Making Friends, Making Disciples

Making Friends, Making Disciples
Author: Lee B. Spitzer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780817016456

This first volume in Judson Press's "Living Church" series addresses the topic of church growth and discipleship. For centuries, the Christian church has led the way in creating communities of people. Pastor Lee Spitzer proposes that today's church can sustain that leadership role by developing a transformative paradigm for church growthnot only in terms of the number of people who join but in regard to the maturity of disciples who participate in the life of the Body of Christ. The key, Spitzer asserts, is learning to expand and enrich our circles of friendshipin our home, our congregation, and our community. Includes chapter studies on friendship in the Bible and in the life of Jesus!

Making Friends for Christ

Making Friends for Christ
Author: Wayne McDill
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781484041611

Making Friends for Christ is a guide for learning how to be a real friend. It offers practical, everyday ideas for touching the people God has already put into your life. You will learn how to be a good listener, overcome common barriers, and invest in relationships. You can turn your home into a place of ministry and effectively tell how Christ has changed your life. You can learn to pray in faith for your friends and family and join with other believers for support and encouragement.

Making Friends and Making Disciples

Making Friends and Making Disciples
Author: Gerald Jerry L. Groves II
Publisher: Gerald Groves
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780578572581

An in-depth look into ways and means to effectively reach the lost for Christ by identifying pressing needs many in the community experience. By seeking to meet needs, in order to assist those suffering hardships and teach them about Jesus.

Making Disciples-One Conversation at a Time

Making Disciples-One Conversation at a Time
Author: D. Michael Henderson
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834123007

This book challenges Christians to examine how they use their words and presents ways to bring Christ into the conversations of one's everyday life in order to give others a better understanding of God and His love for them ...

The Life Jesus Made Possible

The Life Jesus Made Possible
Author: Bill Randall
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2018-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781493717231

To the faithful follower of Jesus, life is anything but ordinary as he or she experiences the things of heaven transforming the things of earth. Followers of this untamed King grow to expect the Spirit to show up and demonstrate God's love, truth and power in tangible ways every day. In this Kingdom the guilty experience forgiveness, the wounded are healed, the bound are set free and the fearful are overwhelmed by God's transforming love...Are you ready to explore and experience the Kingdom within your reach? Assuming you are, let's begin our journey to discover what it can mean to live the life Jesus made possible! - From the introduction "This is an intensely practical and applicable book that helps Christians activate their God-given agency by seeing where God is at work and joining him in His quest to transform the world, inch-by-inch, in the context of everyday life. Dynamic!" - Alan Hirsch, Author & Activist ..".Bill Randall is challenging us to go beyond belief to actively engage, announce, and advance the Kingdom of God, moving the gospel message from the 'then and there' to the 'here and now'..." - Dr. Terry Wardle, President, Healing Care Ministries ..".The Life Jesus Made Possible will embolden you to take up your call as an apprentice of Jesus in his magnificent Kingdom and find yourself transformed by the Spirit along the way. A must read for everyday missional people." - Christiana Rice, Author, Coach and Trainer with Thresholds "Bill Randall's powerful new book, The Life Jesus Made Possible, unearths the real meaning of the normal Christian life and teaches us how to walk in our divine mandate as world changers and history makers..." - Kris Vallotton, Author and Senior Leader, Bethel Church, Redding, CA ..".There is a select group of books that work on the reader like a well-guided retreat, The Life Jesus Made Possible is one of them." - Dr. Robb Redman, Dean and Professor, South University

Made for Friendship

Made for Friendship
Author: Drew Hunter
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143355822X

God made you for friendship. Friendship is one of the deepest pleasures of life. But in our busy, fast-paced, mobile world, we've lost this rich view of friendship and instead settled for shallow acquaintances based on little more than similar tastes or shared interests. Helping us recapture a vision of true friendship, pastor Drew Hunter explores God's design for friendship and what it really looks like in practice—giving us practical advice to cultivate the kinds of true friendships that lead to true and life-giving joy.

The Ways of the Alongsider

The Ways of the Alongsider
Author: Bill Mowry
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631465724

The Ways of the Alongsider is more than a Bible study. It's a new pathway for making disciples in life2life ways!

Multiply

Multiply
Author: Francis Chan
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434705862

Jesus gave his followers a command: “Follow me.” And a promise: “And I will equip you to find others to follow me.” We were made to make disciples. Designed for use in discipleship relationships and other focused settings, Multiply will equip you to carry out Jesus’s ministry. Each of the twenty-four sessions in the book corresponds with an online video at www.multiplymovement.com, where New York Times bestselling author David Platt joins Francis in guiding you through each part of Multiply. One plus one plus one. Every copy of Multiply is designed to do what Jesus did: make disciples who make disciples who make disciples…. Until the world knows the truth of Jesus Christ.

DiscipleShift

DiscipleShift
Author: Jim Putman
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-04-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310492637

Question: What is the God-given purpose of the local church? Answer: Relational discipleship. DiscipleShift walks you through five key "shifts" that churches must make to refocus on the fundamental biblical mission of discipleship. These intentional changes will attract the world and empower your church members to be salt and light in their communities. Over the last thirty years, many influential church leaders and church planters in America have adopted various models for reaching unchurched people. While many of these approaches have merit, something is still missing, something even more fundamental to the mission of the church: discipleship. Making disciples—helping people to trust and follow Jesus—is the church's God-given mandate. Devoted disciples attract people outside the church because of the change others see in their Christ-like lives. And discipleship empowers Christians to be more like Christ as they intentionally develop relationships with non-believers. Through biblical and professional insights, Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington discuss the transformational effectiveness of making disciples and just how to do so, in practical terms. You’ll learn: The specific roles of a disciple-making pastor. The components of person-to-person discipleship. How each ministry in your church leads to discipleship. How to implement discipleship in your church. Disciple-making leaders will not produce perfect churches, but they will create effective churches.

Disciples Are Made Not Born

Disciples Are Made Not Born
Author: Walter A. Henrichsen
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434704718

"Make Disciples." Jesus' command is clear. But what is a disciple? And how are we to "make" them? Based on decades of experience, this book explains and illustrates the process of disciple-making that Jesus taught and modeled. First published in 1974, its practical, biblical approach has revolutionized the ministry of hundreds of thousands of Christians as they learned how to multiply themselves in the lives of others. Disciple-making is challenging, to be sure. But as we are faithful to Christ's Great Commission, we'll experience the fulfillment that comes from being faithful to the life mission to which God has called us.