EVANGELISM DISCIPLESHIP LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PASTORAL TRAINING CHURCH PLANTER TRAINING TRAINING LEADERS OF GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS	WHAT WE DO - DISCIPLESHIP Jesus also told us, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:19-20). Vanguard is committed to carry out this central aspect of the Great Commission. It's not finished with the initial commitment: "The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment; the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime" (Alan Redpath). At Vanguard we try and help establish the means by which God's people are enabled by theier churches to come to spiritual maturity through training in the basics, equipping to spiritually reproduce and mobilization for meaningful ministry. Dr. Ed Gross' book, Authentic Discipleship, is a powerful tool to help Christians take the next steps of their Christian growth and begin to be spiritually genuine and fully-devoted followers of Jesus Christ. It trains you in getting a handle on God's grace, knowing you're truly born-again, what it means to follow Jesus, your union with Him, how to abide in Him, how to be filled with His Spirit, how to build a life of prayer and Scripture, how to deal with temptation and sin, learning true fellowship in relationship with others, understanding what God is really like, understanding suffering from God's perspective, learning about how to share the gospel with others, and knowing how to study God's Word effectively. When one group of young men in a youth group was asked about their response to Authentic Discipleship, they replied, "We'd rather do this than X-Boxes!" Try it with your group!