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I ABSTRACT FOLLOWING OUR RABBI: DISCOVERING AN i ABSTRACT FOLLOWING OUR RABBI: DISCOVERING AN APPRENTICE MODEL OF DISCIPLESHIP by Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons What happens when we forget how to follow our Rabbi? We lose our direction and look for something or someone else to follow: a charismatic leader, the latest trend, the most popular text. When none of it works, we are left scratching our heads and wordlessly wondering what it is we are doing wrong. It is the quandary of the 21st century church, and for the purposes of this paper, The United Methodist Church in the Kentucky Annual Conference. Some churches grow no matter what. Some churches close no matter what. Yet, the possibilities for substantive growth may have measurable potential if every church restored what it means to follow our Rabbi. In the case of Christendom, our Rabbi is Jesus the Christ. We keep reading more books and attending more seminars, yet it does not seem to catch fire the way we imagined it would. Church membership dwindles, baptisms and professions of faith are sometimes rare occurrences, so we are missing something. Through the distribution of surveys to pastors within the Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church who have utilized either Spiritual Leadership Inc. or 3DM as their top choice for renewing church vitality and what it means to “make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world,” this dissertation seeks to rediscover what it looks like to follow our Rabbi Jesus and what we ii are missing that keeps us from fully realizing our mission statement and our Commission from Christ. The results revealed that it is not an either/or answer, but an “and.” Together, the best of SLI and the best of 3DM remind us of how Jesus discipled his closest followers, and how they then continued that pattern after his death, resurrection, and ascension to live out the Great Commission in Matthew 28. Three key discipleship practices are evident is scripture and are replicated in the best practices of SLI and 3DM: 1) Jesus had a method for gathering his disciples and introducing them to a life of formation. 2) Jesus had a method for training his disciples in what it looked like to be citizens of the kingdom of God. 3) Jesus had a method for teaching his disciples how to first follow him and then grow to a point where they could then teach others. iii DISSERTATION APPROVAL This is to certify that the dissertation entitled FOLLOWING OUR RABBI: DISCOVERING AN APPRENTICE MODEL OF DISCIPLESHIP presented by Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons has been accepted towards fulfillment of the requirements for the DOCTOR OF MINISTRY degree at Asbury Theological Seminary Dissertation Coach Date Representative, Doctor of Ministry Program Date Dean of the Beeson Center Date iv FOLLOWING OUR RABBI: DISCOVERING AN APPRENTICE MODEL OF DISCIPLESHIP A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry By Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons May 2017 v 2017 Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons ALL RIGHTS RESERVED vi Table of Contents ABSTRACT ....................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................. xii CHAPTER 1 ....................................................................................................................... 1 NATURE OF THE PROJECT........................................................................................ 1 Overview of the Chapter ............................................................................................. 1 Autobiographical Introduction .................................................................................... 2 Statement of the Problem ............................................................................................ 4 Purpose of the Project ................................................................................................. 5 Research Questions ..................................................................................................... 5 Research Question #1 ............................................................................................. 5 Research Question #2 ............................................................................................. 6 Research Question #3 ............................................................................................. 6 Rationale for the Project ............................................................................................. 7 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................................................... 12 Delimitations ............................................................................................................. 15 Research Methodology ............................................................................................. 16 Type of Research .................................................................................................. 16 Participants ............................................................................................................ 16 Instrumentation ..................................................................................................... 16 Data Collection ..................................................................................................... 17 Data Analysis ........................................................................................................ 18 Generalizability ..................................................................................................... 18 vii Project Overview ...................................................................................................... 19 CHAPTER 2 ..................................................................................................................... 24 A LITERATURE REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT ...................................................... 24 Overview of the Chapter ........................................................................................... 24 Biblical Foundations ................................................................................................. 24 Old Testament Focus ............................................................................................ 25 Moses and Joshua ............................................................................................. 25 Eli and Samuel .................................................................................................. 27 Elijah and Elisha ............................................................................................... 28 Isaiah ................................................................................................................. 29 Jeremiah and Baruch ......................................................................................... 30 New Testament Focus ........................................................................................... 30 Intensive Reading of the Passage ...................................................................... 33 Segment Study .................................................................................................. 36 Book Context .................................................................................................... 38 Canonical Exploration ...................................................................................... 41 Consultation ...................................................................................................... 45 Interpretive Summary ....................................................................................... 52 Reflections on Application/Appropriation ........................................................ 53 DIVISIONS/SECTIONS/SEGMENTS ............................................................ 58 Early Methodism ................................................................................................... 62 Other Sources ........................................................................................................ 65 Mainstream Focus ..................................................................................................... 68 viii The Secular Business World ................................................................................. 68 Discipleship Models.............................................................................................. 71 Educational Theory ............................................................................................... 74 Leadership Models ................................................................................................ 76 Church Vitality Strategies ..................................................................................... 79 ABIDE .............................................................................................................. 79 LAY MOBILIZATION INSTITUTE ............................................................... 81 SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP INC. .................................................................... 82 3DM .................................................................................................................. 84 Scholarly Focus (Dissertations and Professional Journals) .................................. 90 Final Synthetic Reflection........................................................................................
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