Story Formed
We just started a Discipleship training called the Story Formed Life, and I am very excited. The idea behind it is that as Christians in America, we have done a good job of fulfilling the preaching part of the Great Commission, but have done a very poor job in ‘teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded.’ This is where discipleship comes in. What is more powerful – a thousand lukewarm Christians or a hundred Disciples of Christ? I would say that 10 Disciples are more powerful than any amount of lukewarm anything. This is the idea, that through strict training, we can create disciples.
As someone who has been working with youth for the last 9 years, it’s really exciting for me to start sharing this training with the adults of our community. Right now, mostly Young Life leaders are coming, but about 10 of them have brought their parents. We have a wide variety of people coming to the group. It’s funny to watch kids who still get excited about Ben 10 party supplies interact with guys who sell wooden dowels or do this for a living. But, isn’t that the Church? A collection of several unique body parts who come together with Christ as the head. This is why I am so excited about this training, and the power it can have on building the church in our community. I pray for a blessing on it.
If you are curious, you can find out more here.
