Disciple-making is an intentional process of evangelizing non-believers, establishing believers in the faith, and equipping leaders.

“Make disciples” implies intentionality and process. Compass SOLA is our way of creating an intentional discipleship culture where people can learn and grow in their faith and confidence in speaking with new people or going to new places for the sake of the Gospel. Compass SOLA is a place where you can become further discipled and equipped to make disciples.

Compass SOLA is also designed with the understanding that discipleship making happens within the context of the local church. Discipleship will feel aimless if discipleship is churchless. Compass SOLA is about a conviction and belief that the church is the primary context for holistic discipleship. We believe that a person should be able to come to faith, grow in the faith, and walk in Christian maturity solely by being formed by the local church. This is the basic sequence of the Gospel. We are orphans adopted in Christ's family, then we grow into mature members of the household. The local church owns discipleship! Jesus didn't have in mind maverick disciple-makers; He had in mind a community of believers who, together and under the authority of the local church, seek to transfer the faith to the next generation.

Compass SOLA is a people-to-people ministry where you learn, are challenged, and develop with a group of committed sojourners. When discipleship is rooted in the local church, there are no spiritual orphans but rather sons and daughters growing into adults and part of the whole family of God. When Jesus said “make disciples”, we cannot help but remember how He made disciples: three years of teaching twelve men on the dusty road. Disciple-making, then, is the Word of God shaping men and women within life-on-life relationships. This is Gospel-driven, Word-saturated, intentionally teaching one another to obey what Jesus commanded.