Nurturing of the new converts into disciples of Christ in Najjanankumbi Young Christian School, Central Uganda Conference

Abstract

This project explored the ideal biblical and theological principles for being and making disciples of Christ and how this discussion relates to the problem of nurturing newly baptized members in the Najjanankumbi Young Christian School. The investigation contains six Chapters, whereby the first one described the road map of the whole project, stating the problem and purpose. Chapters two and three aimed at setting the context for the discussion by generating the biblical and theological principles of nurturing and discipleship. These chapters illuminated the fact that discipleship is made through intentional and interpersonal relationships. The models that came from Chapters two and three were considered the ideal means of making disciples. The fourth chapter described the process followed in conducting this survey. It described the ministerial context of the research, defining the macro and micro setting of the project; project design; measures indicating the demographic features and instruments employed to collect data; and data collection, analysis, and interpretation for both the quantitative and qualitative phases. The fifth chapter looked at the proposed intervention strategies to push the existing nurturing programs closer to the ideal principles suggested in Chapters two and three. In this respect, the marks of Jesus’ life in the perspective of growth in worship, growth in fellowship, and growth in witnessing were the answer to the research problem of Najjanankumbi Young Christian School. The proposed strategies were implemented, tested, evaluated during the course of training and were promising to make Christ like disciples. Chapter six rounded up the study by summarizing the concept of discipleship and the importance of biblical and theological nurturing principles as reflected in Chapters 2 and 3. As potential agents of discipleship, Church schools like Najjanankumbi Young Christian were highlighted as next to none in satisfying the task of the church. It is anticipated that the strategic principles developed be used as a practical model for training disciple makers and a reference to aid the chaplaincy department to make disciples of Christ not only within Young Christian School, but also in countless Christian schools, colleges, organizational work places in Central Uganda Conference and Uganda Union in general.