信主開始，屬靈生命必經歷學習成長，進而長大成為門徒，建造教會。阿根廷牧師歐迪慈（Juan Carlos Qutiz）和德國的潘霍華（Dietrich Bonhoeffer），以及中國的倪柝聲一樣，對於愛、主權和門徒職分的體驗很深刻，使他能察覺出耶穌的教訓之真義。他牧會時，會友在兩年間由184人增加到600人。從教會增長角度來看，原本是令人羨慕的事，然而他發覺整個教會像一部經過設計、保養良好的機器，
The latest book in the Understanding Jesus Today series deals with the role of discipleship in Christianity. James Dunn explores the original meaning of discipleship in the early church and then discusses what discipleship should mean for Christians today. The evidence in the Gospels regarding the requirements of discipleship, including the beliefs and daily character of the life of a disciple, are explored and a firm basis upon which a tradition of discipleship can be defined is found. Important questions addressed are: to whom was Jesus's call to discipleship primarily directed; what were the characteristics of the community of disciples that formed around Jesus in His lifetime and how has the character of that community, which has become the Christian Church, changed over time; how does modern discipleship measure up against discipleship in the early Church? The book is based on the best of current scholarship but is written at a popular level.
In this brief essay, drawn from Church Dogmatics, Barth articulates what it means to follow Jesus in faith. He emphasizes that discipleship involves a detachment from the authority of possessions, fo
