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Come Follow Me - Assisting believers of Muslim background to grow in Christ with the help of a mentor.

Come Follow Me is a discipleship course written specifically for new believers in Jesus from a Muslim background. It is relevant to the issues they face, is rooted in inductive Bible study, and for use in a regular, relational way (1:1 or in a group).  It is also reproducible, so that those who complete the course can use it with others in turn.

Why use Come Follow Me?

More than ever before in history, Muslim people are choosing to follow Jesus Christ. But that’s only the start of a lifelong journey:

• How will they become strong in Christ and in his community?  

• How will they cope with loneliness and opposition?

• How will they develop a new way of thinking and a framework for life?

• How will they establish strong relationships with other followers of Christ?

• How will they relate wisely with their Muslim families, with appropriate witness?

Believers of Muslim background (BMBs) should not have to tread this discipleship path alone.  They need companions on the journey.  Through the Come Follow Me course they can connect with other believers and walk the path together. It aims to help these believers to:

• Put down deep roots in Christ

• Grow deeper with each other and with their mentor

• Be transformed in their thinking and lifestyle, as God’s Word interacts with their old worldview

• Learn inductive study by going all the way through one book of the Bible

• Grapple with practical issues of following Christ in a Muslim setting

• Relate wisely to their Muslim families, with appropriate witness.

It works best with a weekly discussion group.

Come Follow Me discipleship course can be run online. The participants read in advance from their own copy of the Study Guide (soon to be available as an App), then come together with their Advisor and other participants for discussion.

What they say

• Group leader in the North of England: 

  "CFM is for us a "water in the middle of desert" as its bringing a good time to study the bible deeper but also, simple. It gives us a good time to discuss and contextualise some principles from the old book. Also, CFM is bringing a joy for our Kurdish people and they feel proud about this Bible study because is in their language."

• A British Christian leading a group in the UK:
  "I'm doing a 'Come Follow Me' course with a small group of Iranians - using the Farsi edition. It is working fabulously - I don't think I've ever worked with a more enthusiastic group - they are really enjoying it and growing very fast. I think there are a couple of leaders developing among the group. And they are encouraging me....”

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Advisor Training

It is important for those using the course to understand how to use the materials and the discussion method. This can be achieved by an experienced group leader by a thorough reading of the Advisor's guide, and trying the course out for themselves beforehand. However, for others it is helpful to go through some training, especially those leading group discussion for the first time.

Advisor Training Workshops are run regularly – and are about to start on-line. This will be 4 sessions, each of one and a half hour duration. It can be run with small groups of 4-6 people.

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