Church Waffle

Twelve short-term discipleship stories, each paired with one command of Jesus — equipping a follower to simply obey.

April 2, 2023 · Updated February 1, 2025 · 2 min read

The Church Waffle packet cover, showing twelve icons arranged in a circle, each representing one discipleship story
The Church Waffle — 12 short-term discipleship stories, each tied to one of Jesus's commands.

The church waffle is an effective model for short-term discipleship stories that can be used to train disciples to obey Jesus and identify as a church around the practice of those stories that correspond to the passage in Acts 2:36-47.

Each of the twelve practices is tied to one of the commands of Christ and a short Bible story, so a new believer can obey it and hand it on to someone else.

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Read this article, Understanding Biblical Discipleship, to learn more.

Repent and believe — church circle practice 1

Command: Mk 1:15 / Story: Lk 19:1-10 (Zacchaeus)

1. Repent & Believe

Be baptized — church circle practice 2

Command: Matt. 28:19 / Story: Acts 8:26-39 (Philip & The Ethiopian)

2. Be Baptized

Holy Spirit — church circle practice 3

Story: Acts 4:27-31 (Empowered Church)

3. Holy Spirit

The Word of God — church circle practice 4

Command: Jn 8:31-32 / Story: Jn 15:1-17 (I am the Vine)

4. The Word of God

Love one another — church circle practice 5

Command: Jn 15:12 / Story: Lk 10.25-37 (The Good Samaritan)

5. Love One Another

The Lord's Supper — church circle practice 6

Command: Lk 22:19-20 / Story: Lk 22:7-20 (The Last Supper)

6. Lord’s Supper

Pray — church circle practice 7

Command: Matt 6:9 / Story: Matt 6:5-15 (Lord’s Prayer)

7. Pray

Signs and wonders — church circle practice 8

Teaching: Jn 14:6-14 / Story: Lk 5:17-39 (Through the Roof)

8. Signs & Wonders

Generosity — church circle practice 9

Command: Matt 6:1-4 / Story: Mark 12:41-44 (The Widow’s Coins)

9. Generosity

Worship — church circle practice 10

Command: Mk 12:28-34 / Story: Lk 7:36-50 (The Sinful Woman)

10. Worship

Go and make disciples — church circle practice 11

Command: Matt 28:18-20 / Story: Lk 10:1-11 (The 72)

11. Go…Make Disciples

Gather — church circle practice 12

Command: Heb 10:24-25 / Story: Acts 2:36-47 (The First Church)

12. Gather

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