From Bible Study to Discipleship

From Bible Study to Discipleship

When: Four 4-week sessions | Thursdays 6PM to 8PM | 1/14/27-2/4/27, 2/18/27-3/11/27, 3/25/27-4/15/27, 4/29/27-5/21/27
Instructor: Dr. Linda Lockhart
Time commitment: 2 hours/week instruction + 4 hours/week personal study
Location: Gardner-Webb University | Library | Room 320 and Teams
Cost: $50 per session (24 CE credits each)

From Bible Study to Discipleship is a 12-week transformational discipleship course based on Dr. Linda Williams Lockhart’s book, RESULTS: How to Study the Bible with Seven Simple Principles. The course equips believers to move beyond simply reading and knowing Scripture to understanding, applying, living, and sharing God’s Word. Using the seven RESULTS principles—Read, Earnestly Pray, Step into the Passage, Understand, Lesson Learned, Transformation, and Share—participants will develop practical Bible-study skills while learning how Scripture can shape their character, decisions, relationships, and daily walk with Christ.

Throughout the course, participants will explore the difference between being a Christian, a disciple, and a disciple-maker and will learn how to intentionally help others grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Through interactive Bible studies, reflection activities, discussion, transformational lesson development, and discipleship challenges, participants will progress from information to transformation and from transformation to multiplication, preparing them to live as faithful disciples who help make disciples.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this 12-week course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the biblical meaning and purpose of discipleship. 
2. Differentiate between being a Christian, a disciple, and a disciple-maker. 
3. Apply all seven RESULTS principles to personal Bible study. 
4. Read and examine biblical passages carefully and intentionally. 
5. Pray Scripture with greater understanding and openness to God’s direction. 
6. Interpret and understand Scripture within its biblical context. 
7. Identify lessons and principles that can be applied to everyday life. 
8. Develop personal transformation plans based on biblical truth. 
9. Share biblical insights, testimonies, and lessons with others. 
10. Construct transformational Bible lessons that move learners from information to application. 
11. Develop an intentional discipleship plan for helping another person grow spiritually. 
12. Demonstrate a commitment to living and multiplying the Great Commission by becoming disciples who make disciples.

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Instructor Bios

Dr. Linda Lockhart, DMin, MDiv, MLS, BS, AS, AS is a dedicated educator, ministry leader, author, and Christian discipleship trainer with a lifelong commitment to teaching, service, and spiritual formation. Dr. Lockhart is an experienced teacher with over 30 years of service to Cleveland County schools. She serves as Christian Education Director at Ellis Chapel Baptist Church and adjunct professor of Christian Formation at the M. Christopher White School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University. She facilitates discipleship workshops and teaches within both the North Carolina General Baptist State Congress of Christian Education and the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Congress of Christian Education. Dr. Lockhart has published two books and is CEO of U-Gotta Believe Ministries, LLC, an organization focused on equipping believers in the discipleship process.