If you're elevating the method over the real win - which is making disciple-makers - then you're missing the whole point.
Eddie and Bryan share about the method and tools for disciple-making at pursueGOD.org. Is it all too formulaic and restrictive? They suggest that if you’re elevating the method over the real win – which is making disciple-makers – then you’re missing the whole point.
Video Highlights
- The ultimate win is making disciples who make disciples. It’s not enough to help people “pray the prayer”.
- The tools at pursueGOD.org are important, but they do not replace the disciple-maker. Like a scalpel in surgery, tools are necessary but do not replace the surgeon.
- “Methodolatry” is elevating the tool or method above the ultimate win. Church programs, church attendance, online tools or printed resources – all of these should exist for the sake of the ultimate “win” – disciples who make disciples.
Discussion:
- Watch the video together or invite someone to summarize the topic.
- What is your initial reaction to this video? Do you disagree with any of it? What jumped out at you?
- What does “discipleship” mean to you? How does that relate to the full circle picture from the video?
- In your church or ministry, how do you define “the win”? Is it clear in your own mind? Is it clear to people in your ministry?
- What tools have you used in the past for making disciples? How were those tools beneficial? How did they fall short?
- Where have you been guilty of “methodolatry”? What will you do about it?
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
