Disciple Making Plan: Part 1 – Foundations Assignment Instructions

For the foundation you will create a detailed explanation of your personal plan to develop disciples for Jesus Christ within a ministry context. Must include a bibliography with a minimum of 5 scholarly sources, which can include the course textbooks. To develop your plan, thoroughly cover the first 3 P’s of ministry planning:

1. Passages—What are the main discipleship passages that guide your ministry? Who are you focusing on? What regions, demographics, groups, ages, etc., are you to aiming to reach and disciple? (2 pages)
2. Principles—What are your core values in ministry? What passages and principles are you basing your plan upon? How do these passages apply? Try to simplify to 3 statements. (1 page)
3. Philosophy—What are your most important ministry perspectives? What are your definitions for key terms within your ministry? (2 pages) Examples include:
   1. Give a detailed description of how disciples are
      made in the context of a healthy church and a Christian community. \
   1. Give an overview of the body of Christ and discuss what the model of your
      church is based upon the TAHO chart.
   1. Assess your church or ministry based on the healthy church assessment and
      identify the strong and weak areas with suggestions on how to improve.
   1. Detail the role and importance of the local church, pastor, saints, and spiritual
      gifts in God’s plan for being and making disciples, using Scripture and other
      scholarly sources to support your arguments.

Note that your plan must include a table of contents and bibliography; this will not contribute to the overall page count. Current Turabian format must be used. It is strongly recommended that you refer to the lecture notes in the course as you develop your Disciple Making Plan.

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 4: Week 4.