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DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples (Exponential Series)

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, 2013
ISBN: 9780310529781
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In DiscipleShift, Jim Putman, Bobby Harrington, and Robert Coleman walk readers through five key “shifts” that any church can make to refocus on the mission of making disciples. When church leaders make discipleship their church’s core mission, they attract the unchurched by empowering believers to become 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. An “attractional” model will seek to attract people to a local church. Younger leaders may advocate a more “missional” approach, in which believers live and work among unchurched people and intentionally seek to serve like Christ. While each 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 relationship with non-believers.

DiscipleShift walks you through five key “shifts” that churches must make to refocus on the biblical mission of discipleship. These intentional changes will attract the world and empower your church members to be salt and light in their communities.

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  • Opens a door to an exciting new concept of ministry
  • Sets forth a plan by which intentional discipleship becomes the center of church life
  • Provides answers to the aimlessness and lack of spiritual depth in the church growth we see today
  • The Engine That Drives It All: What is the God-given purpose of the local church?

Shift 1: From Reaching to Making

  • Defining a Disciple: What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus
  • How to Start Growing People: If you want to make disciples, where do you start?
  • The Four Spheres: In what areas does a disciple need to grow?

Shift 2: From Informing to Equipping

  • The Role of the Leader: What's the role of the leader in the disciple-making process?
  • The Four Spheres: In what areas does a disciple need to grow?

Shift 3: From Program to Purpose

  • Components of Person-to-Person Discipleship: What’s the true role of the church?
  • Rolling Up Our Sleeves and Engaging: What do you actually equip people in the church to do?

Shift 4: From Activity to Relationship

  • Rethinking Our Practices: How does each ministry in your church lead to discipleship?
  • The Relational Small Group: What actually happens in a small group?

Shift 4: From Accumulating to Deploying

  • A New Scorecard for Success: How do we measure success?
  • Making the “DiscipleShift” in Your Church: How do you implement discipleship in your church?

Top Highlights

“This second attribute of a disciple is primarily a spiritual response to the Holy Spirit.” (source)

“Intimate Discipling Relationships (one leader interacting with two or three people).” (source)

“First, the definition needs to be biblical (as Jesus defined it), and second, it needs to be clear.” (source)

“Personal Discipling Relationships (one leader interacting with ten to twelve people)” (source)

“The solution involves a fundamental shift in our thinking—from informing people to equipping them.” (source)

"Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington not only will remind you of the importance of the Great Commission but also will spur you on to make lasting change in your ministry. If you want to realign the values of your church so that discipleship is at the core, read this book."

—Greg Surratt, Lead Pastor, Seacoast Church; author, Ir-Rev-Rend

"This book is good stuff . Bobby and Jim have long believed that the eff ectiveness of the church’s mission depends largely on its capacity to make disciples. In DiscipleShift they say why they think that this is the case as well as show us how to make the shift. I recommend this book to everyone seeking to make discipleship a big deal in the local church"

—Alan Hirsch, founder, Forge Mission Training Network

"DiscipleShift is an incredible and practical resource for everyone serious about helping people follow Jesus. Jim and Bobby have generously shared what they’ve learned from their combined total of more than fifty years of ministry both in planting churches and leading thriving ones. I’m thrilled to see them share their experience in the area of discipleship. Leaders everywhere will do well to heed their advice."

—Jud Wilhite, Senior Pastor, Central Christian Church

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