Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Part 1 The Preparation for Making Mature Disciples
1 What Are We Supposed to Be Doing? The Church's Mission 13
2 How Are We Doing? The Current State of Disciple Making 21
3 What Are We Talking About? The Definition of Disciple Making 27
4 Whose Job Is It? The Responsibility for Making Disciples 37
5 How Did Jesus Make Disciples? Biblical Disciple Making, Part 1 47
6 How Did the Church Make Disciples? Biblical Disciple Making, Part 2 61
Part 2 The Process for Making Mature Disciples
7 How Would We Know a Mature Disciple If We Saw One? The Characteristics of a Mature Disciple 75
8 How Do Churches Make Mature Disciples? The Church's Ministries for Discipleship 87
9 Are You Making Disciples? Measuring Mature Disciples 105
10 How to Recruit the Right Staff Staffing for the Development of Mature Disciples 119
11 How to Prepare a Strategic Budget Budgeting for the Development of Mature Disciples 141
Appendix A Pastoral Care and the Role of the Pastor 155
Appendix B What Did Jesus Mean in Matthew 28:19-20 When He Commanded His Church to Make Disciples? 159
Appendix C Sample Maturity Matrix 163
Appendix D Survey Questions 165
Appendix E Character Assessments 171
Appendix F Ministry Description 177
Appendix G Relational Skills Inventory 179
Appendix H Task Skills Inventory 181
Notes 183
Subject and Name Index 187
Scripture Index 190