Reflection on Course Instructions You will write a 1,000–1,200-word (4–5 page) reflection essay in current Turabian format. The essay will answer the question “How has this course shaped your thinking

DSMN 500

Lecture Notes: Creating a Discipling Culture

1. Determine the key passages (Vision).

2. Extract the core principles (Values).

3. Define your terms (Views).

   1. Church

   2. Pastor

   3. Saints

   4. Gospel

   5. Evangelism

   6. Disciple/Discipleship

   7. Leader/Leadership

4. Decide on your structure (Vehicles).

   1. Church structure (Traditional/Attractional/Hybrid/Organic)

   2. Group system (A church… “with” groups, “of” groups, or “is” groups)

5. Describe what success looks like (Verifiers).

Existing church:

1. Recruit core team

2. Train team

   1. Initial agreement

   2. Ongoing accountability

3. Change the language

4. Lead by example

5. Show and share the gospel

6. Begin new missional groups (pray/win/grow/send)

7. Gather the groups (teach)

8. Stop doing things or DNR

9. Handle criticism

10. Be patient

11. Continue 1–7

12. Make the change, be the change, or be changed (compromise)

New church:

1. Recruit core team

2. Train team

   1. Initial agreement

   2. Ongoing accountability

3. Create the language

4. Lead by example

5. Show and share the gospel

6. Begin new missional groups (pray/win/grow/send)

7. Gather the groups (teach)

8. Reward the right behavior

9. Mentor leaders

10. Multiply groups

11. Release new leaders

12. Plant new works