How we make disciples @cbcmarietta
Intentionally
Authentically
Authentically
At Chattahoochee Baptist Church, we are dedicated to spreading the love and teachings of Jesus Christ to our community and beyond.
We start by sharing the gospel with the curious. When a person comes to know and follow Jesus, we share with these new infants in Christ our lives, new truths, and new habits as they cannot yet feed themselves.
Authentically
Authentically
Authentically
We connect spiritual children to God and teach them how to feed themselves through the Word and prayer. We connect them to community by helping them find the right small group family where they are comfortable and can be themselves. Finally, we connect people to purpose.
Our mission as a church is to know and follow Jesus, to be changed b
We connect spiritual children to God and teach them how to feed themselves through the Word and prayer. We connect them to community by helping them find the right small group family where they are comfortable and can be themselves. Finally, we connect people to purpose.
Our mission as a church is to know and follow Jesus, to be changed by Jesus, and to be on mission with Jesus to make disciples who make disciples.
Relevantly
Authentically
Holistically
As believers mature into spiritual young adults, we aim to serve our community with kindness. Our goals here are to equip disciples to serve, to provide opportunities to serve, and to release believers to serve together. Serving others helps a spiritual young adult to learn how to feed themselves as they act in faith on what they have been learning and put others ahead of themselves.
Holistically
Authentically
Holistically
The ultimate growth goal is for a believer to be released to make disciples and grow into parent by making a disciple. Here a disciple learns to explain the disciple-making process, is released to make disciples with a disciple-maker, and finally, released to make disciples on their own. We are not looking for just a mature adult believer
The ultimate growth goal is for a believer to be released to make disciples and grow into parent by making a disciple. Here a disciple learns to explain the disciple-making process, is released to make disciples with a disciple-maker, and finally, released to make disciples on their own. We are not looking for just a mature adult believer, but a parent who can feed others and makes disciples themselves. We say, you are not a disciple until you've made a disciple who makes a disciple.
Released to Disciple Together
Engage
Once the disciple has been trained in a personal lifestyle evangelism, the strategy must be put in place to give the congregation opportunities to put what has been learned into practice. Putting discipleship and evangelism into practice is where Engage comes in. Engage is a monthly outreach of our small groups which takes the place of one of the regular group meetings. After a brief prayer, participants head out into the neighborhoods to engage the community with the gospel through evangelistic encounters. Participants put what has been learned in discipleship into practice connecting with the community through outreach, service and prayer walking projects. Each week there is a different evangelistic approach. One month my include prayer walking and divine encounters. The next month maybe visitation with a focus of connecting with guests, regular attenders, members and shut ins. Another month may focus is on servant evangelism or going door-to-door inviting people to First Sunday Lunch. By participating in Engage, church members get the opportunity to practice sharing the gospel while being supported by a team. Working together helps to build evangelism confidence.
Release to Disciple Alone
The Master Plan of Evangelism
In order to be effective disciples and sow the seeds of the gospel in the community, CBC congregation needs a personal biblical lifestyle evangelism plan to guide their discipleship. If the biblical imperative of sharing is instilled in the plowing stage is going to take hold, the congregation is going to need be ready when the Holy Spirit moves in the lives of the people in which the church has been praying. The church needs to be trained in intentional sharing. “The Master Plan of Evangelism” by Robert Coles provides a powerful strategy for how evangelism can be integrated into someone’s life and the gospel shared among their sphere of influence, just like Jesus did it over two thousand years ago.
