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The D/C Experience
The D/C Experience
What is Discipleship/ Confirmation?Discipleship and Confirmation experiences each hold an important place in the faith development of adolescents. Some Covenant churches offer a special D/C class taught by the pastor. Others use D/C in their youth ministry for discipleship.  The goal of D/C is to present an overview of the Bible and church beliefs while offering all participants the opportunity to make or strengthen their personal commitment to follow Christ. For persons baptized as infants, D/C provides an opportunity to revisit the vows made by their parents at the time of baptism and take personal responsibility for their faith by “confirming” it for themselves. For people who choose believer’s baptism, D/C prepares them for baptism or grounds them in basic elements of the Christian faith after baptism.
The Covenant Book of Worship describes this ministry as follows: | “Confirmation in the Covenant Church
is designed to be a systematic exploration of God’s word, the history
of our faith, and the importance of living a Christian life. Within the
curriculum there is opportunity not only for education in biblical
truth, but also for students to come face to face with the call of
Jesus to enter into a personal relationship with him and grow in their
faith....The focus of the confirmation process is twofold. First,
students have an opportunity to learn of the church’s history, truths
of the Christian faith, and the stories of the Bible. Second, students develop discipling relationships with pastors and mentors.…At
whatever point students are in their faith journey, this balance of
learning and relationship is critical to the impact of the confirmation
process on their lives. Not only
do they learn what the Bible says; through discipleship they learn to
articulate what they believe about the Bible’s message, and how
biblical faith translates into Christian living and responsibility in the world.” |
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