NDI

For information on NorCal Sunday School & Discipleship, please contact our local NDI president Steve Redmond.

Pastors, to report your NDI numbers, click here: NDI Monthly Report

Global NDI: http://nazarene.org/ndi

Why Sunday School?

At the very heart of congregational life in the church, Sunday School plays a vital role in fulfilling the mission of the Church of the Nazarene to make Christlike disciples in the nations.

Mission:

The mission of Nazarene Discipleship International (NDI) is to carry out the Great Commission to children, youth, and adults in preparation for a lifetime of being and making Christlike disciples in the nations.

Purpose:

  • To be a people of prayer, engaged in the Word, making Christlike disciples.

  • To intentionally develop relationships with unreached people so that they become Christlike disciples making Christlike disciples.

  • To teach the Word of God to children, youth, and adults so that they are saved, sanctified wholly, and maturing in Christian experience that results in a life of compassion, evangelism, Christian education, and disciple making.

  • To encourage everyone to faithfully engage in a discipleship ministry such as Sunday school/Bible studies, small groups, and other disciple-making ministries.

Objectives:

  • To reach the largest number of unchurched people for Christ and the church,

  • bringing them into fellowship,

  • teaching the Word of God effectively, and encompassing their salvation;

  • teaching the doctrines of the Christian faith and

  • developing Christlike character, attitudes, and habits;

  • helping to establish Christian homes;

  • preparing believers for membership in the church and

  • equipping them for appropriate Christian ministries.

NDI Resources

Around the world, the local church utilizes a wide variety tools to educate, disciple, and evangelize. The following resources are available to help local, district, and regional leaders in the development of various discipleship ministries. Resources are region-specific and ours can be accessed by clicking on the link below then selecting on the menu “Find a Ministry Resource”:

USA/Canada

Curriculum

Wesleyan-holiness curriculum is available for all ages through The Foundry Publishing. Click to view the educational materials available, including Sunday School lessons for children, youth, and adults; small group resources; and more.

Spanish materials are available at Casa Nazarena.

Tell THE Story

Tell THE Story is a relational, small group discipling method that helps individuals teach the Bible in a way that listeners can easily receive, remember, and retell.

 

For more resources, click here to go to the New NDI Resource page.