Evangelism and discipleship are key components in doing mission well and establishing sustainable impacts and changes for God's kingdom. Here we have gathered a range of resources and divided them into two sections, the first, “Resources to Use” are great grab and go materials that you can use in your current discipling relationship. The second section, “Diving Deeper” are resources for learning, and developing your skills as a disciple-making disciple.
Evangelism & Discipleship
Resources to use!
Whether you are an experienced practitioner, ordained clergy, or a layperson stepping into a discipling relationship, here are some great resources to use.
Organizations
The Alpha Course, is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, typically run over eleven weeks. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run all around the globe, and everyone is welcome.
Alpha makes running their course as easy as possible. MyAlpha helps you discover resources and craft a plan for your specific context. Best of all... It's free!
Rooted in Jesus, Rooted in Jesus is a group course in Christian discipleship written for use in Africa. It is the only material of its kind written especially for the use of ordinary African Christians, rather than translated from material developed for the West – where people face different problems and challenges in their Christian lives.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s howto.bible is a project where you can learn how to study the Bible yourself and lead others too.
The Bible Project teaches the Bible's overarching themes and each book’s literary design with a commitment to understanding the Bible in its historical context through free Bible videos, podcasts, blogs, classes, and educational Bible resources to help make the biblical story accessible to everyone, everywhere.
For resources about evangelism and discipleship amongst international students, visit our ISM Resource page.
Workbooks to use with those you’re discipling
Other Books
Video
This is an outline of The InterVarsity Bible Study Method that allows communities to discover God together. To learn more visit howto.bible
Explore what a disciple is and how we as Christians can make true disciples, not just believers, of all nations for Christ. Come and learn what the difference is and how to make a difference for God's kingdom. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Felix Orji is Bishop of the CANA/ACNA Diocese of the West.
Introduction to the Disciple Making Disciples Course. A seven part video series created by NAMS Network.
Take a few minutes to get a better understanding of the Kingdom of God and how to share it with others by watching this whiteboard video!
The Ethiopian eunuch was baptized after studying the Scriptures with Philip, a follower of Jesus. Let’s learn to do evangelism like Philip and study the Bible with non-Christians! Peter Lebhar leads InterVarsity in Tallahassee, FL.
Anglicanism, despite all its faults, is a supremely contextualizable faith tradition that can practically assist new believers from Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and tribal backgrounds in spiritual formation, church worship forms (liturgy), providing a tradition within which to follow Jesus, and above all, in making Christianity their own.
The Jesus Way is both a book (outlining 12 basic steps for following Jesus today) as well as a course—for those who want to go on this journey alongside others.
Audio
Map Talks from the 2019 New Wineskins Conference:
“Disciple Making Movements”
— Rev. Dr. Johannes van der Bijl
We will explore the ministry of Jesus as recorded in the four Gospels as a model for disciple-making and track an individual’s growth from unbelief or immaturity to maturity in Christ.
“Suffering is a Teacher”
— Rev. Dr. Erin Clifford
A look at the theology of suffering and keys to flourishing through suffering from a Kenyan perspective.
“Slow Discipleship 101”
— Erika and Nathan Twichell
Hear how God's kingdom is growing in the lives of young adults engaged in slow discipleship through community, rootedness, and service. Agape Year, a missional gap year in the Anglican tradition led by Nathan and Erika Twichell, has been a model of this kind of formation leading to transformation.