings

• Sample Schedule for Discipleship Sessions

• Suggested Content for Initial Discipleship

Unit 10: Principles of Disciple-Making

• The Profession of Christian Education

• Academic Preparation for Discipleship Ministry Leadership

• Old Testament Principles for Church Discipleship Programming

• Intertestamental Principles for Church Discipleship Programming

• New Testament Principles for Church Discipleship Programming

Unit 11: Making Programming Practical

• Understanding the Life Transformation Continuum, Part 1

• Understanding the Life Transformation Continuum, Part 2

• Stages of Spiritual Development

• Building an Evangelistic Apparatus

• Examples of Building an Evangelistic Apparatus

• Building a Discipleship Platform

• Examples for Building a Discipleship Platform

• Suggestions for Evangelistic Programming

• Suggestions for Discipleship Programming

• Programming for Spiritual Growth

• Leadership for Discipleship Programming

• Shepherding Others as Program Leaders

Unit 12: The Praxis of Programming

• Understanding Church Discipleship Expectations

• Cautions about Using Discipleship Programming

• Four Keys for Effective Discipleship: Systematic Programming

• Four Keys for Effective Discipleship: Scalable Programming

• Four Keys for Effective Discipleship: Sequential Programming

• Four Keys for Effective Discipleship: Sustainable Programming

Conclusion

• Reaching Out and Making Disciples

Details

• Title: ED205 Discipleship in History and Practice

• Instructor: Frederick Cardoza

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 10