Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership [Paperback]

Dennis McCallum (Author), Jessica Lowery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Two leading disciplemakers explain how mentor disciples in one of the most successful discipling based church in North America. Biblical and practical, this book gets down to the real questions in the disciple making process:

What is the biblical case for making disciples?

How can I disciple others if I was never discipled?

How do I select someone to disciple?

How do I get started?

How do I become the kind of close friend that can influence another?

What sort of goals should we set?

What kind of study content is most helpful?

How can I foster a love of prayer in another?

Why are some models followed more than others?

How can I create a life-long thirst for doing ministry?

How can I effectively coach my friend in his or her ministry?

When can I release a disciple to independence?

These authors are experts who have raised up hundreds of house church leaders and other Christian workers during their combined 60 years of experience.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Biblical, practical, and insightful..." -- Dr. Joel Comiskey, Author, Cell Church Solutions

"Organic Disciplemaking is biblical...I have said many times that this church represents authentic New Testament Christianity." -- Dr. John Perkins, President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development

"Read this ministry lifting book! I was refreshed with insights..." -- Dr Waylon B. Moore, Author, Multiplying Disciples

"These are master disciple-makers. Dennis has personally mentored more people into spiritual maturity and leadership than anyone I know." -- Dr. Dave Earley, Director for the Center for Ministry Training

"The highly relational discipleship process the authors have written about is precisely what cell churches need..." --Ralph Neighbour, Author, Where Do We Go From Here

From the Publisher

This is currently the most comprehensive guide to spiritual parenting (discipleship) in print today. The church in which the authors serve is Xenos Christian Fellowship in Columbus, Ohio. The process revealed in this book has helped Xenos to bring 80% of their church members into a discipling relationship with another person. Simply amazing!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Touch Publications (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975289691
• ISBN-13: 978-0975289693
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Primer on Making Disciples, May 7, 2008

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Seth B. Barnes (Gainesville, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership (Paperback)

For a number of years now I've been working on a practical how-to book on discipleship. Dennis McCallum has beaten me to the punch with Organic Disciple Making. He's written the most practical book on how to disciple people I've ever read.

Time and time again I find myself saying, "Yup, he nailed that one; that's how it works." For example, early on the book covers the subject of modeling and its key role in making disciples. Later it delves into the practical questions of how you counsel and disciple through various issues or how you deal with blocks in their development.

For example McCallum distinguishes the difference between weakness and resistance and the appropriate response of a disciple maker. A disciple struggling with weakness generally needs encouragement, whereas a disciple who is resistant often needs confrontation and possibly discipline.

I loved that the book had a whole section on coaching and I loved that its counsel is both biblically grounded and rooted in the everyday experience of someone who leads 250 home churches. I've read so many books on discipleship and few drill down to address the questions ordinary people have as they struggle to help their disciples grow.

All of us who have committed ourselves to following Jesus and representing his name need to learn how to make disciples. It was the last thing he asked us to do before leaving the earth. If you as a Jesus-follower feel like you need help in learning how to do this in a way that feels natural, do yourself a favor and get Organic Disciple Making.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, July 13, 2006

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ATM - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership (Paperback)

This book is an excellent read. It is both Biblically sound and extemely practical. I would recomend it for anyone who is interested in learning how to do Christian ministry. Dealing with people is a challenge, and this book gives great insight into how to better understand people, and how to more effectively love them.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical and Comprehensive Resource, March 8, 2008

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Mark C. Howell (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership (Paperback)

In the long tradition of The Lost Art of Disciple Making, Multiplying Disciples, and Disciples Are Made, Not Born, Organic Disciplemaking: How to promote Christian leadership development through personal relationships, biblical discipleship, mentoring, and Christian community is designed to do more than tell about the need for making disciples of Jesus. This is a book that painstakingly provides a path from start to finish.

This book has the potential to be used by small group coaches to disciple and develop small group leaders. With today's small group ministries launching groups with leaders just a step ahead of their members, this could be a very helpful resource providing a pathway for mentoring.

In its pages you will find more than stories of how it's working at Xenos. You'll also find the practical steps needed to begin a disciplemaking ministry in your own church. More importantly, you may find the inspiration to look for one life to pour into. After all, that is the point.