A teacher aims for the head, while a discipler aims for the heart. A teacher typically loves to be thought of as the expert in the room, the one who knows things and has important ideas and content to give to the group. A disciple-making teacher, however, aims about 10 inches lower and shoots for the heart. His goal is to be used to help bring about spiritual transformation; at the heart of transformation is a change in not just knowledge, but in attitude and action. A teacher measures knowledge, while a discipler measures faith.
A teacher might focus on how much he or she knows, and how much of that is transferred into the minds of group members. On the other hand, a disciple-making teacher measures success by the increasing levels of faith that his or her group members demonstrate. Obedience to Christ becomes the measuring stick. A teacher is an authority, a discipler is a servant.
I actually knew a teacher who did not allow the people in his group to speak during one of his Sunday morning lectures. He had a lot of ground to cover, and questions and dialogue just slowed him down. The reason you equip a person is so in the future they can disciple someone and equip them. The goal is for them to make disciples themselves. With mentorship, they assist the person they are mentoring. They may provide insight or assistance as to how to handle a hard situation or overcoming a certain sin.
Also, while mentoring does include some equipping, for example providing books as a resource, it has more of a focus on assisting the person being mentored. Another important distinction between discipleship and mentorship is broad versus specific.
Think of discipleship like an umbrella. Discipleship covers your walk with Christ as a whole. It helps you walk closer to God and understand how to live in relationship with Him.
Along with the training you need to disciple other people. Whereas, mentorship is like a pair of custom rain boots: they are made for one person.
Mentorship is personal. Each mentor session will look different depending on what your needs are or what you are struggling with at the time.
Discipleship is a broad topic and once you have a discipleship method, it will not change very much from person to person, but mentorship, on the other hand, is specific and can be adapted from person to person.
Another difference is spiritual growth vs. The point of being a disciple is to realize the sacrifice you are making to follow Jesus and embrace it and then go and make disciples yourself. In contrast, mentorship has more of a focus on life advice. Mentorship is for you being able to express your life worries or struggles and working through them with a strong Christian. Please note, there is some overlap in this example as you will grow spiritually as you are being mentored.
There is more of a focus on spiritual growth with discipleship and less on giving life advice. Even though mentorship and discipleship are different in many ways both are important in the life of a Christian. Without discipleship, our faith can easily stay in the same place and we will not push ourselves to grow and share the Gospel to others. Without mentorship, we can be struggling with sin or be in a hard situation and not have someone to walk us through it and be a safe place to speak about hard topics.
Both discipleship and mentorship are valuable to the body of Christ. Both discipleship and mentorship provide understanding as to what areas the person can grow it. Discipleship shows the person where they need to grow spiritually and mentorship shows a variety of growth: spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and so on.
Discipleship brings clarity to areas in your own heart and faith where you need to grow in. You could have trouble trusting God with your past or feel unworthy to be loved by Him. Being discipled will challenge you to look at the root of the issues you are having and figure out where the breakdown is.
It will push you to grow spiritually and grow more confident in your relationship with Jesus. What discipleship training approach have you used? What one change you will make next time you speak , to train rather than only pass on information?
Share this with one other person and ask them to hold you accountable. Let me know in the comments below as well. It true and the perfect method to develop our Discipleship training skills.
Let us all of us use the method that already has given us to any body. Very helpful materials. Just here,I have learned something on the difference between training and teaching. The will help me and my disciples very much. Your email address will not be published. Church Planting Discipleship Missions Training. The word apostle derives from the Greek apostolos meaning envoy. While disciples are students, apostles are proactive agents who act on behalf of the one who has sent them.
The biggest difference between disciples and apostles is that apostles possess a qualitatively different kind of faith than disciples. Disciples have faith in Jesus. Apostles, on the other hand, have the faith of Jesus. When the Twelve functioned as disciples, they followed and learned from Jesus, asking him many questions.
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