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. Sistrunk robinson defines discipleship as, a trusted partnership where people share wisdom that fosters spiritual growth and leads to transformation as mentors and mentees grow in their love of christ, knowledge of self, and love of others. Reallife discipleship presents proven discipleship tools and strategies. One of the fastest growing churches in america, theyve seen more than 4,000. Activities and questions that teach an effective, christlike approach to discipleship. Putnam has developed a spiritual growth wheel diagram that he explains in his book and which is used in this sermon to explain growth to spiritual maturity. The cost of discipleship by dietrich bonhoeffer alibris.
We offered tenweek studies on specific topics or books of the bible. Real life ministries is a nondenominational, evangelical christian church in post falls, idaho, usa, situated in kootenai county. With these concerns in mind, jim realized as many have that many of our churches simply need to get back to the basics of discipleship and making disciples, or as he puts it in the introduction to reallife discipleship. In the cost of discipleship, he focuses on the most treasured part of christs teaching, the sermon on the mount. We are empowered and driven by the holy spirit to reach out to others, to show them the love of christ john. One of americas fastestgrowing churches, real life ministries attributes its growth to its strong focus on discipleship. Stories from the lives of the prophet samuel, king saul, king david, and king solomon reveal to students and teachers the power struggle between the flesh and the spirit in our own lives. The rightful ruler focuses on gods good authority and lordship in our lives. But god has used putmans passion for discipleship to build an 8,000 member church in less than 15 years. The bible storying method is an excellent disciplemaking strategy. I have gone through the first book with five small groups and the entire series of all three books with. A key training piece that was used in fall of 20 as a part of our discipleshift series was a resource developed by real life ministries. With an open bible, the holy spirit, and your discipleship course, you are in the classroom of the holy spirit. Church is a team sport 2008, reallife discipleship 2010, the power of together 2016 and coauthored.
Visit us at to find out more info on becoming part of the network. We led our entire church and all life groups through a study of the real life discipleship training manual, and this resource is still a. Founded in 2015 for the purpose of providing discipleship tools and resources to the people of god for making disciples to fulfill the great commission matthew 28. Before his arrest by the nazis in 1943, dietrich bonhoeffer was head of a seminary of the german confessing church. Packer, the cost of discipleship by dietrich bonhoeffer, dont waste y. Youll be faithful to your church in attendance and stewardship. One of americas fastestgrowing churches, real life ministries attributes its. Get the new book from jim putman music widgets by metablocks that allows music artists and book authors to promote and sell music and books using retail links, preorder, order and streaming options that allow users to purchase and buy their products or services.
Reallife discipleship equipping disciples who make disciples. Not a member of the relational discipleship network. The challenge exists, but the process is simple enough for any person feeling inadequate, fearful or like a. Church is a team sport shows proven ways to push believers, new and mature, toward growth as both christiansand leaders. Building churches that make disciples, is a godsend. Jim putman senior pastor at real life ministries in post falls, idaho addresses. Real life discipleship training manual, jim putman. Jims passion is discipleship centered on following the teachings and methodologies. Books, discipleship, resource, teaching by real life discipleship october 2, 2019 leave a comment if you have read my books or posts or listened to my sermons, there should be no doubt in your mind that i believe discipleship begins with and is sustained by relationship. The emphasis is placed on what god does through ordinary people available and faithful to gods calling to make disciples. And this space is where i am keeping all of my thoughts related to books, reading, learning, writing, and encouraging others in endeavors related to all things literacy. Discipleshift jim putman on making disciples of jesus youtube. 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. 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.
With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from real life ministries. In church as a team sport, jims first book i said the difference between a high school coach and a. In this first series of seed, designed especially for children ages 11 and under, students will learn how to better understand, embrace, and carry out all it means to have a new life in and through a personal relationship with jesus christ. In the book discipleshift, authors jim putman, bobby harrington, and robert coleman walk readers through five key shifts that any church. The final two chapters of reallife discipleship give and excellent overview of the kind of person that makes a leader of leaders and how to create a leadership development factory. Topics in this seed series include accepting gods calls to salvation, divine intimacy, study, divine character, service, and discipleship. In reallife discipleship, jim putman records the strategy by which churches can build themselves through making disciples. Discipleship at the core jim putman exponential exponential. The guy had a bible college and seminary degree and years of ministry experience, but was now involved in the organic house church movement. Its based on the reality that even if people like learning through reading, reading by itself is not the best way to move information from the head to the heart. With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from real life ministries, one of americas fastestgrowing churches.
Like all of us, this space is a work in progress, so please be kind. Jim served as a youth minister in two small churches prior to planting real life ministries in 1998. Endorsements real faith for real life is a moving workbook for the soul born out of the life experiences of a pastor and a congregation and built on time honored marks of discipleship that form the backbone of a real, live congregation. Putman is the founder and senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idahonot exactly the bible belt. I admire the work that pastor jim putman put into this. With that in mind, jim putmans book, reallife discipleship. The disciple makers journey starts with this step jim. 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. But these were producing few disciples and quite frankly, our ministries functioned more as a way to assimilate people into the life of the church rather than as a way to release them into ministry. The discipleship wheel where real faith meets real life honk if you follow jesus 21116 4 aeveryone has a next step. If youre looking for a resource that will provide depth to your discipleship process, reallife discipleship should definitely be on your radar. Academic books are usually the norm, but in this case, i was presented with a book that is very practical and is a must read for anyone is pastoral ministry or who seeks to grow discipleship in their local church. Jim putman, in this easytoread book about real people, tells the story and shows how they did it and how you can do it.
Jim putman is the senior pastor of real life ministries in post falls, idaho. 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. Jim putman in reallife discipleship has taken the discipleship methodology popularized by dawson trotman and the navigators and masterfully brings it into his church, reallife ministries, as its main organizing principle the book explains the disciplemaking system that reallife uses, complete with identifying the characteristics of infant or new christians, their needs, and the. Jim is also a cofounder and leader with the relational discipleship network. Reallife discipleship explains what should happen in the li. But if we squint real close, and smudge some of the grime, we should be able to see christ working in the midst of all our muck. The church was planted in 1998 by four families, including the now senior pastor and elder, jim putman. Building churches that make disciples navpress, 2010, the solutionis to create a clear and uncomplicated way. Real life discipleship by jim putman is a book that everyone interested in creating disciplemaking churches needs to read. Real life ministries is an evangelical church that was planted in 1998 by four families. With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from real life ministries, one of. Reallife discipleship explains what should happen in the life of every christian and in every small group so that the church becomes an army of believers dedicated to seeing the world saved. Welcome to masterlife this is a training program this is a sixmonth intensive training program, not a lecture series. Mentor for life is a unique look at discipleship through the relationship of mentoring.
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