Director of Discipleship

So, Today I wish I had blog readers...

We who are from para church organizations, and the from the Christian world in general, often hear the complaint that "the Church is not doing it's job!" in the area of "discipleship." Now, Discipleship is a very Christian word, which basically means bringing people up in faith in the Lord. A disciple is a follower of Jesus, and discipleship is the process we take to get there. We also get organizations, such as Campus Crusade, who verbify it. (Microsoft Word does not agree with this usage.) To Disciple someone means to teach them how to follow God. When I think of Discipleship I think of one on one relationships, in which people meet with one another and talk out various difficulties that younger believers might be having.

So, let's image that a Church wants to bring a person on staff who would be in charge of the disciple making process. First of all, who incredibly cool is that. I will tell you: very. I was looking at jobs that were available in the Pittsburgh Presbytery and I just thought, wow, this job looks awesome. The Church has been having a seeker friendly service for a number of years and has been attractive some new believers. Now they want to know what to do with them! This is such an awesome problem to have.

Now, my question is, what do you do? If you are given a blank slate, and your whole task is to figure out how to disciple Christians, what do you do? Do you create a network of leaders within the church who personally disciple others? Do you leave discipleship to small groups? Let me hear your thoughts, world!