discipleship

Noun

Meaning

The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

commission following site post audience duty cult apprenticeship sundog curatorship comptrollership studentship proctorship accountantship foremanship

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Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

Phrases with the word

christ-discipleship christian discipleship

Examples

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. Wendell Phillips

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship. Brennan Manning

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Their religion is unfeasible, for one cannot richly meet the glancing present ... without long discipleship and secure sustenance. Paul Goodman

Let's stop kidding ourselves - there are too many instances of Christians worshiping sublimely every Sunday, but never making an impact beyond the congregation, never experiencing the powerful beauty of communitas, and never going deeper in discipleship. Alan Hirsch

Close letter words and terms

disciplelike discipler Disciples of Christ discipless disciplic disciplinability