Discipleship Journey

As disciples, we are each on a journey to become more like Jesus. At New City, we see this journey represented in four essentials: Belonging, Truth, Identity, and Purpose.



Where are you in your journey? What might be a next step that you can take in your growth in each of these essentials?

Matthew 28:18–20

Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Discipleship Assessment

The Discipleship Assessment Tool is designed to help you identify where you might take a next step with Jesus.



This assessment is anonymous and the results will only be viewed by you. Be as honest and accurate as possible. This tool can be used again and again in different seasons of your growth to help give you an indication of where you currently are in each area and what a next step in your journey might be.

Discipleship Map
Using your assessment results, navigate through the discipleship essentials by clicking the icons. Explore where you can take a next step in growth with Jesus.
Discipleship Map
Using your assessment results, navigate through the discipleship essentials by clicking the icons. Explore where you can take a next step in growth with Jesus.
Belonging
Believing that you are loved, chosen, and invited into relationship with God and his people
Growing
Growing with God and his people
Participate in Communion during worship services
Attend a Connect Group, Community Group, or Volunteer
Participate in the Membership Course
Participate in a Child Dedication
Guiding
Guiding God’s people
Lead a community group or volunteer team
Serve Communion during worship services
Practice hospitality inside and outside the walls of New City
Truth
Learning and being transformed by the good news of Jesus
Starting
Learning about God's word
Read the Bible and learn how to study the Bible
Recommended Book: Help My Bible Is Alive
Participate in New City Academy and/or Flourish Courses
Recommended: Discovering Jesus, Discovering the Bible
Growing
Being transformed by God's word
Reflect and apply learnings from sermons and personal Bible study
Participate in New City Academy courses
Recommended: Old Testament, New Testament, Practicing the Way
Facilitate table discussion in Flourish or New City Academy
Guiding
Guiding others in God's word
Share the redemptive story with others
Guide one person or a group in studying a book of the Bible
Teach in NextGen, Flourish, or New City Academy
Identity
Understanding the intersection of your story and God's story
Starting
Discovering your story and God's story
Explore your story
Recommended Book: Make Sense of Your Story
Explore scriptures about God's story and your identity as a follower of Jesus
Growing
Integrating your story and God's story
Memorize scriptures about identity in Christ and apply to your story
Join a Story Group, Iron Collective Group, or Care Group
Engage with biblically integrated counseling
Guiding
Guiding others in their story discovery
Live daily out of a place of fully settled identity in Jesus
Guide an individual in exploring their story
Lead a Story Group, Iron Collective Group, or Care Group
Purpose
Living out your unique contribution to God's Kingdom and guiding others to do the same
Starting
Exploring your purpose
Learn what it means to help people find and follow Jesus
Recommended Book: God’s Big Picture
Volunteer at New City and beyond
Growing
Engaging your purpose
Discover how your passions and gifts intersect with the work God is doing around you
Serve on a global mission trip
Participate in New City Academy Courses
Guiding
Guiding others in discovering and engaging their purpose
Passionately pursue your God-given purpose in our city and around the world
Lead a NextGen small group, ministry team, local or global mission trip
Guide someone else to share the gospel