Week11-Assignment 1 Discussion Discipleship Matters Relational discipleship involves intimacy, partnership, mutual participation and usually takes place in a small group setting. Relational discipleship includes a transformation of the leader as well as the participants of the group. Ogden writes, “instead of inviting people to a program or class for which they sign up, attend and complete their assignments, they are invited to the relationship of mutual love, transparency, and accountability.” In a relational discipleship, it involves accountability and responsibility to another. The difference between relational and programmatic is relational discipleship involves intimacy, whereas programmatic discipleship involves focusing on information.
Nursing is the core of care. The essential is not communication via words or language, but care that is imparted by sincere interest is interdenominational and transcends culture, language, and treatments. Relational consciousness is a significant component of a compassionate nursing practice. Doane, & Varcoe, (2015) state that relational awareness encompasses recognition that individuals are situated and constituted through cultural, interpersonal, social, political and emotional processes. Operating from the center of which we are, with insight and awareness is essential to phenomenological nursing practice. I will be exploring my personal values and beliefs
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The first way that Mark shows us what discipleship really is, is by the way Jesus demonstrated discipleship. Jesus did this in three ways: the way He cared about people, took care of their physical needs, and He took care of their spiritual needs. In Mark 7:31-37 we see an example of Jesus caring about people. In these verses a deaf and dumb man is brought to Jesus and the man's friends beg Jesus to heal him. Jesus takes him aside privately and says be open and immediately the man can hear and can speak normally. This passage shows that Jesus cared because Jesus specifically took this man aside, placed his hand on him to heal him. An example of Jesus taking care of people’s physical needs is in Mark 6:30-44. In this passage Jesus feeds the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish. Jesus broke the bread and the fish, blessed it and passed it around to all 5,000. Everyone ate and there were 12 baskets of left over. This passage shows that Jesus took care of people’s physical needs because the group of people following hadn't eaten all day and Jesus had compassion on them and fulfilled their physical need for food.
Similar to the Gospel of John the Epistles of John catalogues a variety of themes on discipleship. However, four main qualities of discipleship are highlighted in his letters, these are witness, obedience, chosen, and indwelling. These four qualities are announced in the first four verses of 1 John 1 by the apostle explaining how disciples of Christ are witnesses to the glory of Christ through their experiences of sight, sound, and touch (1John 1:1). While being able to experience the greatness of Christ is important to the reality of disciples, John exclaims that experience is not enough and one must publicly “testify to it” (1John1:2) and “proclaim to [the world] the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us” (1John1:2). Witnessing to the faith is an important quality also presented in 3
Modern Day Disciples Following Jesus today is harder than it used to be, but modern day. disciples do not exist. Christians try to see Jesus in other people and they follow Jesus' example and teachings. An everyday Christian would try to see the good in everybody, try to forgive others when hurt or unhappy and apologise for things that they do wrong.
Similarly to prayer buddies, discipleships are pretty much what the International Church of Christ is known for; without having a discipleship, one is not a true Christian (CARM). In this process of discipleship, an older member of the church is paired up with a newer member in order to oversee their lives and help mentor them onto the right path for salvation (Who Are We?). The discipler (older member who is the mentor), makes all these decisions for the disciple which can range from confessing their sins to them all the way to where they should live and who they should associate themselves with. Life decisions are dictated by the discipler, and the disciple is expected to submit to t...
Being a nurse and belonging to nursing society is not easy and it requires a lot of hard work and also for individuals to have some outstanding characters in order to be successful. As for me, the thing I find in common with me and nursing is that I’m compassionate, Honest, and have self-confidence; To me those are some key elements one need to have in order to fit in the nursing society and in this essay I will be explaining how those key elements relate me to the nursing society.
While it may be argued that leadership and followership are merely two sides of the same coin, just as with a coin, there are still differences between the two which can be observed. As any great leader was, at some point in their life, a follower, many of the followership traits can be seen in a leader as well. It stands to reason that a follower has a leader they are following, but it is not as simple as train cars following behind the engine.
With this in mind, the following will focus on the spiritual formation process within the Christian community. The concept of Christian community stems from the Bible with the perspective of the body of Christ. The body of Christ is compared to the humane body, a whole comprised of numerous parts; each individual part is required and created by God to form a cohesive whole, no matter believer or non-believer or social status (1 Corinthians 12). Similarly, the spiritual community is also comprised of bountiful parts and can be customized to the individual as the formation. Ashbrook appraises the significance of individuals and community, “Our spiritual formation is designed by God to happen in the context of Christian community, the chu...
Reading the article Courageous followers, courageous leaders and doing the discussion question that went along with it I learned that It is important for leaders to build relationships with their followers so they will know which member will have their back, speak up when a situation or problem arises or just be a bystander and do nothing. Ira Chaleff stated “traditional leadership theory puts the responsibility for the leader-follower relationship with the leader. In my observation, it often works the other way around. Those who work most closely with the leader, the senior ‘followers’ if you will, need to assume responsibility for keeping their relationship with the leader honest. The article goes on the say the older people or veterans are holding the rookies from being able to evolve, express their ideas and come up with new ways to be productive and in a timely manner. Some people think that followers don’t have a voice and only do what they are told. With that being said leaders
The following essay will evaluate the importance of the journey that takes place from Systematic to Practical theology; this view will be explored through Ronelle Sonnenberg’s research done regarding ‘being together’ in a youth setting. This essay will first build on the basis of Practical Theology; furthermore addressing the importance of the community aspect within a youth setting; this will lead to the process that takes place between a Systematic stance, leading to a Practical theological stance.
When Jesus called His disciples, His invitation was simple. He invited them to follow Him. The same is true today. In Matthew 28, Jesus gave His last charge to His disciples, and the charge was simple. He called his followers to go and make disciples. Much effort has been placed by Christians to fulfill this charge, commonly referred to as the Great Commission. Jesus chose to fulfill the implementation of the New Covenant through 12 men who He called, appointed, and commissioned, and he only had a few short years to prepare them for the task (Willson, 1990). His methods were unconventional and were revolutionary for that time. His disciples were to be trained extensively by Jesus, living with Him for three years prior to His ascension. He taught about servant leadership and its meaning for both the leader and follower Matt. 20:25-28). From the beginning, Jesus put in place a careful plan, and an examination of His actions in the Gospels showed that Jesus left behind the pattern to be replicated. His methods, which included the incorporation of three different levels of discipleship, included His interaction with Peter, His closest three (Peter, James, and John), and finally the group of 12. This paper identified and analyzed the three levels of discipleship Jesus modeled, these discipleship methods were then measured against modern leadership theories, and Jesus’s level of involvement and interaction with his disciples were critiqued in light of these modern theories in an effort to determine the effectiveness of this approach.
There are many differences that exist between leaders and followers. There are also many similarities. However, a good follower might not always be a good leader. A good leader should be a good follower but does not have to be.
In ministry it is important to note that the different people involved in your ministry will be at different stages of their spiritual growth. Having an awareness of your own personal theology will be important for how you go about teaching the students who are involved in your youth ministry. One part of personal theology is spiritual formation. Duffy Robbins states that spiritual formation is, “the growing into the likeness of Jesus” (448). Another main part of personal theology is community. Understanding and having an idea of both spiritual formation and community helps with the formation of personal theology of ministry. This paper will share five areas of theology and how they relate to practical theology in youth ministry. The five areas of theology include view of God, view of people, view of sin, view of redemption, and view of scripture.
Therefore this process can be used in developing a unique relationship with another person by reciprocal action and at the same time sharing influence.