MODULE 10: Making Disciples — Meeting 4
Discipleship : Meeting 4
DISCUSS the disciple's experience inviting someone to be their disciple.
Discussion
Questions
1. How did it go? What is God up to in the midst of this new relationship? If “the ask” was disappointing, what encouragement might be needed? What’s next?
2. After debriefing, spend time looking back on your time together and celebrate the ways you've both grown in your life with Jesus.
3. Pray for one another to close, and commission each other as one season closes and another opens.
4. If you are still looking for someone to disciple, consider talking with your pastor or church staff if they have any connections for you to disciple someone.
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: You’ve completed the Discipleship Pathway! Submit the Discipleship Pathway Completion Form located below before you leave your meeting today. This lets us know you’ve completed your journey. Thank you, and congratulations! Now, go make more disciples!
DISCIPLESHIP PATHWAY COMPLETION FORM:
Celebrating the End of the Discipleship Pathway
Finishing the Discipleship Pathway is a big milestone. Over roughly a year of meetings, both the disciple and the discipler have prayed, confessed, fasted, read Scripture, discerned God’s guidance, given generously, practised awareness, welcomed others and engaged injustice. Take time in this meeting to celebrate. Share a meal, tell stories from the journey and thank God together for his faithfulness.
How to Debrief "The Ask"
Inviting someone into a discipling relationship takes courage. Whatever happened, it is worth talking about:
If they said yes: Talk about how you will begin. Plan your first meeting using the Module 0 starter questions and covenant.
If they said "not yet": Keep praying and stay in relationship. Timing matters, and God may be preparing their heart.
If they said no: Do not be discouraged. Ask God to show you someone else, and talk with your pastor or church staff about people who are looking for a discipler.
If you have not asked yet: Name a person and a date together, and pray for courage.
Tips for Your First Year as a Discipler
Remember how you started. Your disciple will feel many of the same things you felt at the beginning.
Go first in honesty. Share your story and your struggles; it creates a safe space.
Follow the Pathway, but stay flexible. Adapt assignments to help your disciple reach each outcome.
Pray for your disciple daily. This is the most important thing you will do.
Stay connected to your own discipler. You do not have to figure everything out alone.
Keep the end in mind. Your disciple will one day disciple someone else. That is how multiplication happens.
Commissioning One Another
In the early church, believers often laid hands on one another and prayed as they sent people out for ministry (Acts 13:2–3). Consider doing something similar as you close this meeting. The discipler can pray a prayer of blessing and sending over the disciple, and the disciple can pray for the discipler as they, too, begin with someone new. You might read Numbers 6:24–26 or Matthew 28:18–20 aloud together.
What Comes Next?
The end of the Pathway is really a new beginning. The disciple now becomes a discipler, starting again at Module 0: Discipleship. Many former disciplers and disciples continue meeting as friends, prayer partners or peers. Consider staying in touch monthly, praying for each other’s disciples and sharing what God is doing. This is how a single friendship becomes a movement of disciples who make disciples.
Before you leave today, remember to submit the Discipleship Pathway Completion Form below. Congratulations — now go and make disciples!
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we have to stop meeting now that the Pathway is finished?
Not at all. Many pairs continue as friends and prayer partners. You might meet monthly instead of weekly, or read a book together from one of the "For Further Study" lists.
How long should I wait before starting with a new disciple?
There is no fixed rule. Some disciples begin right away; others take a few weeks to pray and prepare. The important thing is to keep the invitation in view and not let it drift.
Continue the Pathway — You are in Module 10: Making Disciples, Meeting 4 of 4. Previous: Meeting 3 — Missional Living. Every essay, worksheet and video for this module is collected on the Module 10 resources page.