5. Your First Disciple

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Making disciples starts with relationships; often it starts with a meal. Most people were introduced to HOME Church through a meal; not a worship service. Members would invite a friend over for dinner or organise a dinner for their friend to meet other people from HOME. Usually it would be many dinners, games nights or other social events before the guest set foot in a Sunday service. This is because the foundation to making disciples is relationship; not religion. We are not here to indoctrinate people; we are here to facilitate; a meeting between them and God through his church.

This is part of the reason why Easter and Christmas services are centered around a banquet lunch or dinner rather than a performance event. We want to create an environment where we can get to know our guests and for them to get to know some of us; so sharing a meal is important to us; playing games is important to us. Making disciples starts with making friendships; this is how Jesus modeled it with his twelve.

You don’t need to do much to make disciples; you simply need to make the decision to walk with others. Whether it is someone younger, the same age or older than you, you can choose to share life and share truth with other people; this is part of actively making disciples. Consider someone who has had their very first golf or tennis lesson, in their excitement, they would teach others how to do the same. It doesn’t require a coach to teach; it requires someone who knows just that little bit more than the person they want to help. Making disciples isn’t for the master Christian but for every Christian. 

Frankly, Jesus was opposed to the idea of ‘master Christians’ or any form of ‘guru’s. He says, “But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers (Matthew 23:8).” Christians were not to rise to have people come to them, but rather the best Christians leaders know how to lead people to the Lord, not just for matters of salvation but for all matters of life and faith.