Video Session #3
The Flow: Level #1
Mtiririko, hatua ya kwanza
1 John 2:12-14 - 1 yohana 2:12-14
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English translated to Kiswahili (Swahili)
Initiating Spiritual Growth in the Church
Rev. Paul J. Bucknell

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The Flow: Level #1
1 John 2:12-14 - 1 yohana 2:12-14
The Flow: Level #1 (1 John 2:12-14): Helping New Believers Grow - translated from English into Swahili - shows the basic needs of new believers and how to properly care for them.
Mtiririko, hatua ya kwanza (watoto wachanga)
This Kiswahili video on The Flow: Level #1 shows how Christians begin to grow and are nurtured in their early spiritual life. The new believer is likened to a new baby and his needs.
This is session 3 of 11 from a pastor's seminar given in Kenya. Please click below to start watching the video. Study questions and other links are below.
The Flow Overview: Download: Video | Powerpoint | Handout | Reading

Discussion Questions on The Flow
- What are the three stages of Christian growth that John describes? How do these form an analogy for the physical development of a person?
- List the items that the elderly apostle says to this first level of believers? Look in 1 John 2:12-14. Be specific.
- What characterizes this first stage of the Christian's growth?
- What are the problems or challenges that those in this spiritual stage will face?
- Summarize what is suppose to happen in this stage of spiritual growth.
- What might happen if Christians in this spiritual stage do not get the needed support? Be specific.
- Are you in this first stage? Were you discipled.
- Have you discipled others.
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Next -> Listen and view the next session #4 of the seminar.
Showing how the Flow #1 teaching can be implemented in a basic discipleship training session.
Directory of Discipleship ArticlesIntroduction to Discipleship's 3 Stages and The Flow |
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Basic Discipleship Stage
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Intermediate Discipleship Stage
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Advanced Discipleship Stage
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The Imperative of Discipleship (2 Timothy 2:2) |
The Heart of True Discipleship (Isaiah 50:4-7) |
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The Flow
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Spirit-Dependent Teaching
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Designing discipleship curriculum
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Integrates Church Growth with discipleship
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Growing the Church through Biblical Training
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Discipleship Shapers
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Understanding the Cycle of Decline and Revival (Judges 2) |
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