Love seeing God provide for His people, and blessed to see Him work!

Effective D-Groups contain BOTH Authentic Relationships AND Systematic Bible Study/Application.

Blueprint Conference D-Groups are not just to get together to talk about God's Word. Their purpose is to talk about God's Word and be accountable to apply it and allow it to change your life. How are you responding to the Word of God?

How to Start a Discipleship Group: - Pray about who to invite - Approach and invite individuals (schedule a time) - Covenant with them to be committed and accountable to each other. - Invest your life into your D-Group

Discipleship Group (D-Group): a gender exclusive (men with men, women with women) closed group of 3-5 people, meet for 12-18 mo for the purpose of accelerated spiritual growth through accountability, studying God's Word, memorizing Scripture, and replicating the process.

Discipleship: intentionally equipping believers with the Word of God through accountable relationships empowered by the Holy Spirit in order to replicate faithful followers of Christ. Disciple: devoted follower of Jesus

Evangelism: Sharing the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ with someone to help them know and follow Jesus as Lord through repentance and faith.

Blueprint Conference - Definitions Disciple-making: intentionally entering into someone's life to help them know and follow Jesus (evangelism) and teach them to obey His commands (discipleship).

6) Be patient. Spiritual growth takes time. Spiritual growth requires adversity, trials, and spiritual disciplines. 7) Be a lifelong learner. Fill your life with the Word, with books and knowledge. Let learning and growing be a mindset, not a task.

3) Live a godly life. (Colossians 1:10) Model godly living before your disciples, bearing good fruit. 4) Be a friend to your disciple. Be real and genuine. Get beneath the veneer and masks to the core. 5) Pray for your disciple. Depend on God and let Him do what only He can do.

First Two Qualities of a Disciple Maker 1) A heart for God. (Matt 22:37-38) Love your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. 2) A love for your disciple. (Matt 22:39) Above all things, have and pursue true love for one another.

Blueprint Conference, Tim LaFleur 7 Essential Qualities of a Disciple You first have to BE a disciple to make disciples. You reproduce of a "like kind". You will make disciples who look like you.

Marcs of a Discipleship Group: 1) Missional - Focused on sharing Christ 2) Accountable - Holy Spirit brings conviction and transparency. 3) Reproducible - Disciples replicate. 4) Communal - Living life together. 5) Scriptural - Knowledge of Word of God

When one area/stop on the path is missing, growth is stunted. Move disciples from one area to the next, to greater commitment.

4) Crowd - From the other three stops on the Path, Disciples are called to proclaim Christ in the Crowd and change the world. They serve in the church, share with coworkers, become missionaries, live hospitably, and live on mission.

1) Congregation - Gathering of men and women, singing, exhorting, and preaching of the Word. 2) Community - 12-20 people, mixed gender. Journeying together, living out "one anothers" 3) Core - Discipleship groups, 3 to 5, gender specific. Accountable relationships. True openness.

Blueprint Conference, Tim LaFleur The Practical Process - the Discipleship Pathway: How did Jesus Christ model discipleship?

Blueprint Conference, Tim LaFleur - "God's purpose in discipleship is to equip the saints for the work of manhood. Discipleship exists so that more and more of us would be conformed to the image of Jesus."

Blueprint Conference, Tim LaFleur - "God's priority is make disciples." 2 Timothy 2:1-2

Blueprint Conference, Tim LaFleur - "The only solution to the American Spiritual Recession is disciplemaking. Inviting people to know Christ, and investing in them to teach them to live for Him everyday."