Go and replicate yourselves in the other nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them how to follow in all that I taught you. And listen, I am with you every day; all the time, until the completion of this age. (Matthew 28:19-20)
Does your plan for your people include
ongoing teaching? Is teaching imbedded in your processes? Is it a
responsibility of each leader to be teaching and growing others whom they lead?
Repetition is important. Recognize that new people enter the groups you lead
and relate to, and that someone must be charged with teaching them as well.
Jesus left His followers here with three
clear, direct mandates; replicate, baptize, and teach. Replication is the
product of transformation. Baptism is the clear communication of the changed
life. This includes both the intentional act of the transformed person to say,
“I have been changed, “and the public witness he or she gives to that
transformation. Teaching brings maturity, forming the new life that grows each
day when it is nurtured. God has chosen to do the work of teaching and
nurturing partly through His people just as people share in helping others come
to faith in Christ. He intends for you to include your people in this work of
teaching and nurturing too.
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