{"id":248,"date":"2008-06-20T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/index.php\/2008\/06\/ideas-for-planters\/bllesm-%e2%80%93-practical-discipleship\/"},"modified":"2008-06-26T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T06:54:49","slug":"bllesm-practical-discipleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/bllesm-practical-discipleship\/","title":{"rendered":"B.L.L.E.S.M. \u2013 practical discipleship!"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Uniting Church pastor and church planter at Hampton Park (Melbourne), Mat Harry, is experimenting with a simple acronym to cultivate disciples in his churches and groups. Built around the idea of becoming a blessing to their community, it is simple, comprehensive, and biblical, and includes reflection\/action learning. Members will explore one aspect of discipleship one week – then following practical application they will return to share their stories the next week. For the first week the theme has been BLESS PEOPLE – and each person (young and old) makes a commitment to bless at least 3 people each week. It is working. Some pretty interesting stories are already coming in. (Mat is not letting his members know the full meaning of the acronym up-front. If you would like it, leave a comment!)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Uniting Church pastor and church planter at Hampton Park (Melbourne), Mat Harry, is experimenting with a simple acronym to cultivate disciples in his churches and groups. Built around the idea of becoming a blessing to their community, it is simple, comprehensive, and biblical, and includes reflection\/action learning. Members will explore one aspect of discipleship one… Continue reading