Myths of Discipleship/Mentoring
Austin Gardner • August 6, 2023
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The following are myths that many hold on to about discipleship
- Thinking that discipleship is lessons from a book
- Thinking that a person has to grow to a certain point to be involved in ministry
- Not understanding the difference between basic discipleship, mentoring or training
- New convert lessons is basic discipleship practiced by the church since I was a child
- Teaching them individually is great but it is still basic
- Mentorship is going to take a person from 0 to full participation in ministry
- Thinking I can't disciple or lead other people
- Building a church without training leaders
- Thinking that you need to treat everyone equally
- Thinking you can't have favorites
- Thinking that no one is interested in preaching
- They don't understand what the call means and get little help with it
- Not taught how they can be used of God
- There is no environment that leads to being called of God
- Thinking you need to pay all your disciples
- Thinking it just doesn't happen when you really need to learn that you must make it happen, teach them
- Thinking that your people will never whatever
- The secret is not the teaching and preaching but the living.
- it is the impact of one life on another. life on life











