Antioch Discipleship School
In 2011, we began the training process to plant Antioch Orlando. In its beginning phases, we started the Antioch Discipleship School to primarily raise up leaders in our church. As the church grew, we saw the need to envision and equip our people to better understand what Scripture teaches and how to live it out in the context of family.
In 2020, we started ADS Foundations as a place for new members to learn the culture of the church and grow in their understanding of the foundations of the faith. This school is 8 months, and it follows the systematic theology outline from John MacArthur’s “Essential Christian Doctrine.” Students learn how to study and interpret the Bible and how Scripture is sufficient for all life and godliness (2 Pet. 1:3). As a church family, they learn how to encourage one another to live out what they are learning in the classroom through regular evangelism and participation in the life of the church (Lifegroup, discipleship, Sunday service – Matt. 28:16-20, Acts 2:42-47, Heb. 10:25).
In 2022, we started ADS Core for members who have already gone through ADS Foundations to continue growing in their understanding of the faith. We believe once leaders stop reading and learning, they stop growing. This school has 8-week courses on various topics such as marriage and family, finances, evangelism, biblical worldview, church history, etc., which are taught by the elders of the church.
Our 3rd school will be launched soon and will be called ADS Send. This will be our training school for elders and deacons. Our prayer is that our leaders will not only be more equipped to lead our local church here in Orlando, but that many will get a vision and a heart to plant more churches around the world.
Our prayer is that every person who goes through these classes will be a passionate lifelong follower of Jesus and a student of His Word! That they would remain on mission, build up the local church through making disciples, and endure to the end until Christ returns (Matt 24:13-14).
OVERVIEW
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This is an 8-month school that follows John MacArthur’s “Essential Christian Doctrine.” It is our initial course that is offered to give a biblical foundation to those who want to grow in their walks with the Lord. This class must be completed before going through ADS Core or ADS Send.
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ADS Core is a class that goes 8-weeks long and focuses on a specific topic. It is intended to dive deeper into one topic, rather than scratching the surface of many.
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This is our training school for our elders and deacons. We want this to be a place where our leaders can be more equipped to lead the local church and that it would be reproducible as people grow in their desires to see other churches planted!
Coming soon