Discovering Growth Track

Our church services and events serve as catalysts for a relationship with Jesus, but those things are not enough to develop depth in that relationship. At some point, we have to move beyond a 75-90 minute corporate experience once a week into a daily rhythm of personal connection with God.

Our systems for developing committed followers of Jesus in our community are Growth Groups and teams. We believe that doing life with a small group of people and sacrificially serving others on a team are the greatest catalysts for growth in the life of a believer. Our system for connecting people to ‘Growth Groups’ and ‘teams’ is the Growth Track.

Growth Track is a three-week discipleship class that we offer on the first, second and third Sundays at IMMANUEL. It is built in three steps and designed to work in any order, so people can start and end on any step. (You can jump in on Step 03 and graduate on Step 02 the following month.) Step 01 happens on the first Sunday of every month. We offer Growth Track in-person, and all of our classes are led by live facilitators. This series of classes is how we shift people from being spiritual spectators to passionate participators, loving, leading, and serving others.

Here is a breakdown of each of the three steps.

STEP 01 - Encounter

At Step 01, we dive deeper into what it means to have an encounter with Jesus. We give participants a snapshot of what the next three weeks will look like and share core tenets of our faith. We answer questions like how do I become a Christian? and how to have a genuine relationship with God? We encourage people to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did. We challenge them to continue their journey of faith by getting baptized,  completing Growth Track and getting connected to a growth group.

STEP 02 - EQUIP

At Step 02, you will be equipped to understand the five-fold intelligence of the body of Christ and where your giftedness can best be expressed. While 5Q will be a life long pursuit of discovering how Christ conforms us into His image through be joined to the body and expressing our giftedness in and through the body, we will grow to be equipped and mature followers of Christ who give themselves for Gods glory. We will learn to speak the truth in love and practice the commands of Christ together in harmony with one another with a mature local expression of Christ that moves outward being our firm commitment.

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STEP 03- Sent

At Step 03, we will discover the readi-ness of the harvest and the way in which we must walk. Jesus commands us to ‘go’ and gives us express instructions. Whether its on a Gathering team or an outreach team, we are SENT to make disciples of all nations and together we can see the mission of Christ fulfilled until He returns!

Growth Track is not original to Immanuel. We picked up the idea from our friends at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. We have adapted their original concept to fit our own unique language and culture and will most likely continue to adap over the years. We constantly evaluate and adjust our system. We share a common mission: to bring those who are far from God close to him and help them reach their full potential.

-Pastor David Wilkinson