Along with ministry training, NC:MC is also about discipeship. Our hearts desire is to raise up students to be life-long followers of Jesus Christ who will passionately pursue Him. While Jesus was on Earth His disciples followed Him wherever He went. They learned as Jesus taught, they watched as Jesus ministered to the people and He gave them the example of His prayer life.
Our discipleship program is based on these principles of how Jesus trained His disciples. Our program consists of 36 weeks, broken up by quarters into 3 - 12 week sessions or trimesters. Each session we spend time focusing on a different aspect of discipleship, not that we don't work on some of these areas during different times, for instance we will be spending time in prayer when it is not specifically the upward block. We will be spending time in ministry when it is not specifically the block for that. But we will have an emphasis on different areas during certain times. Here is a look at how we break down the 40 weeks: