Evangelism and Discipleship
A bibliography of tools to equip your church for effective evangelism and discipleship
Evangelism
- B.L.E.S.S. Rhythms - a simple lifestyle of living on mission
- BLESSING Rhythm - Mission Southside's take on BLESS
- "Conversational Apologetics That Results In Transformational Relationships", by Dennis Wiens
- Church Evangelism Institute Cohort (Wheaton)
- Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement, by Will Mancini
- Go Tell Ministries
- He Gets Us - the largest media evangelism effort to date. Learn how your church can connect to the network as a landing spot for those who contact them. See also the campaign HERE. See a response to the criticisms from both the left and the right HERE.
- How the Holy Spirit Equips Us for Evangelism: Disciplemaking in 4 Parts, from Exponential
- Interactive Evangelism Workbooks from Exponential
- Multiply Movement
- Multiplying Kingdom Communities - Contact Colby to get information on how to connect with Keith Dunn.
- Organic Outreach for Churches: Infusing Evangelistic Passion in Your Local Congregation, by Kevin Harney
- "Simply Sharing Jesus" by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- "5 Reasons Why Our Outreach Strategies Aren't Reaching Secular People Today" by Ben Pierce with Gloo
Disciplemaking
- Multiply Cohorts - we can conduct a 3-month cohort in your church with training from ReachNetwork. Contact the district office for more information.
- "Are we making disciples or not?" - from the EFCA blog
- Back to the Bible
- Before You Lose your Faith - free eBook from the Gospel Coalition for those struggling with deconstructionism
- Building a Bible Academy - How one local church leaned into training more disciplemakers.
- Campus to Church Movements - CM2 Bridge Initiative
- "Digital Discipleship" - from the Gospel Coalition
- Disciplemaking journals - by Eric Douglass, click HERE.
- 5 Truths Working People in Your Church Need to Hear
- Following the Master: A Biblical Theology of Discipleship by Michael Wilkins
- Growing Together - by Barna and the Navigators
- The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation, by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks
- Porn - ways to address the problem in your church, by The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention
- Real-Life Discipleship Training Manual: Equipping Disciples Who Make Disciples by Jim Putman, et al (recommend by Jeff Donelan)
- Rooted - life-changing discipleship experiences
- Sustaining Change: Key Ingredients for Sustaining Whole-life Discipleship from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. See also a follow-on work HERE.
- Walking in Humility, by our own Michael Vincent
- Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work, by our own Tom Nelson
Disciplemaking Pathways Samples
- Appleton Gospel Church
- Forest Lakes District
- Minden EFC Leadership Pathway
- Northern Lights EFC
- Risen Church EFCA
- theFormed.life
Transformation Cohorts with the EFCA: Re-ignite the missionary identity of your church and have a transformational impact on your community.
Disciplemaking with Teens
- Bible Instruction Course - by Ed Bender and Jim Forestrom. It follows the old 12 pt EFCA statement of Faith. Updates to the new statement of faith are available (still tracking down where).
- BRICK - Built Right In Christ's Kingdom. There is also a leader's guide.
- Flip the Script, Disrupting Tradition for the Sake of the Next Generation, from Lifeway
- Coming soon: Bible Survey, Doctrine and Christian Living by Warren Coe (Former President of Village School of the Bible, and EFCA pastor). Will be available at NextStep Resources.
Disciplemaking with Children
- For the Faith of the Next Generation: A Resource for Ministry Leaders and Parents, by Julie Kurz
- What is Heaven Like? by our own Richard Eng. An illustrated children's book on what heaven is like.
- Family Resources from Brookside EFC (Omaha)
- Flip the Script, Disrupting Tradition for the Sake of the Next Generation, from Lifeway
Men's Ministry
- The Measure of a Man: Twenty Attributes of a Godly Man, by Gene Goetz
- Men with No Regrets
- Flint Hills Bible Church (Emporia, Kansas) Organizer of the yearly Ironmen Conference as well as regular “Ironmen” men’s events in his local church
Women's Ministry
- Check out Jane Schaible's resource recommendations (private group, ask to join)
- Midwest EFCA Women Leaders Facebook group (private group, ask to join)