We believe that the way that Jesus did discipleship is still applicable and strategically effective today.  We believe that by investing significantly in a few key people who will in turn do the same, one can change the course of a nation and greatly contribute to the advancement God's Kingdom globally.

We believe in life-on-life discipleship.  This means that mentoring people and helping them become mature in Christ involves living everyday life with them.  It takes time, it takes vulnerability, it takes long-term investment.  Now let me explain how this could look practically.

I (Sammy Weber) hope to take on three men every year that I am in Cameroon, and disciple them for four years.  This will have me working with 12 men at one time, with the strongest emphasis on the three that are in their first year.  The first year will be focused on helping them feed themselves from the Scriptures.  My goal during this time will be for them to come to a place in their understanding of God's Word where they could open the Bible to anywhere, and understand what God is saying to them and the people around them through whatever passage they read. 

The second year will be focused on them becoming men of prayer.  I believe that prayer is absolutely essential to the victorious Christian life.  I will teach them about prayer primarily by spending time praying with them, and looking at Scriptural prayers.

The third year will be focused on fellowship and ministry.  During this year, they will learn to minister to the people around them and to invest spiritually in others.  They will learn about living at peace with everyone, confronting people when that is needed, church discipline, preaching, etc.  I would train them in ministry by doing ministry with them, and allowing them to experience first hand they ways in which God works.

The fourth year each of the three men (if they are ready) will take on three men and begin the first year with them.  They invest in them over four years as well.

One thing that is important to understand about the "program" that I just described is that is is a very loose program.  There will be much overlap between the first three years, and it will not always be exactly three years.  It will vary based on the spiritual maturity of those being discipled, the other ministry endeavors that my team and I are working on at that time, and (most importantly) the leading of the Holy Spirit.

We believe that by following these basic principles in life-on-life, relational discipleship, many people will grow in their faith and become evangelists and disciplers among their own people and to other nations as well.  Ultimately though, the effectiveness of this strategy depends not upon how well we invest in people spiritually, but rather upon how the Spirit of God chooses to work.  It is He who works in us to will and to act according to His good pleasures and divine purposes.  To Him be the glory!