> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thefaithapp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Discipleship overview > Start with one church-owned pathway, then add mentorship and spiritual practices when your ministry is ready. # Discipleship Discipleship is TheFaithApp's dedicated formation product. It helps a church teach what it believes, walk with people over time, and offer spiritual practices without turning a member's private life with God into an admin dashboard. Use it for membership classes, baptism preparation, new-believer foundations, leadership development, mentoring, prayer rhythms, or a pathway created for your own ministry context. The member Discipleship hub with an active pathway and formation practices Discipleship is a top-level product. It uses your existing church members, staff accounts, campuses, volunteer opportunities, and permissions, but it does not live inside the Church Management menu. ## What you can build Build sections, lessons, media, reflection prompts, discussions, and optional or scored quizzes. Coordinate mentor pairings while keeping personal goals and journals under the member's control. Offer a Rule of Life, Daily Office, Guided Examen, fasts, lament, the church calendar, rest guides, and a Promise Ledger. Understand what staff can see, what stays private, and which capabilities are intentionally partial. ## A useful way to think about the product | Part | What the church prepares | What the member experiences | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Pathways | Lessons, questions, enrollment rules, teachers, and completion settings | A clear class journey with progress and, when enabled, a certificate | | Mentorship | Programs, meeting rhythm, mentor pairing, and a shared check-in prompt | A named mentor and a shared record of agreed next steps | | Personal formation | Optional goal templates and invitations | Private goals, progress notes, and journal entries | | Spiritual practices | Church-shaped liturgies, seasons, prompts, and guides | Prayer and reflection experiences designed for personal participation | | Gifts and serving | A church-authored discernment instrument and skill links | Private results and relevant open serving opportunities | The church provides structure and invitation. The member still owns the parts of formation that should remain personal. ## Your first pathway in about 30 minutes Start with a pathway your church already understands, such as baptism preparation or membership foundations. Write down the outcome in one sentence: **After this pathway, a learner should be able to...** Ask one Discipleship manager to own setup, one teacher to maintain the material, and one reviewer to check the content and correct answers before publishing. One person may hold more than one role in a small church. In the admin dashboard, open **Discipleship → Pathways → Create pathway**. Begin from a church-editable template or a blank pathway. Every template is only a starting point. Add two or three lessons. Give each lesson a clear teaching point, a Scripture reference, and one next action. Add a quiz only when a correct understanding is genuinely required. Check the member experience before inviting a whole class. Complete the first lesson as the test member, confirm progress, and then review that progress from the learner dashboard. ## Before you invite learners Use this checklist for the first launch: * Every required lesson has useful content. * Required quizzes have at least one question and a confirmed correct answer. * The passing score and attempt limit are compassionate and appropriate. * The enrollment rule matches the ministry: open, approval-based, or invite-only. * Assigned teachers have the correct Discipleship permission. * The completion message tells learners what happens next. * Certificate wording and signatory are correct if certificates are enabled. * A staff member has tested the published pathway in the member app. A reliable first launch is more valuable than a large curriculum. Publish one pathway, learn from a small group, and add mentorship or spiritual practices when the ministry is ready to support them well. ## Who does what? | Person | Typical responsibility | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Discipleship manager | Creates pathways, assigns teachers, manages learners, and oversees the whole product | | Teacher | Edits assigned pathways, teaches learners, and manages progress where permitted | | Reviewer | Reviews assigned pathway content before publication | | Progress viewer | Reads learner progress without changing enrollment or content | | Member | Enrolls, completes lessons, participates in practices, and controls private formation data | Permissions determine what a staff member may do. Assignment determines which pathways or mentorship relationships they can access. Give each person only the access they need. ## Where to go next * Follow [Classes, quizzes, and learners](/product/discipleship-pathways) to build your first complete pathway. * Read [Mentorship and personal formation](/product/discipleship-formation) before creating pairings or goal templates. * Use [Spiritual practices](/product/discipleship-practices) when your church is ready to add prayer and reflection rhythms. * Review [Privacy, safety, and current scope](/product/discipleship-privacy) before training staff.