Yes, it is true and official; I am now a member of a D-Group. I became one in February this year.
A D-Group, for those who are asking, is a group of people who meet to study the Word of God. In CCF, one may choose to be part of a group composed of people of his/her own age. Some choose to be in a couples' group, while others, like me, choose to be in a group composed of the same gender. The D-Group leaders have their own D-Group (called a D-12, you know why 12, right?) among themselves in order for them to continually learn how to lead (and share the Gospel). And all these are part of a system that is being organized and ran by CCF (Christ Commission Fellowship), where the aspiration is to make every member a discipler (to make disciples who will make disciples) so that, as in Acts 1:8, we will be His "witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth".
The idea of a D-Group is biblical. And the first D-Group is of course the Lord Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. It is difficult for one to grow in Christ alone. It is when people gather together in His name that He promised to be in their midst. And in a D-Group, the members carry each other's burden through sharing of testimonials, life verses and their day-to-day applications to the life of one who has decided to bear the name of Christ.
At first I was one of those who abhorred the idea of having to regularly (in my case every Wednesday evening) meet and congregate in order to be closer to God. I had always thought that my D-Group is my own family, since together we pray and go to Sunday services, and discuss Christian life over dinner and coffee. However, it is hard for one to be a self-proclaimed leader if one lacks the training to lead. And in a D-Group, each member is viewed as a future D-Group leader, and hence trained towards that role from Day 1. I did felt inadequate at times to lead my family in our daily walk. So late last year as I finished reading the Book of Revelations (thus completing my first round of reading the whole Bible), I thanked the Big Boss for taking the one year Bible-reading journey with me, and said, "Boss, as a continuation of lifting up myself as a living sacrifice to you, I will join a D-Group in 2015". And when 2015 came, I took the plunge.
As God always has a plan, as soon as I publicly declared (in Facebook) my aspiration to join a D-Group, a Freemason brother messaged me back inviting me to the D-Group he is leading. I told him I plan to join a D-Group but it has to be on Wednesdays, and of course his D-Group meets on Wednesdays. And it has to be after office hours and of course his D-Group meets at 7:00PM.
And still I told him I intend to join a group that meets in CCF. And guess where does his D-Group meet?
Exactly.
A D-Group, for those who are asking, is a group of people who meet to study the Word of God. In CCF, one may choose to be part of a group composed of people of his/her own age. Some choose to be in a couples' group, while others, like me, choose to be in a group composed of the same gender. The D-Group leaders have their own D-Group (called a D-12, you know why 12, right?) among themselves in order for them to continually learn how to lead (and share the Gospel). And all these are part of a system that is being organized and ran by CCF (Christ Commission Fellowship), where the aspiration is to make every member a discipler (to make disciples who will make disciples) so that, as in Acts 1:8, we will be His "witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth".
The idea of a D-Group is biblical. And the first D-Group is of course the Lord Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. It is difficult for one to grow in Christ alone. It is when people gather together in His name that He promised to be in their midst. And in a D-Group, the members carry each other's burden through sharing of testimonials, life verses and their day-to-day applications to the life of one who has decided to bear the name of Christ.
At first I was one of those who abhorred the idea of having to regularly (in my case every Wednesday evening) meet and congregate in order to be closer to God. I had always thought that my D-Group is my own family, since together we pray and go to Sunday services, and discuss Christian life over dinner and coffee. However, it is hard for one to be a self-proclaimed leader if one lacks the training to lead. And in a D-Group, each member is viewed as a future D-Group leader, and hence trained towards that role from Day 1. I did felt inadequate at times to lead my family in our daily walk. So late last year as I finished reading the Book of Revelations (thus completing my first round of reading the whole Bible), I thanked the Big Boss for taking the one year Bible-reading journey with me, and said, "Boss, as a continuation of lifting up myself as a living sacrifice to you, I will join a D-Group in 2015". And when 2015 came, I took the plunge.
As God always has a plan, as soon as I publicly declared (in Facebook) my aspiration to join a D-Group, a Freemason brother messaged me back inviting me to the D-Group he is leading. I told him I plan to join a D-Group but it has to be on Wednesdays, and of course his D-Group meets on Wednesdays. And it has to be after office hours and of course his D-Group meets at 7:00PM.
And still I told him I intend to join a group that meets in CCF. And guess where does his D-Group meet?
Exactly.
