It's Your Destiny eMagazine - It's A New Season

Christian Education and Discipleship ! Carrying on the Master’s Call, Carrying on the Master’s Commission ! by Jennifer Bates AT THE OUTSET OF CHRIST’S EARTHLY MINISTRY, JESUS encountered twelve ordinary men and beckoned each with two simple words: “Follow Me!” Approximately three years later, after intense teaching and “on the job training,” He beseeched them to “Go!” Having grasped and embraced His vision, having met with a few feats and failings along the way, eleven of these men had become equipped and would become empowered to replicate Christ’s model of reconciling a lost humanity to a loving God. Jesus Christ began His ministry with a call to be disciples. He ended it with a commission to His faithful followers, to make disciples. ! Twenty centuries later, our Saviour’s call and commission have not changed. Today, His model prevails as the heart and foundation of the Christian Education and Discipleship (CED) Department “to transform members into disciples and disciples into godly leaders equipped for God’s service.” at Destiny & Dominion Word Ministries in Toronto, Canada. Co-coordinated by Minister Rita Wilson and Brother Abi Ogunjimi, the vision of the CED Department is to “accurately teach the Word of God by the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit to transform believers into mature disciples of Jesus Christ.” Currently comprised of 16 teachers and/or teachers-in-training, the CED ministry team is on mission “to cultivate, train and strengthen the believer’s faith in Christ through prayer and t

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