Helping You Take Your Next Step as a Disciple of Jesus
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Start Here
Take the Self-Assessment and discover where you are now.
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Connect with a Growth Partner
Invite someone to join you and connect with them as your growth partner.
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Take Your Next Step
Identify the step you should take as you apply the 6 practices of a disciple to your life.
What is a Growth Partner?
A Growth Partner is a godly person who is maturing in their faith and willing to partner with another disciple to help them grow spiritually. They live out the 6 practices of a disciple, follow Jesus, and are becoming more like him. They will speak the truth in love even if the truth is tough to hear.
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- Complete The Discovery Pathway Self- Assessment.
- Biblically partner with another disciple to focus on growth in one of the Six Practices of a Disciple : 1) Abide 2) Gather 3) Belong 4) Serve 5) Give 6) Invite
- Be of the same gender.
- Commit to meeting together to have a Growth Talk conversation.
- Work through ONE STEP of growth together.
- Commit to at least one follow-up meeting to discuss progress towards the step of growth selected.
- Recommended communication commitment: At least 1 face-to-face time together, 2 phone calls and 3 text messages while building the relationship.
- Express a desire to build spiritual relationships that will change lives and build the Kingdom of God.
- Keep the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the grace of God at the center of the relationship.
- Follow 2 Timothy 2:15. “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth”
- Live a life of integrity. “Integrity is a one-to-one correlation between the Bible, my beliefs, and my behavior” – Patrick Morley
- Be guided by the Word of God- The Bible.
- Be devoted to prayer throughout the relationship.
- Regularly attend Discovery Church worship services.
- Ask that the Holy Spirit will give you knowledge and wisdom as you need it. (1 Corinthians 2:12-13)
- Invest in the relationship, but acknowledge that the results will be determined by God. “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth” 1 Corinthians 3:6-7
- Understand that the Growth Partner relationship is one of mutual growth.
Need a Conversation Guide?
A Growth Talk is a conversation about spiritual growth in the 6 Practices of a Disciple. The goal of a Growth Talk is that Growth Partners will determine a best next step to grow as disciples of Jesus.
Growth is guided by the 6 practices of a disciple. Click on one of the practices to review next steps. If you're not a disciple of Jesus, or have questions about Jesus, we welcome you to explore what it means to be a disciple.
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