http://blog.likeafire.net/2006/07/24/the-long-tail-discipleship/ His word is Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://blog.likeafire.net/2006/07/24/the-long-tail-discipleship/#comment-1560 PaulF Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:08:11 +0000 http://blog.likeafire.net/2006/07/24/the-long-tail-discipleship/#comment-1560 Great post Paul. When I first became a believer I was lucky enough to find someone to disciple me. We had a 30 page booklet designed to make new believers secure in their faith. We brought it and our Bibles every week to McDonalds at 6am. It took us a year to go through that book. We could have done it in six weeks easy, but then we wouldn't have gotten to know each other enough to say more than "Hi" as we passed each other in church. We talked about everything and, yes, sometimes we didn't even get to study the booklet or the Bible. We did have time to build a relationship and pray for each other and support each other. If it was just a numbers game, he should have taken six weeks and moved on to another. I, for one, am glad he didn't. Great post Paul. When I first became a believer I was lucky enough to find someone to disciple me.
We had a 30 page booklet designed to make new believers secure in their faith. We brought it and our Bibles every week to McDonalds at 6am. It took us a year to go through that book. We could have done it in six weeks easy, but then we wouldn’t have gotten to know each other enough to say more than “Hi” as we passed each other in church.
We talked about everything and, yes, sometimes we didn’t even get to study the booklet or the Bible. We did have time to build a relationship and pray for each other and support each other.
If it was just a numbers game, he should have taken six weeks and moved on to another. I, for one, am glad he didn’t.

]]> http://blog.likeafire.net/2006/07/24/the-long-tail-discipleship/#comment-1786 likeafire.net » Blog Archive » Growing Your Ministry Through…Process Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:16:15 +0000 http://blog.likeafire.net/2006/07/24/the-long-tail-discipleship/#comment-1786 [...] Here is a great article that is right along the thinking I have been having about the necessity of process over outcome. I have said here, here, here , here , here and here and many other places that focusing singularly on the outcome is pointless and unbiblical. I have many detractors for this, but I hold firm and welcome the affirmation that process is important, probably more important than outcomes and certainly more relevant in our culture. [...] […] Here is a great article that is right along the thinking I have been having about the necessity of process over outcome. I have said here, here, here , here , here and here and many other places that focusing singularly on the outcome is pointless and unbiblical. I have many detractors for this, but I hold firm and welcome the affirmation that process is important, probably more important than outcomes and certainly more relevant in our culture. […]

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