ED101 Introducing Discipleship (Biblia.com)

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Greg Ogden examines what it means to be a disciple and how disciple-making can occur in the church context. In three major sections, the course considers the church’s missional mandate and some core theological challenges to carrying it out, biblical models of disciple making as seen in the ministries of Jesus and Paul, and the application of disciple-making models in the context of the local...

Purpose has to do with being or essence or identity. Ask the questions of why do we exist? What is the place of the church in God’s scheme? Whereas mission is our outward focus. It’s what we are all about. It’s the energy in doing the activity. And it answers the question, what are we to do? Or, how do we measure our effectiveness? And so, a way to say this is how Peter does in 1 Pet 2:9, where he says in the first half of this verse about purpose: “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a

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