Bill serves as the family ministry team leader at real life ministries. You see, the pastor is not making disciples who follow him. Church is a team sport, real life discipleship, and real life discipleship workbook with avery willis and others. The journey to spiritual maturity as a disciple of jesus. Sep 20, 2010 looking for a way to equip disciples who make disciples.
Real life discipleship by jim putnam spiritual growth assessment results graph. Reallife discipleship by jim putnam is a practical guide for both church leaders as well as others who wish to fulfill the great commission that christ commanded of us as christians. I quoted putnam a few months ago on his definition of a disciple. Jim opens with the story of a conversation he had in a grocery store with a minister who had given up on the churchat least on organized religion. Building churches that make disciples by jim putman. In this video, jim putman explains why discipleship should be at the core of every church plant and how to make disciples that make disciples as. As a companion to reallife discipleship, the manual will help smallgroup leaders develop the heart of a discipler by learning what a disciple is, how disciples grow, and how to be an intentional leader. My brother, who loves our lord, who is not afraid to swing the sword of the spirit to remove the lie. Putnam then contrasts the two states by claiming, conversion is just the beginning of a journey, whereas discipleship is ongoing.
Discipleshift1 is a twoday experience where you will learn and implement jesus method of discipleship. He lives with his wife and three sons in scenic northern idaho. If the authors sometimes fall prey to a professionalizing. Five steps that help your church to make disciples who make disciples by jim putnam. Discipleship is that developmental process that progressively brings christians from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity so that they are then able to reproduce the process with someone else. Everyone knows the characteristics of physical growth from an infant to an adult. This whole issue of discipleship is critical if we want to save the church from the sundaymorning show and make it a place where real relationship and real change takes place. When a church spends most of its time and energy putting on a weekly show, the. Real life discipleship by jim putnam spiritual growth assessment as you complete the assessment, avoid rushing. In the power of together, pastor and author jim putman uncovers the core of true discipleship with an indepth, biblical look at how jesus always invited people into relationship with himself. In this discipleship training manual, we will be majoring on the commands that jesus gave us.
Designed for use with jim putnam s book, the power of together, this easytouse workbook helps churches, small groups, and individuals dive deeper into the books meaning. Notice that this brings discipleship around full circle. Real life ministries is a nondenominational, evangelical christian church in post falls, idaho, usa, situated in kootenai county. We have created a graphic we call the discipleship wheel, that shows each stage in the process and how it aligns with the corresponding stage of growth and maturity.
Building churches that make disciples putman, jim on. Dec 12, 2016 while discipleship should be at the core of every church, it wont become the core by accident. Jim holds degrees from boise state university and boise bible college. Five steps that help your church to make disciples who make disciples by jim putman, bobby william harrington at. Offering proven tools and tested strategies from real life ministries, putman. Stages of discipleship becoming a follower of christ is merely the starting point of ones faith as jim putnam shows how, conversion is merely the first step in the discipleship process. Looking for a way to equip disciples who make disciples. Putnam does a great job pointing out the mission of making disciples in the church as a fulfillment of the great commission rather than just making converts.
Apr 28, 2019 start your day with a discipleship mindset. Jim s passion is discipleship through small groups. You will be led by facilitators who are living out relational discipleship in life changing ways. Equipping disciples who make disciples by jim putman, avery t. Real life discipleship by jim putnam recommended actions for spiritual growth guide the following actions can help you intentionally create a plan to grow spiritually. Discipleship is modeling and teaching christians the precepts of the biblemainly prayer, doctrine, christian living, and worship. Book 3 of putmans three very solid books on biblical discipleship church is a team sport, reallife discipleship, and discipleshift. Discipleship coach jim putman takes you through the process of gaining wisdom for life through the lens of the book of proverbs.
Building churches that make disciples kindle edition by putman, jim. Jim putman, bill krause, avery willis, brandon guindon reallife discipleship training manual. Join putnam as he uncovers the core of true discipleship with an indepth, biblical look at how jesus always invited people into relationship with himself. Activities and questions that teach an effective, christlike approach to discipleship training on how.
Jim putnams discipleship scorecard cbwc church planting. But god has used putmans passion for discipleship to build an 8,000 member church in less than 15 years. Visit us at to find out more info on becoming part of the network. Although discipleship itself has been around a long time, in. Pastor jim putnam of post falls, idaho, head of real life ministries and coauthor of the book discipleshift, wrote recently online about what it takes to have a daily discipleship attitude as a follower of jesus. Download ebook pdf reallife discipleship training manual. He is the author of multiple books, including church is a team sport, reallife discipleship, and discipleshift, which will serve as the theme book for the 20 exponential conference in orlando, fla. Discipleshift myrrh the moore institutional repository.
The church was planted in 1998 by four families, including the now senior pastor and elder, jim putman. Every january 1st people tend to take time to look back at the year they have just finished, and look ahead to the one that is coming. Reallife discipleship training manual by jim putman koorong. An invitation to deeper, more joyful, and rewarding relationships with god and others. The guy had a bible college and seminary degree and years of ministry experience, but was now involved in the organic house church movement. For example, one of jesus commands was to repent and believe in the gospel. With a thorough, resultsoriented process that can be applied in other contexts and cultures, this manual explains the necessary components of disciplemaking so that every church member can play.
Discipleshift by jim putman overdrive rakuten overdrive. In reallife discipleship, jim putman records the strategy by which churches can build themselves through making disciples. Read download real life discipleship training manual pdf. Their scheme is not the only spiritual growth model, but i find it very useful. Prior to his role as senior pastor, he served as a youth minister in two small churches. Jim putman, bill krause, avery willis, brandon guindon. But discipleship, at heart, involves transformation at the deepest levels of our understanding, affection, and will by the holy spirit, through the word of god and in relationship with the people of god. And you will learn from churches that are active, thriving models of a disciple making church. The first shift involves properly defining the term disciple, and outlines the starting point for such an endeavor 4551, 5960. Since its founding, the church has grown to an average weekend attendance of over 7,000 and has become one of the fastest growing churches in the united states.
To help correct this problem within the church today jim putman and bobby harrington have written discipleshift. May reject god, seek god, call themselves spiritual or christians but no true fruit as they dont have the spirit living in them. Stages of discipleship jim putnam has refined avery willis stages of discipleship. Jim putman and bobby harrington set forth a plan by which intentional.
This companion training manual to reallife discipleship provides unique guidance and insight to pastors, church leaders, and their disciples as they work to create an effective discipleship program. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reallife discipleship. In college, jim won three all american titles in wrestling and went on to become a successful wrestling coach. The process of disciple making the discipleship wheel. Jim putman is the founder and senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idaho. Reallife discipleship by jim putnam alive in spirit. You may want to take a look at the real life discipleship training manual, written by jim putman, avery willis, brandon guindon, and bill krause. Putman is the founder and senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idahonot exactly the bible belt.
At real life ministries our vision is to continue to reach the world for jesus one person at a time, using his process of relational discipleship. When it is necessary to understand a particular truth from gods word, in order to obey one of these commands, we will take time to delve into that truth. With that in mind, jim putmans book, reallife discipleship. The 5 stages of growth of a disciple free resource. Jim is a man who believes every person is important to god, no matter what we have done or who we are. Jun 12, 2017 jim putnam and bobby harrington, in their book discipleshift, draw our attention to how we keep scorehow we evaluate success in our churches and in disciplemaking. Jim putnam and bobby harrington, in their book discipleshift, draw our attention to how we keep scorehow we evaluate success in our churches and in disciplemaking. Discipleshift walks you through five key shifts that churches must make to refocus on the. The challenge exists, but the process is simple enough for any person feeling inadequate, fearful or like a. Equipping disciples who make disciples putman, jim, krause, bill, willis, avery, guindon, brandon on amazon. Building churches that make disciples 9781615215607 by jim putman.
It is a time to set personal goals for the future things they want to achieve or change in the upcoming 12 months. A seventeenyear ministry veteran, author, and national speaker, jim putman is the senior pastor of real life ministries, located in post falls, idaho, and listed by outreach magazine as one of the fastestgrowing churches in america. Summary of discipleship engines real life discipleship by jim. We offer coaching pathways based on your role and needs. In this video, jim putman explains why discipleship should be at the core of every church plant. Jim putman leads post falls, idahobased real life ministries, a church of almost 8,000 in a community of 110,000. Real life was launched with a commitment to discipleship and the model of discipleship jesus practiced, which is called, relational discipleship. Buy reallife discipleship training manual by jim putman in ebook format at koorong 97816129142. Right from the start he called individuals to follow him so that they could become his disciples. The emphasis is placed on what god does through ordinary people available and faithful to gods calling to make disciples. Not a member of the relational discipleship network.
Real life discipleship by jim putnam spiritual growth assessment tool contents. Here are some ways to know where people in your church or people you are discipling are in the process by what they say or how they live. You will receive best practices for shifting your culture to that of relational discipleship making. If you would like to download a pdf copy, click below.
The state of discipleship evaluates how effectively the church is carrying out that command and where there is need for better models or mindsetsor both. In many ways the church has overcomplicated discipleship, and as a result, is not accomplishing it. Click below to find out about the coaching we offer. When we spend time with jesuswhen his holy spirit resides in uswe cannot help but care about what he cares about. Jim is also the founding leader of the relational discipleship network. Jim opens with the story of a conversation he had in a grocery store with a minister who had given up on the. In this video, jim putman explains why discipleship should be. Bill krause and lance wigton take us through the first part of discipleshift.
Dec 08, 2012 in reallife discipleship, jim putman records the strategy by which churches can build themselves through making disciples. Harrington has a doctor of ministry degree from southern baptist theological seminary, and along with jim putman, is one of the founders of the relational discipleship network. While discipleship should be at the core of every church, it wont become the core by accident. As a disciple maker, our role is to help the disciple mature and grow so he can move. New from navpress, the manual is designed to provide the content for a 12 week experience. Sep 15, 2010 with that in mind, jim putmans book, reallife discipleship.
Five steps that help your church to make disciples who make disciples. Jim putman is the cofounder and senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idaho and the author of 3 books church is a team sport, real life discipleship, and the power of together. Building churches that make disciples, is a godsend. Yes, we are still to evangelize, but that is not our main mission and call. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Disciples are to turn around and make other disciples. His voice reaches hundreds of thousands across the nation through speaking conferences, the web, radio, and weekend services. Harpeth community church was launched in 1998 as an attractional church, that is now making the transition to being a relational discipleship church. His resultsoriented process for small groups will help you develop disciples who are well equipped to train other believers. When jim putman met with the people who wanted to plant a church in idaho. Equipping disciples who make disciples putman, jim, krause, bill, willis, avery, guindon, brandon on.
Gallery discipleship that stands through the storm. Stages of discipleship jim putnam has refined avery willis. Content summary discipleshift is a prescription for what ails the church at large. Willis, bill krause and brandon guindon 2010, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Largely adopted from real life discipleship by jim putman. No offense to jim putnam, but the addition of the other authors produces a superior book to his others on this topic. Jim putman is the cofounder and senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idaho.
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