Discipleship Foundations Parts 5 & 6

Part 5: Formational Pillars 5–8

5. Peak Experiences: Use impactful events (camps, retreats, missions) to create lasting “mountaintop” faith memories.

6. Rites of Passage: Intentionally mark key life transitions with spiritual community, blessing, and new responsibilities.

7. Positive Peer Community: Surround young people with peers whose faith values elevate their own.

8. Mentoring & Coaching: Connect each youth with multiple non-parent adult mentors (such as grandparents) who walk through life’s hard questions with them.

Part 6: Relationships, Time, & Multiplication

The Holy Spirit & Relationships: The Holy Spirit brings transformation, but humanly, all ten pillars rely entirely on relationships—which demand prioritized time.

Breaking “QWERTY” Thinking: Like typewriter keyboards designed for outdated problems, churches must stop relying on outdated discipling structures.

Geometric Multiplication: Stadium evangelism takes centuries to reach the world, but personal relational multiplication (1 discipling 1 each year) theoretically reaches the whole world in roughly 32 years.

This series was first recorded for D6 Asia Family Conference organized by the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA). To watch the full series and discover many other key family discipleship resources go to https://asiaea.org/familychildren