Over the past six months, a team of lay leadership began gathering around one central question, How are we as a church intentionally supporting adults to grow in discipleship, to grow in love of God and neighbor? Through thoughtful conversation and prayerful planning, a new framework for discipleship at Belmont UMC has been cultivated: Discipleship Pathways.
The purpose of Discipleship Pathways is to help us nurture our spiritual lives so that we might more fully love God and neighbor. The way this is done is through engaging three interconnected pathways.
The Learning Pathway invites us to connect to God with our heads. Through study and reflection we learn to love God with our minds, questions and all.
The Equipping Pathway invites us to connect to God with our hands. Prepping our faith for action by developing our gifts for where God calls us.
The Forming Pathway invites us to connect to God through our hearts. Growing a faith rooted and grounded in God through prayer and spiritual practices.
To support this work, we’ve created a Discipleship Reflection Guide, a simple tool to help you reflect on where you are in your discipleship journey and identify your next step. It is designed to be completed individually and then shared in community.
For more information, contact Hunter Wade.