NavPress has struck a strategic partnership with the Baptist General Convention of Texas to provide all BGCT churches with a 10% discount on discipleship materials. A portion of the money used to buy materials also will be invested into Texas Baptist ministries.

“We are very encouraged to have the opporunity to help individuals and churches with their discipleship needs,” says NavPress Executive Vice President Barry Sneed.

"We're excited about our new relationship with NavPress as our strategic discipleship partner," says Phil Miller, director of the convention's Bible Study/Discipleship Team. "This is a tremendous opportunity for Texas Baptists to have access to some of the best discipleship resources available anywhere. This partnership will provide our churches new access to the best of the best in discipleship resources that have made NavPress and The Navigators so well known around the world in the area of disciplemaking. And it opens the door to the wonderful new resources NavPress is creating in its Discipleship Inside Out emphasis."

According to an August 2010 survey conducted by NavPress,people actively involved in discipleship have an intense desire to connect with others and with God on a deeper level.

To help meet these needs, NavPress has developed the Discipleship Network (www.discipleshipnetwork.org), an online community where people could who are passionate about discipleship can connect, communicate, and learn from one another. In the beta phase more than 850 people joined; members now total more than 1,770.

“The network is a place for people to find support and resources, share thoughts and biblical insights, and ask questions,” says network moderator Dr. Margie Williamson. “The most fun thing for me is watching where members are coming from across the world,” she says. Countries represented on the site include Zambia, Cambodia, Poland, and Northern Ireland.

Churches, too, are encouraged to join. “I would love for churches to share information about how they are building disciples,” says NavPress Director of Church and Denomination Relations Marsha Pursley.

The August 2010 survey was sent to subscribers of Discipleship Journal Online Newsletter and to buyers of NavPress discipleship products. It asked what areas of discipleship did respondents want to grow in the most.