Picturing Theology, Revised Edition

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Step Six Your Apprentice does the thing solo, practicing it regularly, automatically, and excellently until mastery of the thing is gained . After your Apprentice has done the task under your supervision excellently, he/she is ready to be released to make the thing his/her own by habituating the act in his/her own life. You are a co-doer with your Apprentice; both of you are doing the task without coercion or aid from the other. The goal is familiarity and skillfulness in the task (Hebrews 5:11-15). Step Seven Your Apprentice becomes a Mentor of others , selecting other faithful Apprentices to equip and train. The training process bears fruit when the Apprentice, having mastered the thing you have equipped him/her to do, becomes a trainer of others. This is the heart of the discipling and training process (Hebrews 5:11-14; 2 Timothy 2:2)