Resources

Targeted Resources

Listed below are resources designed to help the disciplemaker introduce stage-appropriate truths into his disciple's growth environment. The disciplemaker functions like a personal trainer, designing a plan and selecting resources that help his disciple move through his current stage of growth. Many resources are available; this list is not intended to be exhaustive nor exclusive. If you know of other resources and would like to recommend them, please contact Bill Murray.

Interested Seeker
(Growing in Conviction)

Goal: Establish Faith

Content: Basic Gospel & Follow-up

Context: Investigative Bible Studies
Midtown Institute
Worship Ser vice

Courses/Materials: Christianity Explained
                Basic Christianity (Stott)
                Four Spiritual Laws
                More Than A Carpenter (McDowell)
                Stranger on the Road to Emmaus (Cross)
                Starting Point (Stanley)

Stage One – Young Believer
(Growing in Lordship)

Goal: Growth in Intimacy with Christ

Content: Basic Follow-up
                Person & Work of Christ
                Relationship with God
                Christian Living

Spiritual Lifeskills: Quiet Time
Intuitive Bible Study
Scripture Memory

Environments: Discipleship Group
                 Community Group
                 Midtown Institute
                 Worship Service

Courses/Materials: Starting Point
                 Christianity Explained
                 Stranger on the Road to Emmaus (Cross)
                 Know What You Believe (Little)
                 Basic Christianity (Stott)
                 Foundations for Faith (Navigators)
                Growing in Discipleship (Navigators)
                My Heart, Christ’s Home (Munger)

Stage Two – Maturing Disciple
(Growing in Followship)

Goal: Prepare for Service

Content: Grace
                Person & Work of the Holy Spirit
                Prayer
                Sanctification
               Walking by Faith

Spiritual Lifeskills: Relational Evangelism
Inductive Bible Study
Serving

Environments: Discipleship
               Midtown Institute
               Worship Service
               Small Group Leadership

Courses/Materials: Precept Studies
               Step By Step Through the OT
               The Character of the Christian (Navigators)
               Experiencing God (Blackaby)
               Making Peace With Your Past (Sledge)
               Men Made New (Stott)
               Right From Wrong (McDowell)
               Experiencing Christ Within (Edwards)

Stage Three – Servant Leader
(Growing in Leadership)

Goal: Expand Personal Influence

Content: Christ’s Sufficiency
                Healthy Relationships
                Hermeneutics
                Kingdom Values
                Principles of Leadership
                Reconciliation
                Spiritual Warfare
                Stewardship
                Vision for Disciplemaking

Spiritual Lifeskills: Personal Disciplemaking
                Team Ministry
                Praying
               Giving

Environments: Discipleship
               Community Group
               Midtown Institute
               Worship Service
               Church & Community Ministry
               Small Group Leadership
               Mission Trips

Courses/Materials: Systematic Theology
               Crown Ministries
               Dave Ramsey
               Know Why You Believe (Little)
               Step By Step Through the NT
               Baptism & Fullness of the Holy Spirit (Stott)
               Becoming a Christian Leader (White)
               The Bondage Breaker (Anderson)
               Developing the Leader Within You (Maxwell)
               Jesus On Leadership (Wilkes)
               Twelve Bible Study Methods (Warren)
               Cat & Dog Theology (Sjogren)
               PrayerLife (Hunt)
               Born to Reproduce (Trotman)

Stage Four – Co-Laborer
(Growing in Partnership)

Goal: Leverage Personal Influence

Content: Spiritual Gifts
               Servant Leadership
               Unity of the Body
              World Vision

Spiritual Lifeskills: Replacing
Reproducing
Relocating

Environmnets: Community/Ministry Groups
               Accountability Partner
             Midtown Institute
               Worship Service
               Church & Community Ministry
               Small Group Leadership
           Church Planting
               Missionary Training

Courses/Materials: Systematic Theology
                Perspectives Class
                Developing the Leaders Around You (Maxwell)
                In the Gap (Bryant)
                Let the Nations Be Glad (Piper)