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
- BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World, by Dave Ferguson
- BLESS resource in Spanish
- "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
- Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News about Jesus More Believable, by Sam Chan
- Go Tell Ministries
- Gospel Giving Sunday - equip your congregation to give out gift editions of the Gospel of John as Easter approaches, using 3 simple statements.
- 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. Click HERE for toolkits for your church (discussion guides, evangelistic dinner planning, etc.).
- How the Holy Spirit Equips Us for Evangelism: Disciplemaking in 4 Parts, from Exponential
- Interactive Evangelism Workbooks from Exponential
- An Invite Culture that Actually Grows Your Church, video by Rich Birch
- Maps from the Association of Religious Data Archives
- 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
- The Story App - use your iPhone or Android phone to walk people through the Creation, Fall, Rescue, Restoration story to share the Gopsel
- The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures
- "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
- Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Imes of Talbot
- Building a Bible Academy - How one local church leaned into training more disciplemakers.
- Campus to Church Movements - CM2 Bridge Initiative
- The Carson Center for Theological Renewal
- "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
- Marriage Core:
- The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation, by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks
- Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer, by Tyler Staton
- Porn - ways to address the problem in your church, by The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention
- Pure Desire Ministries - resources for those who have experienced unwanted sexual behavior, betrayal trauma, struggles with pornography, etc.
- 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
- Minden EFC Leadership Pathway
- Northern Lights EFC
- Practicing the Way: An adaptable pathway for apprenticeship with Jesus
- 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.
From the Jim Putman / Brandon Guindon series (in suggested order)
- Church is a Team Sport, Putman
- real-life discipleship, Putman
- real-life discipleship Training Manual, Putman, Willis, Guindon, and Krause
- Intentional, Guindon
- Disciple-Making Culture, Guindon
Disciplemaking with Couples
- Chip Ingram's video series on marriage and relationships on RightNow Media
- God's Blueprint for your Marriage, Daniel Smith
- Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make, by Paul David Tripp
- The Marriage Builder: Creating True Oneness to Transform Your Marriage, by Larry Crabb
- The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God, by Timothy Keller
- When Sinners Say "i Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage, by Dave Harvey
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.
- The Disciplemaking Parent audio book
- Flip the Script, Disrupting Tradition for the Sake of the Next Generation, from Lifeway
- "Protecting Your Youth Ministry: A 12 Question Checklist" by Church Law & Tax
- Sex Talk 2.0 - an online course by Axis that is designed to make talking about every aspect of sex and sexuality easier
- 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
- Bible Instruction Course by the Free Press
- Brite Curriculum
- The Center for Faith and Children at TEDS
- The Disciplemaking Parent audio book
- For the Faith of the Next Generation: A Resource for Ministry Leaders and Parents, by Julie Kurz
- The Gospel Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments, by Machowski
- Grandparenting Resources from Family Life
- Kidz at Heart - connecting children with God, not just teaching children about God
- 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
- Five Ways to Disciple Men, by the Malphurs Group
- 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)
Apologetics
The Engagement Project (the follow-on to the Bible Project)