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Christian Discipleship

How to Give Your Faith Away”

By

Salt and Light Foundation, Inc.

Facilitated by Jane S. Cahaly, President

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Salt and Light Foundation, Inc.

“Discipling the Next Generation Together”

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What Is the Salt and Light Foundation?

  • We are a 501C-3 Christian Non-profit
  • We are Non-Denominational
  • We are Non-Partisan
  • We are Independent
  • We are funded by donations and operated totally by volunteers

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Our Mission

The Salt and Light Foundation, Inc. is an independent religious non-profit foundation dedicated to inspiring and enabling Christian discipleship of the next generation by researching, developing, promoting and distributing Christian materials, programs and activities for educators, parents, grandparents, churches and other aligned Christian organizations.

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Christian Discipleship Class

Why?

To support the primary mission of the Foundation

Awareness of the “misconceptions” about Discipleship

Need for Knowledge, Skills and Desire to

For Effective Discipleship

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# 1 Question in Lesson Planning

“What do you expect your students to know and be able to do when your lesson is over?”

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Goals and Objectives for Class

  1. To be able to clearly define, differentiate and calculate the cost of Discipleship, Witnessing and Evangelism.
  2. To Encourage, Equip and Inspire Christians to articulate and share “who they believe, why they believe, and how sharing our faith is essential to growth in Christ and the fulfillment of the “Great Commission”

Matthew 28: 26-20

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Goals and Objectives for Class

Fulfilling our Mission:

Holy Trinity Lutheran church is a family of Christians saved by God’s grace to proclaim the good news to our community and to the world by word and actions”

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Training Format, Scope and Sequence

Stephen Covey Effectiveness:

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

DESIRE

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Resource Books by Paul E. Little

“Know Why Your Believe”

“Know Who You Believe”

“How to Give your Faith Away”

(Available Amazon, Ebay and Christian Book Stores)

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Who Was Paul E. Little?

Paul E. Little – 1928 - 1975

Paul E. Little was an American evangelist. He served as the Director of evangelism for InterVarsity Christian fellowship from 1965 to 1975. He was also assistant professor of evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity school. He was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Wharton school of finance and Wheaton college. He was an inspirational speaker and renowned in collegiate circles. In addition, he authored the book titled “How to give away your faith” which was selected by Christianity Today magazine as one of the 50 most influential books among evangelicals over the last 50 years. He died in an automobile accident in 1975 and his ministry was carried on by his wife Marie.

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Personal Mentors/Resources

Oswald Chambers

Charles Stanley

David Jeremiah

Albert Mohler

Sarah Young

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What is Discipleship?”

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Group Discussion/Feedback

What is Discipleship?

What is Witnessing?

What is Evangelism

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DESIRE�“The Want-to”

Self Examination Questions

Why are you participating in this training?

What or Who encouraged/motivated/implored you to participate?

Do/Did you have any preconceived ideas about Discipleship?

What do you “expect to know and/or be able to do” when the training is over?

What are you willing to ”put into” the training?