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Leadership Development Workshop II

The UBF Education Committee is hosting a Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) in Chicago from November 5-7, 2015. The subject is discipleship. This will be the second annual workshop among three which we plan to devote to this subject. Attendance is limited to about 20 leaders who are engaged in disciple raising throughout North America, along with some senior staff. The purpose of this workshop is to promote a sound Biblical understanding and practice of Jesus' principles in raising disciples in the North American context and to develop a disciple raising manual. We hope to use this manual to develop workshops that can be adapted according to various cultural and generational contexts and used widely throughout the UBF ministry in the coming years. We pray to serve UBF leaders worldwide who seek to raise Jesus' disciples. We ask the prayer support of UBF members throughout North America and around the world for this important work. Following is the invitation letter which was sent to participants.

We chose as our key verses Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 3:13-15. We want to obey Jesus’ command to raise disciples. We want to learn from Jesus. We found three steps in disciple-raising in Mark’s gospel: calling and commitment, growing in a Christ-centered life, and being sent out to preach. On this basis, we also tried to include thematic elements of disciple-raising throughout the Bible. Our hope is to develop a view of discipleship that is as comprehensive as possible. The contents of the three years of workshops are as follows:

2014

I.   Follow Me (I): Calling and Commitment

 1.  Who is a disciple?

1. Calling—Finding a New Life Direction
2. The Purpose of Being with Jesus
3. How to be with Jesus in his Word
4. How to be with Jesus through Prayer and Worship
5. The Cost and Blessings of Following Jesus

2015

II.  Follow Me (II): Growing in a Christ-centered life

1. Lordship
2. Followership
3. Character Formation
4. Servant Leadership
5. Participating in Jesus’ Suffering and Glory
6. Discipleship and the Holy Spirit

2016   

III. Make Disciples of All Nations: To be sent out

1. Evangelistic Fieldwork
2. Relational Aspect of Making Friends with Others As Jesus Did
3. Cross-Cultural Relationships
4. Incarnational Ministry to Be All Things to All People
5. Respecting Diverse People as Jesus Did
6. Spiritual Principles Jesus Planted: Depending on God, Compassion, Kingdom-mindset

This year’s workshop will be held from November 5-7 in Chicago.

Let’s pray to produce materials which will be used to encourage, strengthen and enhance disciple-raising.