Jesus' Four Principles of Disciple Making

Connection  

Selection 

Association 

Delegation 

1. Connection: Jesus was good at making connection. The connection here simply means relationship with the people. One of the key factors of success in ministry is in the art of establishing and maintaining relationships. Ministry is people business. You make impact on people by the way you relate to them. No one likes the people who are not social or don't like to get together with other fellow human being. Sometimes they are characterised as introverts. While being introverts may have some benefits, however, in ministry one needs to be friendly, relational and more connective as Jesus was.  

2. Selection: Out all that Jesus saw and met He selected twelve to the world changers. While we relate and encounter a lot of people on daily basis, it's very important to wisely select and frame inner circle of our relationship. The process of selection might take time and efforts. 

3. Association: bible in Mark 3:14 says Jesus chose twelve to keep them along with Him. Association is very vital in disciple making. This requires a model presentation in the part of the master so that disciples can follow and learn as they are closely associated. In order to associate someone, one needs to develop a kind of lifestyle that idealistic or model keeping. Unless our life is a model for others to follow we can't associate anybody. Jesus life was a model for His disciples to follow. Thus, build your own life and associate juniors to inculcate same in their hearts. 

4. Delegation: finally Jesus delegated the responsibility. Many a masters nowadays are afraid of surrendering their ministry to subordinates. Jesus knew when is the time to hand over ministry to disciples with authority and power. In fact, this was the end purpose of Jesus behind disciple making. A lot of ministry have been dead and are dying just because masters are not ready to develop second line leadership. There is no successor to their legacy. We must learn to delegate before its too late. 

These are the four simple methods that Jesus used to make twelve disciples, who later became world changers. 

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