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Apprenticeship on the Job Training Cycle for Maturing Disciples Taken from Zume Training – zume.training Think back – before you ever rode a bicycle, you probably saw someone else ride one first. That’s MODELING. MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE. Modeling is simply showing someone else an example of how it’s done. When a child first […]

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Apprenticeship on the Job

Training Cycle for Maturing Disciples

Taken from Zume Training – zume.training

Think back – before you ever rode a bicycle, you probably saw someone else ride one first.

That’s MODELING.

MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE.

Modeling is simply showing someone else an example of how it’s done. When a child first sees someone else riding a bike, they get the idea right away. Modeling is like that — it doesn’t have to be done often, and usually it only needs to be done once.

Think back to that first bike ride. Did you want to just watch? Or were you excited to get on and give it a try? What if nobody ever gave you the chance?

Too much modeling can actually hurt the training process. MODELING is about showing someone just a little – and then giving them a try. So what happened on that first ride? Did they just give you the bicycle and walk away?

Probably not. When most people learn how to ride a bike, someone is right there for the first few pedals. Walking along side and keeping you on track.

That’s ASSISTING.

Assisting is allowing a learner to practice a skill but making sure the falls aren’t too hard. Assisting takes longer than Modeling. But not too long. It requires some hand-holding, some direction and some coaching, but it’s just about passing on the basics. It’s not about getting someone to perfect. It’s about getting them to pedal.

Can you imagine someone running alongside you as you started to pedal fast and gain some speed? They wouldn’t last long, and you’d never learn to keep your balance.

ASSISTING is about getting someone going and allowing them to steer a little on their own. And when they start to move, they’re actually modeling for the next learner on the way. Even when no one else’s hands are on the bike, it doesn’t mean you’re all alone. Usually there’s someone keeping an eye out – but from a distance.

That’s WATCHING.

Watching is influencing a learner until they’re competent in their skill, all without having to step in and take control. In bike riding, someone can get up and going fairly quickly, but that doesn’t mean they know all the rules of the road. Watching is about making sure someone’s going to be safe – even when no one’s around. Watching is about making sure not just that someone knows what to do, but also that they’ll do it – even when no one’s looking.

In this phase of the Training Cycle, the learner will grow and teach others how to grow… so they teach others how to grow… so they teach others how to grow. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. All the way down to the third and fourth generation.

WATCHING is about making sure a learner matures and is not just willing but also able to help others. Watching takes awhile. It may be ten times as long as Modeling and Assisting, combined. It may be longer. But the wait is always worth it. Eventually — the rider just rides the bike.

That’s what LEAVING is all about.

Leaving is like a graduation. A student becomes a teacher. A worker becomes a co-worker. A disciple becomes a friend. In bike riding, the one who teaches you to ride doesn’t go along for every ride you take. At times they may ride with you. At times you ride separately, or with others, or alone.

LEAVING is about giving one last gift to someone you love – the gift of freedom. Leaving is about equipping someone to go where you’ve already gone but also encouraging them to go where you haven’t gotten to yet.

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Model

Have you ever learned how to ride a bicycle? Have you ever helped someone else learn? If so, chances are you already know THE TRAINING CYCLE. It’s as easy as MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE. Think back - before you ever rode a bicycle, you probably saw someone else ride one first. That’s MODELING. MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE. Modeling is simply showing someone else an example of how it’s done. When a child first sees someone else riding a bike, they get the idea right away. Modeling is like that -- it doesn’t have to be done often, and usually it only needs to be done once. Think back to that first bike ride. Did you want to just watch? Or were you excited to get on and give it a try? What if nobody ever gave you the chance? Too much modeling can actually hurt the training process. MODELING is about showing someone just a little - and then giving them a try. So what happened on that first ride? Did they just give you the bicycle and walk away? Probably not. When most people learn how to ride a bike, someone is right there for the first few pedals. Walking along side and keeping you on track.
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Assist

That’s WATCHING. MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE. Watching is influencing a learner until they’re competent in their skill, all without having to step in and take control. In bike riding, someone can get up and going fairly quickly, but that doesn’t mean they know all the rules of the road. Watching is about making sure someone’s going to be safe - even when no one’s around. Watching is about making sure not just that someone knows what to do, but also that they’ll do it - even when no one’s looking. In this phase of the Training Cycle, the learner will grow and teach others how to grow... so they teach others how to grow... so they teach others how to grow. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. All the way down to the third and fourth generation. WATCHING is about making sure a learner matures and is not just willing but also able to help others. Watching takes awhile. It may be ten times as long as Modeling and Assisting, combined. It may be longer. But the wait is always worth it. Eventually -- the rider just rides the bike.
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Watch

That’s WATCHING. MODEL, ASSIST, WATCH and LEAVE. Watching is influencing a learner until they’re competent in their skill, all without having to step in and take control. In bike riding, someone can get up and going fairly quickly, but that doesn’t mean they know all the rules of the road. Watching is about making sure someone’s going to be safe - even when no one’s around. Watching is about making sure not just that someone knows what to do, but also that they’ll do it - even when no one’s looking. In this phase of the Training Cycle, the learner will grow and teach others how to grow... so they teach others how to grow... so they teach others how to grow. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. All the way down to the third and fourth generation. WATCHING is about making sure a learner matures and is not just willing but also able to help others. Watching takes awhile. It may be ten times as long as Modeling and Assisting, combined. It may be longer. But the wait is always worth it. Eventually -- the rider just rides the bike.
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Baptism has been an area of much controversy in the body of Christ, and some believe that it is best to avoid discussing it. Yet baptism was so central to the life of the early church that we couldn't claim to be true to the pattern of the early church if baptism was relegated to a less important place. We have chosen to go the other way - to highlight it, and to present it as a key component of our accelerated multiplication discipleship training.

There is nothing heretical about this statement, it simply indicates that baptisms are taking place without the full power of baptism being activated. Persons who have only experienced a symbolic baptism should be encouraged to study Romans 6, and to apply the truths found therein to their hearts, so that ehy will experience the full power of baptism. These folks do not need to be baptized again, but their spiritual life would benefit significantly from doing the baptism teachings that we provide for new believers, based on Romans 6.

No, the Scriptures are cleear that regeneration is by faith alone, and baptism plays no part in that. Regeneration is the creation of the New Man. Baptism is the burial of the Old man.

Baptism is for cleansing, burial of the old man and identification with Christ - not necessarily for public witness. It is the Scriptural way of expressing a commitment to follow Jesus, and as such it can inspire others to follow Christ - but we should be very wary of decisions to follow Christ purely on the basis of influence of the bold decisions of others. The decision to follow Christ should be based on a recognition of my state as a sinner and the inevitable sentence of death as a result, and by the shocking realization of the love of God in Christ Jesus expressed by taking my place on the cross. This encounter with the love of God is what should evoke the decision to follow Jesus - as our response to HIs love - not any influence, however powerful, by someone else who has had this compelling encounter with the love of God. Baptism is closely paralelled to marriage. All of the advantages of making marriage public would apply to baptism, however, this does not mean that a private marriage is illigitimate. Since a new believer needs to function immediately in their office as a fully functioning member of the body of Christ, they should only be involved in a public baptism if it can be arranged immediately, and without delay.

Quite the opposite. You should only be baptized by an ordained minister if an ordiany (unordained) disciple cannot be found. There were some occasions in Scripture where people were baptized by leaders, but those situations were rare. One of the econdary purposes of baptism is to assure a person that they are part of the body of Christ, which means that the life they now live is supplied both by a direct connection to the Head, who is Christ Jesus conveyed by the Holy Spirit, but also by fellowship with ordinary believers with whom we meet regularly for fellowship.

An urge to self-baptize, as a replacement for believers baptism which requires at least one other person to be present, is probably an indicator of a need for deliverance. Let the person who baptizes you know about this urge, and make sure they exercise their authority to set you free from demon spirits, as part of the baptism ceremony.
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