David Kennard – Riverside Community Church

                   Engle's Scale

          I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-O-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I

Unsaved       New Believer       Discipled

Figure A

                            

                            D=R+I

Discipleship = Relationship + Intentionality

Figure B

Misconceptions of Ministry

1. Things have to be done a certain way.

2. You have to give yourself entirely to the church. (Family comes first)

3. I am above cleaning the toilets.

Figure C

Tonight I was very challenged and encouraged by Davids unique church plant in the mall and also by his management skills. There is no doubt that there is a lot more to a successful church than just good music and teaching. Although there are fundamentals to start a church and simplicity is wonderful, good management and administration is a key to success.

My thinking was changed tonight when I applied Engle's Scale (see Figure A) to our discipleship efforts. The goal with this scale is to discover where a person is on the scale, then try to shift them over one, towards Discipled. It helped me to see the progress and gage it in my own mind.

As for Figure B & C, I just liked that stuff a lot and didn't want to forget it! Good stuff, I was challenged and learned a lot.