Student Mobilization
University of Arizona
Student Mobilization
University of Arizona
Jesus grouped twelve men together to learn from Him. We follow that pattern — gathering a few students around an open Bible, week after week, holding each other accountable to share the gospel and follow up with faithful guys and girls.
A Disciple-Making Group (DMG) is where we go deepest with the students who are leading the way on campus. It's a small group of believers who commit to walking together for the long haul. Inside a DMG, we:
We work through a book of the Bible together — slowly, carefully, learning to read it for ourselves and teach it to others.
Verses get hidden in our hearts. The Word goes with us into every room we walk into and every conversation we have.
We ask each other hard questions — who are you sharing the gospel with? Who are you following up with? Are you walking with Jesus this week?
What makes DMGs work is the combination — Word, accountability, mission. Without Scripture, it's just a social club. Without accountability, it's just a Bible class. Without the call to make more disciples, it stops at us. All three together is what produces laborers for the harvest.
Not every group is for leaders. Some groups are for the guys and girls who are still figuring out what they believe — who are curious about Jesus but not yet committed. Those groups happen in coffee shops, in apartments, and most powerfully, inside the fraternity house. A Bible study in a Greek house lowers the threshold dramatically: a guy who'd never walk to a Christian event will absolutely come downstairs and sit on the couch.
The ZBT Bible study didn't get started by accident. It got started because two students — Chase and Charlie — were willing to put their faith in front of their brothers.
The study is also the front door for deeper conversations. When a guy shows up and starts asking real questions, we follow up with him 1-on-1 — over coffee, in the gym, walking around campus. The Bible study opens the door; one-on-one is where the gospel gets processed.
Chase had been growing fast in his faith — he gave his life to Christ and was hungry for more. Charlie was on the same trajectory. Together, the two of them said yes to something most college guys would never sign up for: they put a Bible study on the calendar at ZBT and announced it in front of their chapter.
This year, I'm still the one leading the study while Chase and Charlie invite the guys, sit at the front, and field the conversations. The plan is for them to be the ones leading it next year — opening the Word, teaching their brothers, and running it themselves. That's the goal: studies that students start and lead, inside the houses, in front of their friends.