Recommended Discipleship Group Studies

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  BOOKS OF THE BIBLE:    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Philemon, 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus    

LIVING GROUNDED: ALL! Particularly Book 3: Chapter 7 “Multiplying Your Life,” (see below)    

RECOMMENDED STUDIES:       Living Grounded – CBMC Inc. & MBC Staff

Publisher: MBC - In House Length: 3 Books, 7 Chapters Per Book

Adapted from CBMC’s Operation Timothy, Living Grounded is McLean Bible Church’s proclaimed tool for discipleship. This three book series is designed to be incredibly relational and reproducible. Covering many of the major topics of the Christian faith, this tool will not only help “ground” participants in their faith, it will also teach them how to disciple someone else using the material. The three-book set is available at any of our MBC campuses for $10 a set. Additional resources on how to lead with Living Grounded can be found on our website at www.mcleanbible.org/livinggrounded. Each book has a leader guide built into the book to help you determine how best to design your study time. Study Difficulty: Average

    The Master Plan of Evangelism – Robert Coleman

Publisher: Revell Length: 8 Chapters - 191 Pages

For more than forty years this classic study has shown Christians how to minister to the people God brings into their lives. Instead of drawing on the latest popular fad or the newest selling technique, Dr. Robert E. Coleman looks to the Bible to find the answer to the question: What was Christ's strategy for evangelism? Discipleship! Packed full of Scripture references, this book is very easy to work through and is incredibly inspiring as we take a close look at how Christ invested in people with the purpose of sharing his truth with them. The 2006 version of this book comes with a helpful study guide in the back. Study Difficulty: Average

    Discipleship Essentials – Greg Ogden

Publisher: InterVarsity Press Length: 25 Chapters - 237 Pages

This workbook by Greg Ogden is a tool designed to help you follow the pattern Jesus drew for us. Working through it will deepen your knowledge of essential Christian teaching and strengthen your faith. This material is designed for groups of three. It has also been used successfully as an individual study program, a one-on-one discipling tool and small group curriculum. Jesus had a big enough vision to think small. Focusing on a few did not limit his influence. Rather, it expanded it. Discipleship Essentials is designed to help us influence others as Jesus did--by investing in a few. These studies are for both individuals and groups. The introduction to this resource gives instructions on how to approach this with a group or with an individual. Each chapter is based on weekly homework. Study Difficulty: Average

 

Recommended Discipleship Group Studies

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    The Invested Life – Joel Rosenberg

Publisher: Tyndale Length: 9 Chapters - Pages: 304

Every follower of Jesus Christ should be able to answer two simple questions: Who is investing in me? & Who am I investing in? God desires to pour an abundance of spiritual and emotional capital into your life. And he wants to use you to pour spiritual and emotional capital into others. Along the way, you'll be changed and others will change as well. You will experience God and his community in a new and personal and supernatural way. And so will others. God calls this process of spiritual investing “making disciples.” It’s the heart of the Great Commission. It’s the vision of a great local church. It’s the secret of a healthy, joyful, secure, and significant life. Each chapter includes group study & reflections questions to make each session more practical. Study Difficulty: Average

      Heart and Mind Discipleship – Joel Woodruff

Publisher: C.S. Lewis Institute Length: 10 Chapters - 188 Pages

Heart & Mind Discipleship is a ten-week small group discipleship program for new believers or for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of faith in Christ and to focus on growing in Christ. This program was produced with support from Alpha USA and Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and with input from pastors from a variety of denominations. Heart and Mind Discipleship is taught by a variety of effective teachers and focuses on key themes each week. This program will help each participant better understand their conversion and then understand how to grow in spiritual maturity and exercise their faith over the course of their lives For each weekly theme, participants in a group will read a 4-page article in the workbook, complete a short bible study on the theme, and meet as a group to hear a 30 minute lecture on the topic (via DVD). Study Difficulty: Average

      Real Life Discipleship Training Manual – Jim Putman et. al.

Publisher: NavPress Length: 12 Chapters - Pages: 240

This companion training manual to Real-Life Discipleship provides unique guidance and insight to pastors, church leaders, and their disciples as they work to create an effective discipleship program. With a thorough, results-oriented process that can be applied in other contexts and cultures, this manual explains the necessary components of disciple-making so that every church member can play a part in reaching others for Christ. A great leader’s resource, it shows you how to cultivate new leaders for the future and equip them to make disciples. This book is geared more towards leaders but could be used if the group leader felt members were ready. This is the same material used for our leader trainings. Study Difficulty: Advanced

 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON DISCIPLE-MAKING:  Gospel Coach Scott Thomas & Tom Wood (Zondervan, 240 pgs.) Leadership Essentials Gary Ogdon and Daniel Meyer (IVP, 176 pgs.) Lifestyle Discipleship Jim Petersen (NavPress, 208 pgs.) The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Touchstone, 320 pgs.) The Complete Book of Discipleship Bill Hull (NavPress, 352 pgs.) The Great Omission Dallas Willard (HarperOne, 256 pgs.) The Power of Mentoring Martin Sanders (Wingspread, 224 pgs.) Discipleshift Jim Putnam (Zondervan, 240 pgs.)