The heart of Jesus’ commission to his church is to make disciples. The term disciple refers to being a student, a follower, or a learner. Therefore, to be a disciple of Jesus means to follow him and learn from him. Now, if Jesus’ final commission was to make disciples, we must know what that entails today in our context and aim to be a disciple-making disciple church. Being a disciple of Jesus is the lifelong process of learning to trust and become more like Him in every sphere of life – and help others do the same. To this end Downtown Cornerstone Church offers a one year and a two year discipleship track for 2013. Application deadline is 9/15.
The chief end of being a gospel-centered leader is the glory of God. We are not concerned with training up leaders for the sake of anyone’s name and fame other than Jesus Christ’s. Because we are passionate about Jesus, we are eager to see disciples made, leaders trained, and churches strengthened and multiplied. We have structured the One Year Gospel Leader Track toward this end.
The One Year Gospel Leader Track is designed for men and women who want to grow as learners, missionaries, servants, and part of a new people in God. This program places great emphasis on growing in gospel identity, intensity, fluency, and legacy and has been designed to serve and equip a broad range of emerging and current leaders. Any individuals who desire to serve as a gospel-centered leader in the life of the local church, as servants of their city, and disciple makers in the home and beyond are strongly encouraged to apply.
The chief end of pastoring and church planting—and this Two Year Pastor/Church Planter Residency Track— is the glory of God. We are passionate about planting churches because we are passionate about Jesus. Because we are passionate about Jesus, we are eager to train church planters and pastors for the glory of God in and through the strengthening and planting of church planting churches for the salvation of many.
This program is designed with the planter and pastor in mind. Men desiring to be equipped and serve as a pastor will be required to understand and embrace church multiplication but will also receive a customized track to accommodate identified areas of focus such as Biblical Living, Worship, Executive, etc.