Disciples Training to be Held in Memphis, August 2-3, 2007

Cokesbury and Disciple Seminars are pleased to announce Disciple training to be held August 2-3, 2007 at Bartlett United Methodist Church located at 5676 Stage Road, Memphis, TN 38134. This training event will be comprised of 4 offerings. The training for Christian Believer and Disciple: Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study will be held on August 2nd followed by training for Jesus in the Gospels and Beyond Disciple I on August 3rd.

Disciple is a program of disciplined Bible study aimed at developing strong Christian leaders. It focuses on the disciple as learner, believer, follower, proclaimer, and servant while providing the fellowship of a small group for study, prayer, preparation, support, and servanthood.

Disciple: Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study gives equal time to the Old and New Testaments, emphasizing the wholeness of the Bible as the revelation of God. Disciple aims at transformation, not just information, and calls on persons to submit themselves to examination by Scripture, to put themselves under the power of God's Word, and to be changed by God's Word. Disciple invites persons to bring their experiences and struggles to the Scripture over this 34- week study period together.

Beyond Disciple I, is a one-day offering that will allow participants to become confident leaders in all three of the subsequent studies. Disciple: Into The Word Into The World concentrates on Genesis, Exodus, Luke, and Acts. Disciple: Remember Who You Are focuses on the Prophets and the letters of Paul, and Disciple: Under The Tree Of Life covers the Writings, John, and Revelation.

Jesus In The Gospels invites believers to look at Jesus in each of the four Gospels and ask the question "who is the Jesus that you see?" This study will deepen discipleship through better understanding of the biblical texts and their message during this 30-week study.

The goal of Christian Believer is to make available to people the substance of the Christian faith that the church has confessed as a way of connecting to God and living faithfully. This thirty-week study of the classical doctrines of the Christian faith aims at presenting, explaining, and interpreting Christian doctrine as the basic teaching of the church - to the end that informed believing leads to committed discipleship.

Carla Beach, of Nashville, TN has this to share:
“ I completed that first year feeling like a child who had just gotten off the best ride at the fair; I couldn’t wait to do it all over again! I took another Disciple class and then became a leader- not because I am such a great disciple –but because I cannot bear not to be there.”

For more information or to register visit www.Disciple.Cokesbury.com/training or call 1-800-251-8591.

All Disciple, Jesus In The Gospels and Christian Believer resources purchased at the training events will receive a 10% discount.