Audio Discipleship Training Seminar #3/12

Initiating Growth in the Church

Helping New Believers Grow

Translated from English into Burmese

Rev. Paul J. Bucknell

Seminar Index - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
World-changing Prayers (Nehemiah 1) | Facing Tests (Job 1)
Forgiveness (Genesis 50)

• The Flow: Level #1
  1 John 2:12-14

The Flow: Level #1 (1 John 2:12-14): Helping New Believers Grow - translated from English into Burmese - shows the basic needs of new believers and how to properly care for them.

This audio on The Flow: Level #1 shows how Christians begin to grow and are nurtured in their early spiritual life. The new believer is likened to a new baby and his needs.

This is session 3 of 11 from a discipleship training seminar given in Burma. Please click below to start listening the podcast. Study questions and other links are below.

Audio: mp3

The Flow Overview: Download: Audio | Powerpoint | Handout:Burmese 32mb

Discussion Questions on The Flow

1. What are the three stages of Christian growth that John describes? How do these form an analogy for the physical development of a person?
   
   
2. List the items that the elderly apostle says to this first level of believers? Look in 1 John 2:12-14. Be specific.
   
   
3. What characterizes this first stage of the Christian's growth?
   
   
4. What are the problems or challenges that those in this spiritual stage will face?
   
   
5. Summarize what is suppose to happen in this stage of spiritual growth.
   
   
6. What might happen if Christians in this spiritual stage do not get the needed support? Be specific.
   
   
7. Are you in this first stage? Were you discipled.
   
   
8. Have you discipled others.

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Next -> Listen to the next session #4 of the seminar.
Showing how the Flow #1 teaching can be implemented in a basic discipleship training session.

Directory of Discipleship Articles Introduction to Discipleship's 3 Stages and The Flow
Basic Discipleship Stage Basic discipleship stage and BFF materials.	Intermediate Discipleship Stage intermediate discipleship stage and BFF materials.	Advanced Discipleship Stage Advanced discipleship stage and BFF materials.
Defining discipleship	The Imperative of Discipleship (2 Timothy 2:2)	The Heart of True Discipleship (Isaiah 50:4-7)
Describing discipleship	The Flow Diagram of integrated Discipleship	Spirit-Dependent Teaching 7 principles on excellent teaching.
Designing discipleship curriculum Stages and goals of discipleship	Integrates Church Growth with discipleship Slides with explanation.	Combating Spiritual Decline
Key to Discipleship	Growing the Church through Biblical Training Explains 'The Flow'.	Determining your place in the cycle of growth
Discipleship Shapers Learning how Christians grow	Understanding the Cycle of Decline and Revival (Judges 2)	Spiritual Warfare: General Principles

 

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