Product Description
LifeShapes is not a program. It’s a discipline—a way to understand ourselves, our relationships to Christ and to one another.
It encourages church growth because it focuses on multiplication through disciples making disciples. This was the only way that Jesus said to win the lost—not to lure them into a church pew and add them to the roll. Rather, we’re to make disciples…true believers who grow and make other believers.
LifeShapes is designed to equip the believer for Kingdom life by linking the discipleship principles of Jesus to memorable images—eight shapes. It forms the vocabulary that expresses the theology and daily life of a disciple of Jesus, painting a clear picture through which individuals can gain a greater understanding of what God intends to do in their personal lives, in the church, and in the world.
In Jesus’ day, teaching was based on the oral tradition. People learned through storytelling and verbal teaching rather than reading texts. Today’s generation is visually oriented. Trying to convey aspects of discipleship through lists, principles and phrases does not work in our time. But LifeShapes provides a simple but powerful way to help people learn and to remember the principles of the Jesus-driven life.
Eight key concepts will make each disciple a life-long learner of the faith. Disciples get a strong framework for truth, enabling them to build biblical principles into every aspect of their lives and to grow together in authentic community—this is the whole aim of LifeShapes.
When LifeShapes works under the empowering of the Holy Spirit, church leaders will make disciples who in turn make other disciples, and build communities of believers that are passionate about their faith!