Greetings to you, after a long hiatus from our regular online communications. We are sorry we dropped off the face of the electronic earth! Instead of waiting an extra month until the next regular session of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course began, we took the plunge and opted for the June session, which was an intensive session, whereby the course was offered at the accelerated pace of only 9 weeks instead of 17. And so for 9 weeks, nearly every spare moment we had was taken up by one of two things...the course, and then what we have to share in the content of this blog post! [As an aside, we recommend this course to every English-reading, book-learning believer on the planet. This course will challenge you, inspire you, blow your mind, and turn your priorities on their heads. Its principles and core message should be the heartbeat of every Christ follower. If you want to infuse your life with God's purpose, we highly recommend seeking out a course near you, or doing it online like we did!] |
Well, after we came back from the Ignite Conference in May, we started calling small groups to our home to simply share our excitement over what we got from the conference. Among those groups were the key leaders of our own local church where we attend. We didn't know what would come of any of these times of sharing. We decided we would just share, and see what God would do.
The leaders from our church were very touched. They started discussing organizing missions training and collecting money to send missionaries. We were excited at their enthusiasm. However, we felt like you cannot give someone that you do not have. Historians don't make doctors. Only doctors make other doctors. Similarly, only disciples make other disciples. If discipleship is done well, believers will naturally be moving outward with their faith and overflowing with God's grace for their community and for the nations. Thus in a local church, if that is not happening, the gap isn't with missions training. It's with discipleship. And so, the Pader Town Church of Uganda Discipleship Class was born!