Resources to prepare you for ongoing discipleship conversations,
with both believers and non-believers

What’s a discipling conversation?

Discipling conversations are intentional interactions where we talk openly about the important, real stuff. These conversations go beyond mere pleasantries. It’s about having bold conversation, listening well, and asking good questions to help us all take our next steps with Jesus.

On this page, you’ll find helpful training videos and some downloadable guides to help you regularly have these conversations - whether in a connect group, church function, personal meeting, or group of friends.

Something’s Missing

Marks of a disciple

With-Ness

Discipling Questions

Connect Group Guide

Big idea: the main thing is leading conversations with discipling questions with people you are near/with. A schedule is important for consistency and accountability, but you have flexibility to make a schedule that works for your group.

Option 1: Sermon-Based Discussion

    1. Meet all together every other week and use Sermon Discussion (example below). Then break up and use discipling conversations at the same meeting.

    2. Meet all together every other week and only use Sermon Discussion (example below). Then break up and use discipling conversations at a separate meeting.

Option 2: Non-Sermon Based

    1. Fellowship together every other week. Meet separately at least once a month by gender and use discipling conversations.

    2. Meet separately every other week by gender and use discipling conversations. Fellowship together at least once a month.

Sample Sermon Discussion

Read Isaiah 9:6-7 together. Have someone retell in their own words what the passage says.

What was your one big/main takeaway from the service? If someone had arrived as everyone was leaving, and they stopped you in the parking lot and asked, “What was the sermon about?” what would you have said?

DISCUSSION

  1. Peace is not just absence of conflict, but it describes a wholeness. Do you typically pursue absence of conflict or wholeness? Why?

  2. The whole OT is pointing forward to this coming Messiah, Immanuel. When we consider where humanity was when this text was written, Jesus was promised but had not yet come. How can the fact that Jesus was promised and delivered give you peace?

CONCLUSION & FINAL APPLICATION

How would you summarize what we should believe and what we should do because of this message? More than one answer may apply.