{"id":6426,"date":"2013-06-06T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2013-06-04T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T04:09:33","slug":"markers-of-a-church-planting-movement-3-subversive-discipleship-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2013\/06\/06\/markers-of-a-church-planting-movement-3-subversive-discipleship-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Markers of a church planting movement #3: Subversive Discipleship (Transformation)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is the third post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant <\/a>category \":-)\"\u00a0 For the rest of this specific series, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Subversive Discipleship (Transformation)<\/h1>\n

Dallas Willard calls discipleship the \u201cgreat omission\u201d from the Great Commission. Jesus called the Apostles to lives of disciple-making, which often becomes a secondary issue for modern churches. The tendency of some approaches to ministry is to focus on making \u201cconverts\u201d to a set of beliefs, when Christ calls us to make disciples to Jesus himself! This sort of discipleship shapes us personally, but never separate from committed relationships in intentional community. As we are (personally) transformed into a deeper Christ-like-ness, we (communally) become a people who reflect God\u2019s Kingdom to our neighborhoods and world. This way of life doesn\u2019t come natural in a culture like ours. In fact, the path of discipleship is subversive, going against the grain of popular culture.<\/p>\n

To be committed to a subversive way of life means that we are committed to experiencing the love of God in a personal way for the sake of the community. The life of the Kingdom of God transforms persons within the community of faith, yielding the virtues of the \u201cfruit of the Spirit.\u201d Discipleship is primarily about the kind of people we become and how that translates into the sorts of actions we express. Spiritual practices:<\/p>\n