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NavPress is your go-to for discipleship and disciplemaking resources. Every book we publish carries a message of discipleship\u2014it’s the soul of our work. Check out our recent catalog and see for yourself!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The books below are a handful that we are highlighting. Some are classics that have helped hundreds of thousands of people. And others are from new disciplemakers. Whatever you choose, we expect you’ll be marking up your book with highlights and notes, getting equipped and challenged to grow more into Christ’s likeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We aren’t meant to wait for holiness, we’re meant to pursue it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don Whitney\u2019s convicting insight on spiritual disciplines will challenge you to grow in new ways as a Christian. Now updated and revised, this edition of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life<\/a><\/em>, which has sold more than 600,000 copies, offers practical suggestions for cultivating spiritual growth and diving into specific practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start reading Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life <\/a><\/em>now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can disciple someone, just don’t over-complicate it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ways of the Alongsider: Growing Disciples Life-to-Life<\/a><\/em> is a ten-week Bible study by Bill Mowry. It includes discussion questions that spell out the \u201chow\u201d of making disciples through an alongsider approach to life. Discover and apply the practices of an alongsider, such as reading the Bible with others, asking questions, telling stories, encouraging application, and living on mission. Great for small groups, class setting, or one-to-one discipleship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start reading The Ways of the Alongsider <\/a><\/em>now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God wired our brains for transformation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jessie Cruickshank learned how to be a disciplemaker in the wilderness. When she connected her training in outdoor adventure ministry with her Harvard degree in neuroeducation, God showed her a pathway for ordinary disciples of Jesus to experience profound spiritual growth. In her book, Ordinary Disipleship: How God Wires Us for the Adventure of Transformation<\/a><\/em>, you’ll learn that anyone can become a disciplemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start reading Ordinary Discipleship<\/a><\/em> for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help your church thrive in a post-everything world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Discipleship Opportunity<\/a><\/em> is a powerful tool for church leaders seeking to navigate the challenges of our rapidly evolving, post-pandemic, post-Christian, and post-everything world. In this helpful resource, Daniel Im equips readers with practical ways to reach those who are spiritually asleep in your church and community, disciple people to know Jesus, and preach in a way that reaches people today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start reading the first chapter of The Discipleship Opportunity<\/a><\/em> for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do churches need a disciplemaking culture?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Great Commission drifts out of focus of the whole church and becomes outsourced to a spiritual elite. Justin Gravitt wrote The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture<\/a><\/em> to help you lay the groundwork for a disciplemaking movement in your church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the start of The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture<\/a> <\/em>here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want More Ideas?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are more resources for spiritual formation<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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