Discipleship
DISCIPLESHIP 2025: A CALL TO THE RADICAL
Welcome to Open Heaven Sozo International (OHSI) Discipleship—a transformative journey designed to equip, empower, and activate you for Kingdom impact! This is not just another Bible study. It’s a call to live fully surrendered, to walk in supernatural power, and to embrace your divine purpose with boldness and authority. Are you ready to be trained for battle, to slay giants, and to shake the nations for Christ?
OUR MISSION: BUILDING BIG PEOPLE, NOT JUST A BIG CHURCH
We are committed to:
- Cultivating a deeper intimacy with God and fellow believers.
- Learning and living out Biblical Kingdom Values.
- Walking in wisdom, power, dominion, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Studying and loving Scripture with passion.
- Allowing Holy Spirit to move actively seeking to live in accordance with its leading.
CORE SCRIPTURES THAT DEFINE US
📖 Acts 1:8 – Receive power to be witnesses to the ends of the earth. 📖 Habakkuk 2:2 – Write the vision, make it plain, so others can run with it. 📖 Galatians 2:20 – Live fully surrendered; Christ now lives in you. 📖 Matthew 28:16-20 – The Great Commission—our mission, our purpose. 📖 Romans 12:2 – Be transformed by renewing your mind. 📖 John 15:4-11 – Abide in Jesus to bear much fruit. 📖 2 Corinthians 3:18 – Be transformed from glory to glory by the Spirit. 📖 Galatians 5:22-23 – The fruit of the Spirit marks a true disciple. 📖 Luke 9:23-24 – Deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow Christ.
WHAT IS TRUE DISCIPLESHIP?
A disciple is more than a learner; a disciple is a follower who imitates the Master. Jesus didn’t just give His disciples information—He invited them into a lifestyle of surrender, faith, and supernatural power. He calls us to the same today.
Discipleship isn’t a hobby; it’s a life-altering journey of transformation. It’s a total surrender to the call of Christ!
OHSI MINISTRY TRAINING:
DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Jesus trained His disciples through a 3-fold structure—ministering to the multitudes, mentoring the twelve, and deeply investing in the inner three. Following His model, we offer three levels of discipleship training:
- BOOT CAMP: 0-3 MONTHS
🔥 Get battle-ready! Become a giant-slayer!
📅 Spring Semester: March 1st - May 31st, 2025
🕖 Classes: Thursday Nights @ 7:00 PM
💰 Cost: Tuition is FREE (offering-based); Retreat: $200 per person/family
What to Expect:
✅ Discover your identity in Christ & your Kingdom purpose.
✅ Reading the bible, journaling, bible study skills and daily prayer practices.
✅ The power of the Blood, understanding our Identity in His Victory.
✅ Hear the voice of The Holy Spirit & host His presence.
✅ Learn to pray earnestly & with authority.
✅ Understanding fasting with prayer.
✅ Intro to the Five-Fold Ministry. How to receive spiritual gifts.
✅ Develop intimacy with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, & the Father.
✅ Holy Spirit. The Seven Works of the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit Transforms our Lives. ...
- The Holy Spirit Convicts Us of Sin. ...
- The Holy Spirit Guides Us to the Truth. ...
- The Holy Spirit Empowers Us to Proclaim Christ. ...
- The Holy Spirit Gives Us Spiritual Gifts. ...
- The Holy Spirit Empowers Us to Worship. ...
- The Holy Spirit Leads Us.
- The Holy Spirit baptizes us in Fire.
✅ The Prophetic, activating the prophetic in my life.
✅ Intro to Inner Healing and Deliverance.
✅ Grow in servanthood, and generosity.
✅ Cultivate humility, obedience, and the fear of the Lord.
✅ Evangelism and practical application of faith in daily life.
✅ Walk in integrity, maturity, and leadership.
Program Requirements:
📖 Daily Bible reading & journaling
📚 Monthly book reading
🙏 Church fasting & prayer participation
🤝 Bi-monthly small group attendance
🌍 Optional mission trip
- SPECIAL OPS: 6-9 MONTHS
⚔️ Next-Level Ministry Training: Step into Your Calling
📅 Fall Semester: September 1st - December 18th, 2025
🕖 Classes: Thursday Nights @ 7:00 PM
💰 Cost: Tuition is FREE (offering-based); Retreat: $200 per person/family
What to Expect:
✅ Develop Christ-like character & identify your spiritual gifts.
✅ Intercession prayer, hearing from the lord, cultivate a deeper relationship with God.
✅ Learning to navigate difficult conversations, gossip, slander, runaway conversations.
✅ Conflict resolution, effective ways of sharing the gospel.
✅ Walk in the power of your identity in Christ.
✅ Advanced Prophetic training & activation, words of knowledge, minister Gods Voice. Prophetic training topics:
- Recognizing a true prophet from a false prophet
- Hearing God's voice
- Speaking God's word with power
- Releasing hope, life, and destiny to others
- Judging and evaluating prophetic words
- Receiving and ministering in the gift of prophecy
✅ How to bring the Kingdom of God into Your family, your workplace, your business.
✅ Perform deliverance, evangelism, & inner healing.
✅ Operating in the courts of Heaven.
✅ Grow in teaching & preaching the gospel.
✅ Learn to disciple others & minister effectively.
✅ Strengthen integrity & maturity for leadership.
Program Requirements:
📖 Daily Bible reading & journaling
📚 Monthly book reading
🙏 Church fasting & prayer participation
🤝 Bi-monthly small group attendance
🌍 Optional mission trip
- MINISTRY (BATTLEFIELD) ASSIGNMENT: 1-12 MONTHS
🔥 Commissioning & Activation: Walk in Power & Authority!
📅 Year-Long Program: January 1st - December 31st, 2026
🕖 Classes: Thursday Nights @ 7:00 PM & Saturday Nights @ 6:30 PM
💰 Cost: Tuition is FREE (offering-based); Retreat: $200 per person/family
What to Expect:
✅ Be commissioned & activated into ministry.
✅ Mentor & disciple others.
✅ Preach, heal the sick, & cast out demons.
✅ Step into leadership roles within the church.
✅ Develop spiritual influence & five-fold ministry skills.
✅ Deepen your hunger for the Lord & live in radical obedience.
Program Requirements:
📖 Daily Bible reading & journaling
📚 Monthly book reading
🙏 Church fasting & prayer participation
🤝 Bi-monthly small group attendance
🌍 Optional mission trip
🛡️ Mentorship program (leadership, pastoral training, teaching)
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
💰 “Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost your life.”
🔹 Jesus calls us to give up everything for Him (Luke 14:28-33).
🔹 True discipleship demands our time, finances, and full commitment.
🔹 The great men of faith—Abraham, Moses, Peter, Matthew, Paul—sacrificed everything to follow God’s call. Will you?
📖 Ecclesiastes 4:12 – “A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” 👉 Faith. Prayer. Fasting. These three will usher in God’s presence and power in your life!
JOIN THE MOVEMENT!
Are you ready to step into your divine assignment? Are you ready to be trained, empowered, and commissioned for Kingdom impact? This is your moment!
🔥 Answer the call. Rise up. Step into your destiny. 🔥
Open Heaven Sozo discipleship is a three year commitment for our Christian experience, so it might be helpful to understand it from a biblical perspective.
Our mission is to develop big people, not big church. Develop a deeper intimacy with God and other believers. Learn and live out Biblical Kingdom Values. Learn to walk in the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Learn to study and love Scripture.
Our core verses
Matthew 28:16-20 NKJV
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go [a]therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [b]Amen.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you[a] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
- So what is discipleship according to the Bible? The word for “disciple” is a learner who follows a master teacher. In contrast to our current Western era, learning in Jesus’ time was very relational and holistic. “Discipleship meant much more than just the transfer of information . . . it referred to imitating the teacher’s life, inculcating his values, and reproducing his teachings, learning to abide in him, and letting him abide in you, Total surrender.
- Therefore, Christian discipleship connotes a relationship through intimacy with Jesus, Holy Spirit, and Father God, following them, and adhering to their way of life because their teaching shapes your own worldview through the scriptures, activation, prayer, worship, and consecration to his call and purpose in you.
- Jesus’ expectation for his followers was clear: to become more and more like Himself (Luke 6:40). “In the heart of a disciple there is a desire, and there is a decision or settled intent. The disciple of Christ desires above all else to be like him . . .
- Jesus then told them how this would happen: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23, ESV).
- Becoming a disciple of Jesus required a calculated choice to follow Him in the midst of hard teachings (John 6:60-66). Thus we understand the costly nature of Christian discipleship and the need to calculate whether we are willing to invest fully in this all-encompassing endeavor (Luke 14:28).
- What you can expect through this program. Develop a Christ-like character, build integrity and maturity in your walk and within the body , preparing you for future positions of responsibilities , spiritual influence, and leadership understanding and operating in the five fold ministry.
Classes start on October 3rd 2024.
Runs through December 12th 2024.
December 13th 2924 Christmas break starts with one book report due when we return to class.
Class resumes in January 9th 2025 and continues thru mid month of May 22nd 2025.
There will be an end of year retreat on May 24th, 25th, 26th 2025. Memorial Day Weekend.
Summer break begins June 1st thru September 30th.
Classes will resume on October 2nd 2025.
By donations only for all classes.
Price for retreat on May 2025, $200 ea person. Pays for accommodations, food, transportation.
Out of pocket cost : Required Books