Becoming Like Your Teacher, Second Edition

26 • B ecoming L ike Y our T eacher

that in partnership with the Holy Spirit, leadership can say, “Now set apart for me.” These marks are:

1. Master the art and discipline of being a worthy leader. The apprentice must be able to feed themselves spiritually through a variety of spiritual disciplines (1 Tim. 4.7-8). The task of church planting requires, demands, one who is sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and is quick to respond in obedience (Acts 16.6-10). 2. Engage in personal evangelism and spiritual warfare. The apprentice must know how to engage in evangelism that leads the hearer to a point of response. Engaging spiritual warfare through prayer will be foundational (Rom. 1.16; Eph. 6.18). 3. Follow up new Christians and disciple them in the spiritual disciplines. The apprentice must know how to lead a convert to be a disciple of Jesus. He/she has to be skilled in doing this through formal curriculum and life relationships (Matt. 28.19-20). 4. Do the work of a pastor, shepherding others and fulfilling pastoral responsibilities. The apprentice must have the necessary gifts, character, and skills to “shepherd the flock.” 5. Understand and be committed to the principles of spiritual reproduction and church planting movements. There must be clear observation and communication from the Apprentice that, “none should perish.” The apprentice must understand the vastness of the harvest field and the importance of reproduction and multiplying themselves to create church planting movements (2 Tim. 2.2; 1 Thess. 1.8).