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 The farmer must **_prepare_** the soil, **_plant_** the seed, **_cultivate_** the growing plants, **_harvest_** the crop, **_preserve_** the harvest, and then repeat the cycle using the seed reaped in the previous harvest. Similarly, the gospel sower must prepare the soil of the heart with friendship and service, plant the seed of God’s Word with literature or spiritual conversations, cultivate spiritual interest with ongoing Bible studies, harvest decisions for Christ with personal and public appeals, and preserve the harvest of souls with a systematic and intentional discipleship plan for new members _(see figure)_.
 
-![The GROW Model. Learn more at https://grow.adventist.org. The top icon represents the first step of preparing the soil of the heart. Continuing clockwise, the second icon represents planting the seed of truth, the third icon represents cultivating spiritual interest, the fourth icon represents harvesting decisions for Christ, and the fifth icon represents preserving the harvest with ongoing discipleship. The continuous circle represents the cyclical and multiplying nature of discipleship.](image.png)
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+![The GROW Model. Learn more at https://grow.adventist.org. The top icon represents the first step of preparing the soil of the heart. Continuing clockwise, the second icon represents planting the seed of truth, the third icon represents cultivating spiritual interest, the fourth icon represents harvesting decisions for Christ, and the fifth icon represents preserving the harvest with ongoing discipleship. The continuous circle represents the cyclical and multiplying nature of discipleship.](https://sabbath-school-resources-assets.adventech.io/en/pm/discipling-nurturing-retention/content-01-new-member-discipleship-disciple-making-principles-and-the-discipleship-handbook/image.png)
 
 The key principle taught by Jesus in His agricultural analogy is that making disciples is a **_process_**, not an event. Far too often we describe the mission of the church in narrow terms. We consider evangelistic outreach to be isolated from nurture, and we view numerical growth as separate from spiritual growth. Yet we discover that discipleship, when properly understood, is a process that includes both! Notice the following statements by Ellen White: “When souls are converted, set them to work at once. And as they labor according to their ability, they will grow stronger.”<sup>1</sup> “The more one tries to explain the Word of God to others, with a love for souls, the plainer it becomes to himself.”<sup>2</sup> “Let ministers teach church members that in order to grow in spirituality, they must carry the burden that the Lord has laid upon them—the burden of leading souls into the truth.”<sup>3</sup> “Those who are most actively employed in doing with interested fidelity their work to win souls to Jesus Christ are the best developed in spirituality and devotion.”<sup>4</sup>
 

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 The dominant frame is the farming cycle, which grows out of Jesus’ parables in Mark 4. It clearly shows that disciple-making is a process that results in multiplication “30, 60, even 100 times.” No multiplication will occur without practicing the process of preparing, sowing, cultivating, harvesting, and multiplying. This frame enables both churches and individuals to plan for and assess the integrity of their disciple-making process. Unless there is preparation and sowing, there will be little harvesting of new disciples into the kingdom of God.
 
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 Churches and individuals can populate the five steps of the process with activities that are appropriate in their local church context or with the people in their relational streams.
 
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 In Jesus’ second farming parable (Mark 4:26-29) He emphasis the power of the Word and the work of the Holy Spirit in the process of making disciples, and the role of the church in gathering new believers into kingdom groups. The farmer plants the seed, but it grows “all by itself” (verse 28, NIV). The challenge of the disciple-maker is to share the story of Jesus into people’s lives in such a way that it can grow “all by itself” whether the disciple-maker is present or not. Discovery Bible Reading is one tool that enables this “all by itself” principle.
 
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 These five invitations guide the journey of each disciple and also gives insights to disciple-makers. As one ascertains where a person is on their journey, the disciple-maker will know which is the appropriate invitation to extend to the person to move them along in the disciple-making process.
 
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 #### Clear Frames—Luke 10:1-9
 
 In Luke 10 we see Jesus multiplying leadership as he sends out the 70/72 on their disciple-making trip. Principles of prayer, working in teams, having relational skills, identifying places and finding the person of peace are apparent. As he sends them out he says, “Eat their food, heal their sick and tell them the Kingdom of God is near you” (Luke 10:9). Eating their food allows the disciple-maker to hear the story of the person. They discover the pain and sickness in their life and can offer healing. The healing process will be both practical and spiritual. Sharing your story of how God has healed you will be a part of this healing. As the Spirit prepares their heart, there will be opportunity to share God’s story, that Jesus is the Christ who died and rose again and to invite them into the kingdom of God through repentance, belief, and following Jesus.
 
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 #### Clear Frames—Revelation 14:6-13
 
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 This frame enables disciple-makers to know when and how to introduce a new person to the teachings of Scripture. You do not give a stage 5 answer to a person who is not yet in stage 2. So when a person asks, “What is this about the antichrist and the mark of the beast?” (a stage 5 question), but they are not yet following Jesus (stage 2), you could respond, “I would love to tell you about the antichrist, but before you can understand the antichrist you need to know the Christ.” You could then invite them on a Discovery Bible Reading journey to become a follower of Jesus. So Revelation 14:6-13 is both our message and our method.
 
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 ### Simple, Reproducible, Anyone-Can-Do Skills and at No Cost
 

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 Only God can change the human heart and bring the outcomes. Our job (under His guidance and empowerment) is to make disciples as we bring clarity, priority, and accountability to the lead measures. Take time in your local church or conference to identify what lead measures you will focus on in the lives of new disciples both before and after baptism:
 
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 Through experience in adapting the mission scorecard to different contexts, here are three suggested lead measures for each side of the baptism experience in the lives of new people.
 

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 “A company of believers may be poor, uneducated, and unknown; yet in Christ they may do a work in the home, in the community, and even in ‘the regions beyond,’ whose results shall be as far-reaching as eternity.”<sup>13</sup> In their analysis of community-centered, externally focused churches, Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson emphasize that “the power of service requires a deep understanding of three intersecting circles that form a visual construct for the externally focused church. Wherever churches are engaged in community transformation, the avenue they’ve chosen lies at the intersection of the needs and dreams of the city or community, the mandates and desires of God, and the calling and capacity of the church.”<sup>14</sup> This section is a summary of their three-circle concept that describes the connections between the local church, its community, and God’s desire for both.
 
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 The first circle represents the needs and dreams of the community. Rather than assume, learn what the true needs are. Being connected to people who work in key areas such as city government, law enforcement, and schools is an easy way to be tuned in to the needs of the community. One church, for example, hosts a monthly lunch for a few leaders and business-people. The guest list is created with strategy and intention to encourage brainstorming and networking among one another, making the church a great community liaison.