Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus (Building Healthy Churches)

This short book on discipleship is a worthwhile read for any church leader involved in the process of helping others find and follow God or any Christian who wants to make a solid impact in the lives of others. Dever does well to point toward essentials of discipleship while offering a fairly complete definition of what a disciple is.Dever divides the book into three sections that focus on "What is Discipling" this section provides a definition of discipling along with an explanation of what it entails and common objections toward it; "Where Should We Disciple"' this provides context on relationships that stewardship has been given for discipling others. And ends with a section on "How Should We Disciple" with some clear guidelines on how to choose someone, having clear goals, and how to invest in others in a way that develops them as a leader. The conclusion gives a concise closing to the book that is also helpful in learning to invest intentionally in others through discipling.That, I think, is the heart of discipling: sharing rule. And what will be the result? Knowing the joy of the creating and redeeming God himself.

We used this at our church, and I got a lot out of it. It's like a reader's digest version of larger books on the topic. Short, to the point, and easy to read.

really good, simple introduction to discipling. Its easy to complicate what this is, and overall, the book helps you understand just how important that is, as well as giving you some ideas to initiate discipleship relationships yourself. My only problem is that, although I deem it necessary to speak about the church and leadership when it comes to discipleship, I felt that too much attention was given there, and by the end of the book, you almost wonder if this was written to elders, and not new Christians.

This book is short and powerful. I rated it five stars because it painted broad strokes of theology and filled in smaller lines of practical theology. I would recommend this to any Christian. No caveats here. Every Christian is a disciple and we all can use some work on how well we are discipling.

Challenging the Impossible riught tears of joy. Killing of Jesus was least. It was written from. Historical only

Excellent overview of how to be and do discipling. passed along to Pastor!

Very helpful, encouraging and practical teaching on discipleship. Every believer is a disciple and this book is a great tool to help disciple others.

The following quote sums up the book for me - "DisciplIng is doing what you ordinarily do, but bringing people along with you and having meaningful conversations." The book fleshes that out by defining what "ordinary" should look like, and then explaining the "how" of making that happen. Very helpful.

I really enjoyed reading the book. It has eminently riched my understanding regarding discipling others to live for Christ alone.

Loved this book- clear,concise and practical- great series! Have taken our board through the 9marks and have grown in tremendous ways.

Short but well written reminder of the mission og the church.

Pleased with this book. It was a good encouragement and reinforced healthy relationships that should exist in church life.