Disciple Online Groups Forming Now for Fall
Groups are beginning to take shape for the second year of online Disciple Bible Study, dubbed Disciple Online. Enrollment is now open at www.BeADisciple.com/discipleonlinecourses for individuals who wish to participate in Disciple I, Disciple II, and Youth Disciple in an online format with others from all over.
Participants follow the format of Disciple. They study the Bible on their own during the week then meet with their group members through the Internet with special software at a set day and time to review the week’s study.
Rev. Mark McDonald, pastor of FUMC of Jacksonville, Arkansas, led one of the first five groups which began a year ago. “Experiencing relationships without seeing one another in Disciple Online has removed many of the pretenses and assumptions that we make. When sitting with a person, we can judge their body language, but we aren't always correct in our judgment. Online, we have to be even more clear with our communication, so our group learned to be more expressive (LOL, jk, brb, etc.). But we also formed relationships without seeing a person, and that made us rely on who they are rather than how they appear to be!”
This will be the second year for Disciple Online, but the first year for Disciple Online II and Disciple Online Youth. Several churches are sponsoring groups for their own congregation which are open to participants from anywhere. Jacksonville FUMC will offer all three.
