Identifying Best Practices For A Missional Approach  To Discipleship In The Church Today

Marlene Reinhold Grandinetti

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Identifying Best Practices For A Missional Approach To Discipleship In The Church Today

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Marlene Reinhold Grandinetti. Identifying Best Practices For A Missional Approach To Discipleship In The Church Today. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/db19b029-4f70-4b14-bb06-245efa700f63.

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M. R. Grandinetti. Identifying Best Practices For A Missional Approach To Discipleship In The Church Today. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/db19b029-4f70-4b14-bb06-245efa700f63

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Marlene Reinhold Grandinetti. Identifying Best Practices For A Missional Approach To Discipleship In The Church Today. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/db19b029-4f70-4b14-bb06-245efa700f63.

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Marlene Reinhold Grandinetti

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Evangelism--Strategy

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Abstract

The aim of this project is to examine how evangelical congregations in the Chicago area are carrying out missional discipleship. The main research question is, ‘What are best practices for a missional approach to discipleship for the local church?’ Two additional questions are used to answer the main research question: (1) What are some of the major challenges these local churches encountered in their discipleship efforts? and (2) What lessons can be learned from the experience of these congregations when formulating a missional disciple-making strategy?To explore and answer the research question, a multiple case study methodology is employed. This method examines three evangelical churches in the Chicago area who embody a missional discipleship, using three different types of data collection. These include two focus groups at each church involving semi- structured qualitative interviews with small group leaders and participants, six participant observations of events these churches carried out for people in their communities, and a collection of documentary evidence.The data from this study was organized into findings and concluded with three emphases that can be implemented by churches in their discipleship practices. These include a profile of an authentic follower of Christ, implementing four processes that lead to disciple-making, and the desired outcomes of an authentic, spiritually mature follower of Christ, all leading to a missional approach to disciple-making.

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