discipling model to a “churchocentric” model. This difference is not a product of my fertile imagination, though I have named and described it. In the following pages I have attempted to document the biblical transition of discipling from the Christocentric model, which relied on Christ’s leadership alone, to the churchocentric model, which developed leadership within the congregation. To do so, I have considered the examples of what I have named the first church, the mission church, and the discipling