Free Christian Discipleship Resources - CORE Guide

CORE Discipleship - Simple. Proven. Biblical.
Being a disciple and making disciples is a direct command from our Lord Jesus and the primary responsibility of the church and every born-again believer. Everything we do in church or ministry should have discipleship as the ultimate core goal. Our going, baptizing, and teaching needs to be discipleship-centered. What we do each time we gather, whether church services, Sunday School, children's ministry, women's ministry, men's ministry, VBS, outreach, etc., all need to focus on making disciples.

• CORE adapts to your unique ministry setting providing provides maximum flexibility.
• CORE is undated so that you can begin using it at any time in a variety of ministry settings.
• CORE is ungraded so that you can select the CORE resources (A1 - C9) most appropriate to the level of learning of your Group. The CORE Group moves through sequential "precept-on-precept" learning levels.
• CORE is translation independent so that the CORE Group members are comfortable using their preferred English-language Bible translation. CORE Groups are encouraged to bring and use their Bibles to find answers.
• CORE is free. Our eBook lessons remain the same so that you can re-use them year-after-year with each new CORE Group.
• CORE Discipleship is not affiliated with a denomination. We are sensitive to the doctrinal distinctions among Christians, so we have focused on the CORE teachings of our Christian faith. CORE has been used by a wide spectrum of churches, ministries, organizations and schools.
• CORE purposes to make disciples who can then make disciples. Plus, from the very beginning, each CORE member is encouraged to begin praying for his or her own CORE Group and for someone who does not know Jesus as Lord.

A CORE Group:
• Consists of 3 and no more than 4 people
• Same gender
• Meets weekly for an extended time
• Purpose is to grow in relationship with God and each other
• Mutual transparency, trust, encouragement, instruction, accountability and "peer" counsel desired by all

• Each person desires to be formed, conformed, and transformed through Biblical knowledge/understanding/application, growing in Christ-like character, and evidenced by Holy Spirit-empowered conduct
• The Bible is absolutely essential (Acts 2:42)
• CORE resources are available to you as free tools to use in conjunction with the Bible
• The group is facilitated by - but not dominated by - a more spiritually-mature believer (2 Tim. 2:2)
• The groups create an environment of life-transformation and multiplication by the power of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 4:19; Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 4:11-16)
• There must be equality, independence for each person to hear God's Word and the Holy Spirit, open and honest dialogue (not monologue)
• Must produce disciples who can then make disciples
• Each person in a CORE Group must agree and allow others in the Group to hold them accountable (click here for a free downloadable covenant form) to growing in Christ-likeness
• Christ-like growth is the ultimate goal of each Group
• Accountability focuses on learning to “observe or obey all that Jesus has commanded” (Mth. 28:19).

Free Downloadable CORE Discipleship Overview (PDF):