Advanced Discipleship Program

CHARTING THE COURSE

The Christian life has been compared to a person swimming upstream in a river; as long as you are swimming you will make progress. The stronger and more skilled you are, the faster the progress, but if you stop to rest on past accomplishments you will begin to drift in the wrong direction. So, too, it is impossible to stay in one place in the Christian life, for you are either going forward or drifting backward. Those who allow themselves to drift too long are headed for sure disaster. So, in the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 12:1,

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.” James 1:5, 6

THE ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM

Our Advanced Discipleship Program consists of three advancements: 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Class. The requirements for each class consists of reading and studying some excellent books; being tested, both oral and written, on material covered; and memorizing 100 more scripture verses.

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.“ Colossians 3:16