Discipleship of Students Teacher Training Resources
In discipling their students, Bible teachers aren't guiding them to commit to a program or to another person, but to Jesus Christ. Disciplemaking teachers help people learn to love and follow Jesus, not just know about Him.
The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students resource assists teachers in their role as disciplers. It helps teachers better understand how to guide students in getting to the next level of spiritual growth.
This training bundle includes a PowerPoint presentation and worksheets for areas that can help students grow closer to the Lord and become more Christ-like. The worksheets, listed below, can be ordered separately.
Training Resources for Bible Teachers about Discipleship
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Articles, Hardcopy:
- Teacher Training Smart Pages--Book and CD-ROM - Book with Reproducible Articles & Forms by Sheryl Haystead (See the Table of Contents on that page for articles included on Small-Group Discussion.)
Articles, Online:
General Help Applicable to Any Age
- A Discipler Teaches the Sheep to Follow the Chief Shepherd
- Bible Teacher's Role as a Disciplemaker
○ Disciplemaking Teachers Follow Jesus' Agenda
○ Disciplemaking Teachers Make an Investment
○ Disciplemaking Teachers Have Inclusive Classrooms
○ Disciplemaking Teachers Have Life-Changing Goals
○ Disciplemaking Teachers Aren't Alone - Disciple-making Teachers or Just Getting By?
- Describing a Disciplemaking Teacher
- Disciplemaking Teachers
- Discipling Students Toward Spiritual Growth
- FAQ About Discipleship
- Another FAQ about Discipleship
- God's Presence: The Discipler's Authority
- Objectives in Discipleship
- Spiritual Age versus Physical Age
- Teaching a Class with Varying Levels of Bible Knowledge
- To be most effective, disciplers must base what they do on the condition of the flock.
- Top three obstacles of discipleship and how to tackle them
Discipling Children
Discipling Teens
Books:
- Disciple-Making Encounters: Revolutionary Sunday School by Darryl Wilson
- Disciple Making Teachers: How to Equip Adults for Growth and Action by Josh Hunt, Bob Buller, Larry Mays
- Show them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids by Jack Klumpenhower
Computer/Online:
- Teaching Young Christians to Grow - This is a 20 minute online seminar designed to equip you to disciple children in spiritual growth by Child Evangelism Fellowship
PowerPoint Presentation Published by Ministry Tools Resource Center:
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Spiritual Growth PowerPoint
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Spiritual Growth Bundle (includes the PowerPoint listed above and 8 different worksheets listed below under 'worksheets')
Resources:
- Big Book of Discipleship Basics by Gospel Light - "a step-by-step format for leading small group sessions that create amazing opportunities for discipleship" .. for kids in grades 3 - 6
- Measure Your Ministry - A Tool to Assess Children's Spiritual Growth - Though this promotes a certain curriculum, the survey itself could be a useful tool for you. (Scroll down on that page to the article called 'Measure Your Ministry.')
Tools to Use in Discipleship Efforts:
- Getting Spiritually Fit - about spiritual disciplines
- Holiday Reflections - about discipleship opportunities at different holidays
- Ministry God's Way - about serving
- New to Bible Reading - about reading the Bible
- Our Great God from A to Z - about the attributes of God
- Sowing Good into Our Lives - about becoming Christ-like in our character
- Walk the Walk Devotionals - about our walk with God
Worksheets:
- DISCIPLESHIP: Isn't teaching a lesson enough? by Ministry Tools Resource Center
This six-page teacher training worksheet could be used by an individual teacher. It would also be good for using with a group of teachers as a discussion guide.
- The following worksheets could be used as stand-alone worksheets or could be used as breakout sessions, subsequent sessions, or independent study in conjunction with the The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Spiritual Growth PowerPoint listed above.
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Christ-like Character & Conduct
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in the Stewardship of Giving
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in Regard to Outreach
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in Regard to Prayer
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in Maintaining Christ-like Relationships
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Serving
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in Regard to the Word of God
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students in Regard to Worship