Making disciples is at the heart of Reign Ministries. One of our key goals is to see a movement of disciple making communities all across the UK.
The Greek word for disciple is ‘mathētḗs’, meaning ‘one who follows another for the purpose of learning.’ Taking this, discipleship in its simplest form is following Jesus to intentionally learn from Him.
In Matthew 28:19 Jesus tells his followers to ‘go and make disciples of all nations.’ This command goes beyond making followers of Jesus. Instead it instructs us to make disciples who will go on to make more disciples.
“The vision for Reign Ministries is that every church in the UK would adopt a disciple making practice and put that at the heart of their youth ministry strategy.”
Kyle McKinnon – Reign Ministries UK Director
A succesful disciple maker is able to make time for the person they are discipling, share their journey, and bring challenge. It means intentionally taking steps within that relationship to create spiritual transformation. And then, in turn, encouraging that person to invest in the life of someone else.
Discipleship is a lifelong process of becoming more like Jesus, and helping others along that same journey.
We have a vision to equip and train 200 Disciplemaking Youth Ministers and 20 Movement Leaders. We believe that the scope for people to be transformed by Jesus is made so much wider when people are intentionally discipling people and in turn, encouraging those people to disciple others.
Our Expand Training Experiences offers both individuals and groups the opportunities to develop their discipleship practice. Participants are able to make practical goals for transforming their ministries.
“This community is so much more than just a training experience… We are, hopefully, a guild of youth ministry practitioners who are focused on personal life investment that will lead to spiritual transformation called disciple making.”
Kyle McKinnon
Once participants have finished the Expand training they are well trained and equipped to become disciple makers in all areas of their lives. Working alongside our leaders, participants will learn how to grow in their own relationship with God, and how to help others do the same.
Our Expand Training Suite is made up of both individual online training sessions and a more in depth series of in-person sessions for your whole youth volunteer team.
Do you have a heart for discipleship and are passionate about telling young people about Jesus? Do you want to get some practical disciplemaking training? Click the link below for more info!
Categories: Expand Discipleship Training, Youth Ministry Resources
Updated: 28 Mar 2024 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Hi everyone! I am Jamie Gurling and I started studying at Reign this year. I am 19 and from Glasgow in Scotland. I left high school in 2022 and I thought the next step was obvious, to go straight into further education, just the same as everyone else. So, I followed the norm, moved city […]
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Updated: 18 May 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
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Updated: 29 Mar 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
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Updated: 22 Feb 2023 | Posted by: kmckinnon
If you were to attend one of our Expand Training Experiences you will hear our team talk about discipleship. That’s because it is the foundational to who Reign Ministries is. During our Expand: Online training you will learn the tools to help you be effective in your discipleship of young people. Watch the video below […]
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Updated: 8 Feb 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Where Is God Calling Me? I have a calling to youth ministry. But 30 years ago – I had no idea! I remember sitting in a marquee at a Christian music festival as a teenager, listening to a speaker talking about ‘Hearing God’s Call’. This was something I was wrestling with, so I figured that […]
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Updated: 8 Apr 2025 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Exciting news! Reign Ministries is excited to announce we have a new college we are linking with for an undergraduate degree! Moorlands College will be the new home for our degree students from September. For over 20 years, Reign Ministries has played a key role in the development of a youth pathway for an undergraduate […]
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Updated: 24 Mar 2025 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Learning from those that have gone before you. “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” writes the wise King Solomon in Ecclesiastes. He saw that life can sometimes resemble a treadmill, where history simply repeats itself and continues in a loop. […]
Read moreUpdated: 16 Dec 2024 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
After a few years of considering this move, the trustees and leadership have decided the time is right to try and sell the building we affectionately know as “the moto” (in it’s former life it was a motorcycle sales and repair shop). This building has served the charity well over many years, as a base […]
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