Abstract A Principle Based Model of Discipleship to Shape the Church as an Organic Community of Believers Barrios Joel C Doctor of Ministry Seventh day Adventist Theological Seminary Andrews University Gorden Doss Advisor Wagner Kuhn Advisor Atilio Dupertuis Advisor Problem Modernism and postmodernism are considered the rst global worldviews While modernism is marked by the quest for absolute truth through scienti c explanations of reality postmodernism is a r