CBC Discipleship Pathway:
* 3 key relationships
- Upward relationship with Christ
- Inward relationship with those who know Christ
- Outward relationship with those who do not yet know Christ


CBC Discipleship Pathway:
* 5 key commitments
- Worship
- Invitation
- Community
- Service
- Generosity


“The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer


"The church is the church only when it exists for others."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Acts 2:45-47, And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.


Reasons to share the Gospel:
1) Bring glory to God.


John 6:44, No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.


2) Make a difference for eternity.

Matthew 16:13, Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”


Matthew 16:14, And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”


Matthew 16:15, He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”


Matthew 16:16, Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”


Matthew 16:17, And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.”


Matthew 16:18, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”


Matthew 16:19, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”


James 5:19,20, My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.


Ephesians 6:19,20, Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Ways to share the Gospel:
1) Share your story.


2) Share the good news.


3) Share in the movement.


Matthew 13:31,32, He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”


I Corinthians 14:25, …Falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.


II Timothy 2:3,4, This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.


“If twelve ordinary men can change the course of human history, what do you suppose even just a single church of a couple thousand united in the Gospel mission should be able to do today in the world?”