Mini-Course: #ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP... Recalibrate {001}

PROFILE: Mini-Course: #ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP... Recalibrate {001}

What problem does this lab address?
This mini-course addresses the need to reassess disciple-making models rather than assume current church practices are producing mature disciples. The page centers on evaluating disciple-making questions, principles, paradigms, practices, and lifestyle learning, which suggests a concern that many discipleship approaches need recalibration rather than mere continuation.

What is the driving question?
The driving question is how churches and leaders can assess and recalibrate their disciple-making model so it is asking the right questions, following sound principles, and moving people toward lifestyle discipleship.

Why does this matter now?
This matters because the mini-course is framed as a coaching and rethinking tool, not just a content piece. It points leaders toward assessment, conversation, and recalibration, indicating that disciple-making is too important to leave unexamined or run on inherited assumptions.

Who is this lab designed for?
This mini-course is designed for pastors, ministry leaders, disciple-makers, and teams who want to examine and strengthen how they form disciples. The page is tagged with #CoachYourTeam and #YourVoiceMatters, which also suggests use with leadership teams and group conversation settings.

What perspective or lens shapes this lab?
The shaping lens is discipleship recalibration. The course approaches discipleship through assessment, questioning, thought leadership, the model of Jesus, practical resources, and team conversation, all aimed at rethinking how disciple-making is understood and practiced.

What does this lab challenge us to unlearn?
This mini-course challenges leaders to unlearn the assumption that their present disciple-making model is automatically effective simply because it is familiar or established. By emphasizing assessment, rethinking principles and practices, and shifting toward lifestyle learning, it questions static, program-driven, or insufficiently examined models of discipleship.

What does this lab invite us to rethink, recover, or re-practice?
It invites leaders to rethink the questions they ask about disciple-making, recover Jesus as the model for good disciple-making questions, and re-practice discipleship as lifestyle learning rather than as a narrow or merely programmatic activity. It also invites team-based conversation through the #YourVoiceMatters prompt.

What are the modules designed to do?
The modules are designed to move participants through several angles on discipleship recalibration: an interview on assessing disciple-making models, a thought-leader piece on rethinking disciple-making principles and practices, a guest post on Jesus as the model for disciple-making questions, a resource on recalibrating discipleship to lifestyle learning, and a conversation starter for team dialogue.

How can this lab be used most effectively?
This mini-course can be used most effectively with a leadership team, discipleship team, pastoral staff, or other ministry group that wants to review its disciple-making assumptions and practices together. Its mix of interview, thought leadership, resource material, and conversation prompts makes it well suited for team reflection and guided discussion.

What resources or tools are included?
The page includes these components: Ask the Right Questions to Assess YOUR DiscipleMaking Model, Rethink the Principles, Paradigms, Practices of DiscipleMaking, Jesus: Our Model for Good DiscipleMaking Questions, Recalibrate Discipleship to Lifestyle Learning, #YourVoiceMatters ~ Questions to Start a Coversation, and a link to hundreds of additional discipleship articles on The Reimagine.Network.

What outcomes can participants expect?
Participants can expect clearer diagnostic thinking about their disciple-making model, sharper questions for evaluating it, broader perspective on what healthy discipleship requires, and practical direction for moving toward a more intentional lifestyle-learning approach.

What first step does this lab call for?
The first step is to begin assessment by asking the right questions about your current disciple-making model. From there, the mini-course calls participants to rethink assumptions, engage the linked resources, and start meaningful team conversation about recalibrating discipleship.

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