Case Study in Adult Discipleship Stories of Apprenticeship to Jesus at an Urban Anglican (Episcopal) Church

Abstract

Anglican (Episcopal) churches around the world face a serious problem in discipleship and have called for a season of “intentional discipleship and disciple-making.” The Anglican Church of Canada renewed its emphasis on discipleship, providing some helpful resources, but there are no studies of how discipleship may be experienced at a congregational level. This study focuses on an Anglican church, identified as a leader in discipleship ministry. Through in-depth interviews and observations of formative events, I sought to discover how this congregation understood discipleship, engaged its Anglican tradition, lived and nurtured its reality in their urban context.