Christian Growth Resources

​Discipleship PDF Free Download contains Christian discipleship training books for new believers; lets you download four free eBooks:

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31 Steps Toward Spiritual Maturity is a discipleship book that teaches the ABC of Christian growth for new and immature believers. The book describes discipleship pods to nurture faith. It includes a spiritual health inventory to measure your spiritual maturity.

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• It discusses assurance of salvation, God-shaped living, and being the church. It covers the lordship of Jesus, obedience, and the importance of reading the Scripture and praying. 

• It deals with forgiveness, Scripture memory, the Holy Spirit, and being filled with the Spirit. It looks at flesh and Spirit, the world system, Satan as an enemy, and pride. 

• It helps you consider enslaving habits, meditation, the Ten Commandments, worship, and idolatry. It instructs concerning baptism, the Lord's Supper, and church membership.

• It equips you to share your personal faith story. It helps you understand witnessing, mentoring, and what your spiritual passion, spiritual gifts, and temperament are. 

• It teaches about stewardship, and love. It closes with the same spiritual health inventory taken before the study. It includes a devotional journal.

235 Sermon and Devotional Ideas is a spiritual growth book that provides short Bible-based messages that can also be used as devotionals. Many of them are summaries of expository sermons of biblical books, for example, Mark, Acts, Romans, and 1 Peter. ​

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Becoming an Enthusiastic Church is "...the most practical and comprehensive guidebook available on church development." -- Dr. M. John Nissley, Academic Dean, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Findlay, Ohio. This book will help:

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• Churches visualize a healthy church as the first step to becoming healthier.

• Small group ministries transform the lives of group members.

• Leaders evaluate the health of their church’s small groups, leadership, relationships, spirituality, worship service, evangelism, ministry, and organization.

• Worship services be a transforming meeting place with God.

• Rekindle passionate love for God, other believers, and not-yet-believers.

• Relationships in the congregation become more loving.

• Leaders maximize the congregation’s spiritual potential and effectiveness.

• Strengthen evangelism through connecting with the needs of the unchurched.

• Place members in fruitful, fulfilling ministries.

• Churches organize for greater effectiveness and introduce change wisely.

• Churches and individuals make wise decisions based on God’s wisdom principles.

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Learning to Lead describes Christian leaders' character, necessary knowledge, and skills. Preparing to lead is part of Christian development.

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• This book helps you develop your character. It emphasizes servant leadership. It considers leadership traits. It covers the importance of abiding in Christ, proper attitudes, and faith. It helps you write your personal faith story. It describes a committed Christian. It helps you pursue personal excellence and integrity. It enables you to track your spiritual journey. ​

• This book develops your knowledge as a leader. It helps you determine your leadership role, core values, mission statement, and vision. It suggests how best to introduce and cement change. It looks at gift-directed ministry and evaluating your ministry. It describes healthy worship, effective small groups, and effective evangelism. It helps you identify your spiritual passion and dominant temperament. It introduces you to the importance of multiplication in your ministry, harnessing all energy to accomplish your mission, and cooperation among ministries. It helps you avoid ministry burnout. ​

• This book develops your skills as a leader. That includes goal setting, mentoring, coaching, apprenticeship, and problem-solving. It includes pointers on leading a small group, resolving conflict, and conducting effective meetings. It looks at people skills, active listening, time management, motivating, and communication skills. Finally, it teaches you about team building, delegation, crisis management, prioritizing, strategic planning and consensus building. 

Evangelism resources examine the purpose and tools of evangelism and answer the question, "How can I evangelize?" They equip you to talk to someone about Jesus and:

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• Learn to share your faith by describing two things to know and two things to do to become a Christian.​

• Discover your purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

• Master why Jesus is unique and the only way to God.

• Know why you can believe the Bible is trustworthy and God's word to you.

• Comprehend why all religions are not the same and not equally valid paths to God.

• Grasp the relationship between good deeds and heaven. Why you cannot get to heaven by them or without them.

• Perceive the nature of genuine faith in God that changes character and conduct.

•  Understand the basics of evangelism including being courageous, avoiding two evangelistic errors, and transitioning to the gospel.

• How to prepare for evangelism includes confessing sin, being bold, and being filled with the Holy Spirit.

• Be sensitive to spiritual receptivity involves studying people, evaluating how receptive they are, realizing it is a spiritual battle, loving people, getting permission to share your faith, and remaining patient.

• Do practical evangelism at the workplace by meeting needs, being a friend, doing your job well, guarding your integrity, and demonstrating caring. 

• Be a workplace evangelist by focusing on receptive people, sharing faith snapshots, inviting people to church events, and establishing evangelistic expectations.

• Start a conversation about Jesus by being courageous, avoiding evangelistic errors, and transitioning to the gospel.

• Tell your spiritual story briefly describing your life before knowing Jesus personally, how you came to know him personally, and the difference He has made in your life.

• Understand active waiting and Evangelism timing.

• Conduct follow-up of new believers beginning with assurance of salvation.

Discipleship resources explain the meaning of disciple and why it is important to be one including: ​

• ​Be a Christian and a disciple of Jesus. Jesus wants followers, not fans. 

• Maintain balance in life including love relationships; passions; nutrition; prayer; reading, meditating, and memorizing God's word; exercise; health; ministry; witness; energy output; stewardship; and resources to help the poor.

• Measure your application of Christian principles using Checking my spiritual health, to underline what you practice versus what you know.

• To work on weak areas of application of Christian principles, see Becoming more like Jesus.​

Leadership Resources are vital because vital churches have spiritually healthy leaders, and unhealthy churches usually do not. Church health rises and falls with the spiritual health of church leaders. Resources include:​

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• Managing ​Ministry Fatigue addresses how to avoid burnout by remembering your call, unloading your burdens, delegating, thinking team, removing your cape, laughing at yourself, distinguishing job from career, renewing your strength, checking your fuel, strategizing smarter, and focusing on faithfulness. ​

• ​ Developing conflict resolution skills with major topics including disagreement isn't conflict, conflict hurts, forgiveness heals, conflict is inevitable, God uses conflict to mold us, conflict can make your church better, God gives conflict-resolving grace, conflict comes in different packages, practical ways to resolve conflict, and how to deal with those who disappoint you by not doing what they promise.

• Implementing a church assimilation process by increasing church health, communicating clearly, mobilizing need-meeting ministries, preparing for company, opening your arms wide, implementing a follow-up strategy, assimilating new members, raising membership requirements, and developing a discipleship track among other suggestions. 

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