Getting Started with the Discipleship Cycle
The Discipleship Cycle is a simple tool to encourage people to become more like Jesus and engage with those around them. You can do this on your own or connect with friends.

D – Discipleship
N – eNgagement
A – Authenticity
If you’re serious about developing as a follower of Jesus Christ you will need to pay attention to all three – up, out, and in.
The discipleship cycle is a simple way to read the Bible more intentionally, either on your own or with two or three others. It’s often best to choose a passage and stick with it – try reading Luke 10, the chapter from which we take the name Seventy-two, and see how God speaks to you through these verses over the next six months.
Listening
Looking
- UP (Our relationship with God)
- OUT (Our relationship with others)
- IN (Our own authenticity)
We use DNA (Discipleship, eNgagement, Authenticity) as a shorthand for these.