We often hear from graduates about how the community aspect of School of Discipleship impacted them. During their year, students have opportunities to hang out with staff over dinner, lunches and coffee dates. They love getting to know the staff and hear how God has worked in their lives.
One student said: “I was blown away with how open people were about their lives and how God saved them. … it was incredible hearing how many people here went through or struggled with similar things and how God helped them overcome. Knowing how God carried them through and seeing the godliness in their lives, it encouraged me that God will carry me through my problems and bring [me] out better in the end.”
As staff, we are thankful the Lord has brought young people here to invest our lives in and point to Christ.
Whether you go on to serve in ministry, attend college or get a job, School of Discipleship prepares you to be a disciple of Christ wherever He leads you.
Laura, a School of Discipleship alumna, said: “I entered the School of Discipleship unsure of what direction to take in life. Working in GFA’s office with the Web Department, I was able to experience a field of work I wouldn’t have otherwise considered. Now that I have graduated [from School of Discipleship], I am pursuing a degree in Strategic Communications: Social Media Management, something I wouldn’t have dreamed of doing before I went to SD.”
School of Discipleship’s goal is to form the nature of Jesus in the lives of young people. Students grow not just through classes but through spending a year at Gospel for Asia’s home office and campus.
See what one student says about his time in the program:
As my class and I read through How to Pray by R.A. Torrey I ask myself, how do I know if I am abiding in Christ and staying connected to the vine? If I am in Christ and the connected to the sap (the Holy Spirit), I will bear fruit accordingly.
Therefore, to abide in Christ means that I need to be surrendered to God. By surrendered I mean as the Lord shows me areas in my life that I need to give up, that I do. It will be a continuous process of surrendering to the Lord for the rest of my life.
Yes, this is going to take a lot of time. I wish I hadn’t prayed for patience all those years ago. The Lord is finally answering my prayers. If that is the way that it needs to be, then the Lord will give me grace and strength to persevere.
Now the real question is, how will I practically apply or act upon what the Lord showed me?
With the Lord’s help, I will surrender those things in my life that the Lord shows me and to seek to abide in Christ. I may have to surrender on a continual basis, maybe even moment by moment. Lord, I am going to need your help even more than before. I know You are faithful though, so I’ll make it. No problem.
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